The Department of International Affairs at the University of Strasbourg (Unistra), published a comprehensive article about UFAZ in its annually published journal dedicated to the University's international education policy.

Unistra operates 27 overseas training courses in 10 countries. 993 students enrolled in overseas training programmes in the 2019/2020 academic year in more than 10 countries, compared to 602 in 2017/2018. UFAZ has the largest number of students among these training programs. This, in turn, proves the exemplary importance of UFAZ for the Unistra.

The article describes the history of UFAZ, its bachelor and master's programs, and its first graduates. UFAZ contributes to the promotion of a scientific and industrial France, within the framework of excellence where the academic and industrial worlds work together to train young people and develop applied research, directly linked to the socio-economic realities of the country in which it takes place. 

The article includes an interview with Irada Bunyatova as well, a graduate of UFAZ in Computer Science:

“I greatly appreciated my four years bachelor experience at UFAZ. It offers many possibilities for the hard working students, including summer schools, international competitions, joining a research project or carrying out an internship in France. Students are actively supported by the administration and courses are provided by inspiring professors from the University of Strasbourg. Practical teaching benefits from state of art physics and chemistry laboratories, and all students are provided with a laptop for computer science projects. This exceptional teaching environment got me accepted to pursue a Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence at the prestigious French Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau. I would probably never have had this incredible opportunity if I had not done my Bachelor at UFAZ.”

To recall, The French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ) is a unique ongoing project established back in 2016 and from the French side, the project includes a consortium of French Universities directed by the University of Strasbourg (Unistra). Education at the university is conducted in conformity with the French education system by an international academic staff of highly qualified French and Azerbaijani professors. Thus, without going overseas, the students are able to obtain the diploma of ASOIU and Unistra, one of the most ancient universities in France.

Founded by protestant scientist Johannes Sturm, this French university traces its history to the 16th century. Over the years, this gymnasium developed successfully, first as an academy, was then transformed to a university in 1621 and elevated to the ranks of a royal university in 1631. Today, the University of Strasbourg is the second largest university in France, preceded Paris University, in the number of student enrollment. Unistra has 73 research units and 6 research federations covering many areas. All research units are part of the university's 10 doctorate schools. Education at the University of Strasbourg is also conducted by Nobel laureates in Chemistry and Physics.