National Defense University (Azerbaijan)

National Defense University (Milli Müdafiə Universiteti) is a military university established in 2022 and primarily located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The university is based on the Turkish National Defense University as part of an effort to make the Azerbaijani Armed Forces mirror the Turkish Armed Forces. In June 2022, the professor, Lieutenant General Heydar Piriyev, who previously headed the War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, started working as a rector.

The National Defense University was established in 2022 by the order of the President Ilham Aliyev.

Previously existing institutions under the NDU

 * Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces
 * Heydar Aliyev Military Institute (formerly the Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy)
 * Secondary Military Medical School of Azerbaijan
 * Military Medical Faculty of Azerbaijan Medical University
 * Military lyceums
 * Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum
 * Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum

New institutions created under the NDU

 * Military Scientific Research Institute
 * Military Administration Institute