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Number of Azerbaijani students increased in U.S. colleges and universities

24 November 2009 10:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Viktoria Dementieva â€“ APA. The number of the Azerbaijani students has increased in U.S. colleges and universities, Public Relations Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan Terry Davidson said at the press conference, APA reports. He said according to the annual Open Doors report of the Institute of International Education, the number of the Azerbaijani students in the higher schools in America increased from 318 to 364 (14%). Davidson considers that the Azerbaijanis, who want to study abroad, mainly choose the United States, because of the prestige and quality of the education in the US.
â€œEvery Azerbaijani studying in America contributes to increasing dialogue and strengthen the understanding between our countries,â€ he said.

According to Terry Davidson, the Azerbaijanis study in the US mainly through Baku Education Information Center and Ganja Education Information, some at their own expenses.
â€œThe Azerbaijanis studying in the US are very clever. I would like other students to take interest and get an opportunity to study with the support of Baku Education Information Center,â€ he said.

Asked which universities Azerbaijani students prefer, Terry Davidson noted that he had no statistics, but said he knew that more Azerbaijanis were studying in Columbia University.