Azerbaijani:Heydər Əliyev adına Hərbi İnstitut | |
 The banner of the academy | |
Former name | Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School |
|---|---|
| Type | military academy |
| Established | 1939 (1939) |
| Founder | Government of Azerbaijan |
| Students | 700 |
| Address | Polad Hashimov Street ,, |
| Language | Azerbaijani |
| Website | http://www.aahm.mod.gov.az/ |
| The official marchpast of the school is theMəktəbi marşı | |
TheHeydar Aliyev Military Institute (Azerbaijani:Heydər Əliyev adına Hərbi İnstitut) is an educational institution of theAzerbaijani Armed Forces. In order to be admitted into the academy, candidates have to be between the ages of 17 and 19 and have completed secondary school education.
The predecessor institution to the current academy was theBaku Higher Combined Arms Command School (BVOKU), which was founded on 29 November 1939 as one of many military academies of theSoviet Army. By 1951, the developing school was ranked 6th place among the best infantry schools in the USSR. The school was disbanded in 1991 as a result of thefall of the Soviet Union.[1][2] Among the notable alumni of the BVOKU are formerdefense minister of ArmeniaSeyran Ohanyan,[3]Minister of Defense of AzerbaijanZakir Hasanov and Armenian military leader during the Karabakh WarArkady Ter-Tadevosyan.
The BVOKU was replaced the following year by the Baku High Joint Commanders School, which was created to meet the Azerbaijani military's needs. Some of the first graduates of the school took part in theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War until it ended in the summer of 1994. Since 1997, the admission and teaching standards have been implemented in accordance with contemporary education standards. PresidentHeydar Aliyev on 20 August 2001 renamed the school to its current name. His son, PresidentIlham Aliyev added the honorary name of Heydar Aliyev to the school's full name in March 2004, following his father's death just 3 months before.[4] By presidential decree of 24 December 2015, theAzerbaijan Higher Naval Academy and theAzerbaijan High Military Aviation School were abolished and transferred to the Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy with the establishment of the corresponding faculties there.[5]
In order to improve the activities of the network of special-purpose educational institutions, by Decree No. 1626 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated March 5, 2022, the Heydar Aliyev Military Institute was established on the basis of the Heydar Aliyev Higher Military School and placed under the subordination of the National Defense University.
Graduates of the school are awarded aBachelor's degree the rank ofleytenant upon their commission into the armed forces.
In August 2019, the academymilitary band, led by Colonel Ekhtibar Aliyev, took part in theSpasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo, representing Azerbaijan for the first time.[6] In 2020, it was among the units that took part in theBaku Victory Parade in honor of the victory in theSecond Nagorno-Karabakh War.[7]
