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Somali students arrive in Baku to study under Azerbaijan scholarships
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Tuesday September 16, 2025
Somali students pose for a group photo after arriving at Baku International Airport, where they were welcomed under Azerbaijan’s government scholarship program. The group is part of 28 Somali students awarded scholarships this year to pursue studies in petroleum science, engineering, medicine and computer science. CREDIT/ SONNA
ANKARA, Turkey (HOL) — Twenty-eight Somali students have received government scholarships to study in Azerbaijan, the Somali Embassy in Ankara announced Tuesday.
Nineteen students have already arrived in the capital, Baku, with nine more expected in the coming days. They will study petroleum science, engineering, medicine and computer science, fields Somali officials say are critical to the country’s reconstruction and economic growth.
The students were welcomed at Baku International Airport by embassy officials, including First Secretary Ibrahim Ali Abshir, alongside representatives from Azerbaijani universities hosting them.
Somali Ambassador to Turkey Fathudin Ali Mohamed Ospite, who is also accredited to Baku, congratulated the students and urged them to dedicate themselves to their studies. “Your success will strengthen Somalia’s future as well as your own,” he told the group during their reception at Baku International Airport, where embassy officials and university representatives welcomed them.
The scholarships expand on bilateral agreements signed in Baku in February 2025, when Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pledged deeper cooperation in education, energy, public service delivery and defence. At that meeting, Aliyev confirmed that Somali students were already studying in Azerbaijan and said the number of places would grow.
In July, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov announced that 20 scholarships would be reserved for Somali students in 2025, underscoring the importance both governments place on academic exchanges. Somali and Azerbaijani foreign ministers also reiterated education as a priority during talks at an OIC ministerial meeting in Istanbul in June, where they agreed to form a Joint Intergovernmental Commission.
The scholarships are part of Azerbaijan’s state-funded international integration program, which provides higher education opportunities for students from developing countries.
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