The Faculty of Philology started functioning as the Department of History and Philology in 2000, became the Faculty of History and Philology in 2001, and started functioning as an independent Faculty of Philology in May 2003.
The Faculty of Philology has 94 professors and teachers, including 3 doctors of science in philology professors, , 27 doctors of science in philology associate professors, 35 senior teachers, and 29 teachers. At present, 16 people are engaged in scientific work in the Doctor of Sciences program and 16 people in the Doctor of Philosophy program at the faculty.
Teaching at the faculty is carried out in full-time and part-time form. 1142 people are studying at the faculty (978 full-time, 164 part-time) and 32 people (full-time) at the master's level.
Majors at the undergraduate level:
-Teaching Azerbaijani language and literature
- Philology (Azerbaijani language and literature)
- Psychology
-Preschool education
-Primary class teaching
- Foreign language teaching (in languages)
- Social-psychological service in education
- Corrective training
Majors and Specializations at Master's Degree
Philology specialty
- Azerbaijani language;
- Azerbaijani literature;
-Linguistics (English language) specializations.
Teaching specialty of Azerbaijani language and literature:
- Specialization in teaching methodology and methodology of Azerbaijani language and literature.
Psychology major:
-Child and age psychology;
- General psychology specializations.
Pre-school training and upbringing specialty:
Method and methodology specialization of pre-school training and upbringing.
Pedagogical specialty:
Pedagogical theory and historical specialization.
For the MBA program:
- Business organization and management (Management in Education)
Specializations for the Doctoral Studies (Doctor of Philosophy):
- Azerbaijani language;
-Azerbaijani literature;
-Comparative linguistics.
The main scientific-research directions of the faculty:
- Sources, regularities of formation and development of modern Azerbaijani language and literature;
-Directions of studying Azerbaijani language and literature;
-Onomology of Azerbaijani language and development of speech culture;
-Problems of teaching foreign languages (English and Russian), comparative linguistics, world literature.