BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY

Teaching of geodesy and cartography in the Baku State University is connected with the name of honorary scientist, Professor Mammad Aliyev Huseyn. 
The chair of geodesy and cartography was created in the faculty in 1972 and Professor R.Kh. Piriyev was appointed as the chief of the said chair. He headed up the chair till the end of his life (1988).
Prof. R.Kh. Piriyevin has exceptional role in the development of cartography science and teaching human resources in this field in Azerbaijan. He began teaching specialists on cartography since 1978. Prof. R.Kh. Piriyev has brought up 10 candidates of sciences. 4 persons out of them are currently working in the Baku State University in the chair of geodesy and cartography as assistant professors. R.Kh. Piriyev is the author of 5 textbooks, monograph, 60 scientific articles and teaching aids and he is the first author of the cartography textbook (1964-1975) in Azerbaijani.
Rafiq Babayev Aliheyder leads the geodesy and cartography chair from 1988. He graduated from the Moscow geodesy and cartography institute with cartography major in 1965. He defended his Ph.D. thesis on the same major in 1977. Under R.A. Babayev’s advice 2 candidates of sciences and 15 Master's students obtained their degrees.
R.A. Babayev is the author of 80 scientific articles, theses, programs and methodical instructions. Scientific works were dedicated to the theoretical problems of cartometry. 
Technical Doctor of Sciences of the chair, Professor Megsed Gojamanov Huseyn passed all steps of higher education: Institute (1977-1982), post graduate course (1986-1989) and doctorate (2002-2005) passed in the Moscow State University of geodesy and cartography faculty. He is the only Azerbaijani honored with an academic degree of Doctor of Sciences in the field of geodesy and cartography. He is the author of the textbook for higher schools, terminological dictionary consisting of 12 000 words, 70 scientific articles, curriculums and methodical instructions.