Higher institutions (at the beginning of school year)

	1995/ 1996	1999/ 2000	2000/ 2001	2001/ 2002	2002/ 2003	2003/ 2004	2004/ 2005
Number of institutions of higher education - total	43	42	43	40	41	42	42
including:
state	23	25	25	25	26	27	271)
non-state	20	17	18	15	15	15	15
Number of students - total, person	98812	116115	119683	120453	120039	121535	127248
including:
state	86305	88521	91019	98959	101676	104009	106020
of which educated by type of attendance:
day	58621	72447	74749	80349	81131	81100	81069
night	6214	195	85	98	140	142	157
correspondence	21470	15879	16185	18512	20405	22767	24794
non-state	12507	27594	28664	21494	18363	17526	21228
of which educated by type of attendance:
day	10842	22028	21477	16602	13911	13138	13919
night	194	142	128	14	13	10	19
correspondence	1471	5424	7059	4878	4439	4378	7290
Number of students per 10000 population	130	147	150	150	149	149	155
including state	113	112	114	123	126	128	130
Number of women from total students:
person	43325	46591	49858	53340	53789	56099	59755
per cent	43,8	40,1	41,7	44,3	44,8	46,2	47,0
Number of professors-teachers personnel of higher educational institutions(key staff), person
state	10511	10726	10786	11216	11243	11303	11969
non-state	501	1198	1698	1493	1579	1692	1661

1) Besides High Military School of General Troops, Baku High Marotime School, Azerbaijan High Military Aviation School, Baku High Polis Academy, Academy of National Security prepare highly educated specialists.

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