Lankaran State University (LSU)  established in 1991 in Lankaran city, the capital of south region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

There are four schools at Lankaran State University providing education, training and research. Schools offer undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs in the following broad fields of studies

School of Nature: Mathematics and informatics teaching, Geography teaching, Engineering of ecology, Chemistry and biology teaching, Physical training and premilltary call preporation of young. There are Physico-Mathematical and informatics, Geography and ecology, Chemistry and biology, Physical training and civil defence departments at the School of Nature.

School of  Humanities and Pedagogical  Sciences: Azerbaijani Language/Literature teaching, History teaching,  English Language/Literature teaching, German Language/ Literature teaching, French Language/ Literature teaching.

There are Language and Literature, History and Phylosophy, Pedagogy and Phsichology  and Foreign languages departments at School of  Humanities and Pedagogical  Sciences.

School of Economics and Management: Organization of the customs affair, business organization,  ecology, legal regulation of the economy, economy, economy and manage of the production and service areas.

There are Economy and agrotechnology, Economy analysis and management, Economy informatics and ecology departments at School of Economics and Management .

The school of professional improvement and preparation to again is new school at university and runs education courses in various areas such as lifting of the professional of experts, preparing for employees again and educational courses in various programs.

Lenkaran State University has 11 department, a problem laboratory of scientific research and 14 education laboratory and  research centres, a modern library and Information Centre. Currently, about 1600 students are enrolled at the four schools of Lankaran State University. 93% of students are studying for undergraduate, 7% - for graduate degrees. About 150 teachers and scientists provide the learning process in university and the same number of technical personnel serves to students. There are international students and students from different regions of Azerbaijan  in  Lankaran State University.

Lankaran State University’s partnerships with foreign universities, international foundations and academic organizations are developing every year. Since the very early days of its establishment, Lankaran State University has established cooperation and partnerships with universities and academic institutions in Azerbaijan and in other countries of the world. These cooperation activity include various areas of academic and research exchange, student and faculty exchange. The University has successfully participated in the different projects of the European Commission.

 Up to now , LSU has organised various International and republican conferences, scientific seminars and debate, seminars and meetings with famous  people of Azerbaijan in the field of art, a science and sports.   The university is initiator of many social and cultural ceremonies and was active participant such kind of measures.

LSU was the member of Associations of Eurasian Universities,  the member of Associations of Caspian countries and Universities of the Turkish languages countries.

Research activities of the LSU cover actual problems of modern scientific fields  and about 20 different science theme are in process. The University has three different scentific proceedings in the theme of “Proceedings of Lankaran State University”. LSU pays serious attention to the applying of the information technologies in education, has the Electronic Education Network which  is supplied with the most modern technology. There are the museums  as “Haydar Aliev museum and management school”, “Archeology and ethnography “, modern library, cafeterias for students and staffs, sport centers and stadiums, halls for meetings and comfortable health centers  in Lankaran State University.