the current ASOIU. In 1993 the school changed its curricula into a more Western model, with its first bachelor's and master's degree candidates graduating in 1999. By the decree of the president, the university was named the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University in 2015. Shooting spree On April 30, 2009, a shooting spree occurred at the academy in which thirteen people were killed. The perpetrator was Farda Gadirov, a Georgian citizen of Azerbaijani descent. Campus The campus is on Azadlıq Prospekti (Liberty Avenue) in Baku. Organization and administration The university is run by a management body of prorectors, supervised by the Scientific Council and the rector Mustafa Babanli. Academic profile The Academy has eight faculties – Geology and Exploration Faculty, Gas, Petroleum and Mining Faculty, Chemical Technologies Faculty, Petro-mechanics Faculty, Energetics Faculty, Automatization of Production Processes Faculty, Engineering Economics, International Economic Relationships and Management Faculty and the Institute for Specialization and Re-education of Workforce for Industrial Organizations. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, ASOA has worked with a dozen Western universities to Westernize and modernize its programs, in particular with Georgia State University to develop a modern Master of Business Administration program. ASOA trains students in more than 50 fields: geological engineering, computer sciences, metallurgical engineering, hydrogeology engineering, geophysics engineering, mountain-mining engineering, petroleum and gas constructions engineering, heating energetics engineering, equipment production engineering, technology machinery and apparatus engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, communication and radiotechnics engineering, mechatronics and robotechnology engineering, mechanical engineering, information technology and systems engineering, re-manufacturing and repair engineering, metrology, standardization and certification engineering, chemical engineering, petroleum and gas engineering, automatization engineering, management, engineering economics, marketing and so on. Awards In 1931, the university received “Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Azerbaijan SSR” and in 1940, it received “Order of the Red Banner of Labor”. Student life Sport The Academy has its own sports complex with swimming pool, tennis courts and all-weather football pitch. The "Neftçi" (~"Oilers") run teams in 12 sports including football, swimming, handball, basketball, athletics, judo, boxing and wrestling. Notable people Alumni Vagit Alekperov, President of the Russian oil company LUKOIL Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan from June 1993 to October 2003 Nikolai Baibakov, head of Gosplan (State Committee for Planning) of the USSR Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, screenwriter Kerim Kerimov, head of Soviet space program Alish Lambaranski, ex-mayor