the national level. 2007 – ASUE was awarded the “Intellect – 2007” Prize for the creation of the project of the Information and Library Center in ASUE. 2008 – At the conference held in Ankara, UNEC received an award for the contribution and development of the Turkic world and culture. 2009 – The International Academy of Professionals, which was established in Kyiv in 1996, awarded the "Golden Medal" to the Azerbaijan State Economic University for merits in the scientific sphere and training of personnel. 2009 – The "Child of Motherland" award and the "Dada Gorgud" medal were awarded to the university rector for the fact that the university made a contribution to the development of Azerbaijan, from both economic and social sides. The award was presented by the Supreme Council of the Dada Gorgud Foundation. 2010 – Within the framework of the international image program "Millennium Award" ASUE received three awards – a diploma, a cup and an order for the fact that the university used modern educational technologies and introduced innovations in the educational system. 2015 – The university was awarded the certificate "Best Performance" for the best presentation at the 9th Azerbaijan International Education and Career Exhibition. This is the only university that received the certificate "Best Performance" at the exhibition, which was attended by more than 130 institutions of higher education from 16 countries. 2015 – Business School ASUE was recognized as a full member of the Accreditation of the Business School of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) for the first time in Azerbaijan. 2016 – UNEC retained its leadership among universities in Azerbaijan in accordance with the list identified by the rankings of the world's higher education institutions "The Ranking Web" and "Webometrics". 2016 – According to the latest results of 2016, introduced by UniRank, which determines the popularity of the world universities on the Internet, UNEC was the first among universities in Azerbaijan. Honorary doctorates H.E Mr. Heydar Aliyev, former president and national leader of Azerbaijan Republic H.E Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, former First Lady of Arab Republic of Egypt Dr. Ismail Serageldin, director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina H.E Mr. Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, former President of Greece Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winner Erik Stark M, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Professor at University of Harvard Finn Erlinq Kidland, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Professor at University of Carnegie-Mellon University, Norway Christopher A. Pissarides, Nobel Prize Laureate