Nakhchivan State University (NSU, Azerbaijani: Naxçıvan Dövlət Universiteti) is a public university located in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has 290 faculty members and currently enrolls 3500 students.
Founded in 1967 as a part of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, in 1990 it became the Nakhchivan State University. In 2003, NSU, in conjunction with George Soros' Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation opened an Education-Information Center on the NSU campus to develop areas involving education, information and law [1].