"The Higher Attestation Commission considers the issue of deprivation of a scientific degree or scientific title (restoration of a scientific degree or scientific title) on the basis of petitions of scientific institutions and organizations, dissertations or scientific councils of higher education institutions or appeals of individuals. and decides. "

This was stated by the chairman of the Supreme Attestation Commission (SAC) under the President Famil Mustafayev in an interview with the official newspaper, Tehsil.biz reports.

According to him, for the first time in the history of the Higher Attestation Commission in Azerbaijan, a degree was deprived of a degree in 2021: "Based on an application received from abroad, we investigated the case of an Azerbaijani scientist. The defendant was defended in 2017 and approved in the same year. "

However, Mustafayev did not disclose the name of the scientist who wrote the plagiarized dissertation and whose degree was revoked.

The chairman of the EAC also noted that the commission restores the academic degree or scientific title of a person deprived of a scientific degree or title if there are legal grounds and does not consider issues of deprivation of a degree or title after ten years from the date of issuance of the diploma or certificate.