As you asking here I am telling you Robinson’s Bijan Fazollahi obtained a grant from the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to establish an MBA program at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) in 1999

ASOA (Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) is a public university founded in 1920 and offered undergraduate, masters and doctorate level degrees. ASOA specialized in Engineering and Science fields, its project objective was the development of MBA program in English language at ASOA to train the next generation of Azeri managers to meet the needs of post-Soviet market economy.

Here I am giving below info of Summary of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) MBA project info :

PROJECT PARTNERS

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, J. MACK ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL ACADEMY

PROJECT DESCRIPTION & ITS STATE AT COMPLETION

SUMMARY OF PROJECT GOALS VS. PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS


MBA curriculum established and implemented as planned
ASOA Faculty exchanges for faculty development and Administrative Training in Atlanta exceeded goals:

Planned (8 persons)

Actual (15 persons)
GSU Faculty exchanges providing Faculty Training and Administrative Development in Baku exceeded goals:

Planned (9 persons)

Actual (15 persons)