Fariz Rzayev is Director of Department for Student Exchange and Education Development Programs. Born in Baku in 1977, he holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Baku Institute of Social Management and Political Science, and a master's degree in the same specialty from Academy of Public Administration under President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Over the period 2000 to 2013, he occupied various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including at Embassy of Azerbaijan in Austria from 2002 to 2005, and Embassy of Azerbaijan in Belgium from 2007 to 2012. He has a diplomatic rank of the first secretary of the second degree.