In order to meet the needs for professional training of personnel in the field of land management, land and urban cadaster in our republic, the Scientific Council of Baku State University made a decision of 13.07.2011 to establish the department of "Land Management and Cadastre". According to this decision, the Department of Land Management and Cadastre was established by decree of the University Rector, Academician A.M.Maharramov dated 08.08.2011.

Department staff:
1. T.N.Nizamzada - head of the department, PhD in geography, 1.0 pcs. ass. prof.
2. A.S.Aghbabali - Chairman of the Faculty Trade Union, PhD in biology, 1.0 pcs. ass. prof.
3. A.B.Jafarov – PhD in agrarian sciences, 1.0 pcs. ass. prof.
4. G.Y.Khanbabaev – PhD in agrarian sciences, senior lecturer
5. L.R.Karimova – PhD in biology, 1.0 pcs. ass. prof.

Training technical support staff:
1. K.R.Gurbanova - senior laboratory assistant
2. G.S.Umudlu - senior laboratory assistant

Scientific direction:
Organization of land management, land and city cadastral works on the effective use and protection of land in Azerbaijan.

Subjects taught in bachelor degree:
1. Basics of land management
2. Basics of cadaster
3. Urban cadaster
4. Land cadaster
5. Planning Residential Areas
6. Organization and planning of land management and cadastral works
7. Land Market and Land Management
8. Basics of property valuation and registration
9. Soil valuation
10. Soil cartography
11. Land Law
12. Social-economic and environmental foundations of effective land use
13. Engineering supply of the region

Subjects taught in master degree:
1. Modern problems of land management and land cadaster sciences
2. History and methodology of land management and land cadaster sciences
3. The use of GIS in land management
4. Preparation of soil maps
5. Forecasting of land use
6. Economics of land management
7. Land management on man-made areas
8. Organization of State control over the use of land resources
9. Agroecological soil assessment
10. Economic evaluation of soil
11. Azerbaijan model of land reform
12. Use of GIS in land cadastral works
13. Cadaster of natural resources
14. Management over the use of land resources
15. Compilation of land cadastral maps
16. State registration of land rights
17. Cadastral valuation of land
18. Cadaster and land monitoring

Main publications:
1. Azərbaycanda torpaq islahatı: hüquqi və elmi ekoloji məsələlər. (Q.Ş.Məmmədov, Bakı: Elm, 2002, 412 s.)
2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Torpaq Kadastrı:hüquqi, elmi və praktiki məsələlər. (Q.Ş.Məmmədov, Bakı: Elm, 2003, 448 s.)
3. Azərbaycanın torpaq ehtiyatlarından səmərəli istifadənin sosial-iqtisadi və ekoloji əsasları. (Q.Ş.Məmmədov, Bakı: Elm, 2007, 856 s.)
4. Yerquruluşunun elmi əsasları. (Q.Ş.Məmmədov, T.N.Nizamzadə, A.B.Cəfərov Bakı: Elm, 2012, 112 s.)
5. Yerquruluşu və torpaqdan istifadənin əsasları. (Q.Ş.Məmmədov, T.N.Nizamzadə, A.B.Cəfərov Bakı: Elm, 2012, 300 s.)
6. Torpaqların bonitirovkası. (Q.Ş.Məmmədov, A.B.Cəfərov, A.S.Oruclu, Bakı, 2015, 238 s.)