Qafqaz University was awarded with "International Arch of Europe" prize in golden category. In the 38th International Convention organized by Business Initiative Directions (BID), held in Germany Frankfurt between April 29-30 of 2012, Qafqaz University was awarded with the International Arch of Europe (IAE) prize in golden category. BID is currently the most important private organization in the world presenting a Quality Award on the basis of principles as solid as those of the Deming in Japan, the Baldrige in the US, or the EFQM in Europe. BID is professionally related with companies in different countries whose products and services help position them as leaders that put special emphasis on investing in innovation, technology, training and development. BID has an international structure of experts in business communication, formed by engineers, physicists, mathematicians, economists, psychologists, journalists, designers and architects who also research great segments of public and private information sources, such as the media, publications, advertising, trade fairs and exhibitions, consultancy companies, universities, etc. The decision to award Qafqaz University was made by the IAE Selection Committee which is based on the criteria of the principles of the QC100 Total Quality Management (TQM) model which highlights different categories such as: a. Customer Satisfaction; b. Communication Strategies; c. Benchmarking; d. Information and Data Analysis; e. Leadership; f ...