Our partners

Osteopathie Schule Deutschland (OSD)

Osteopathie Schule Deutschland is one of Germany's osteopathy schools. The school was founded in Hamburg in 1999 by the osteopath Torsten Liem. Its legal name is OSD Osteopathie Schule Deutschland GmbH, and its head office is in Hamburg. The school is currently headed by Torsten Liem.

• In Germany: OSD teaches in several cities, including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne/Düsseldorf and Nuremberg.
• International cooperation: OSD's official website lists teaching locations and cooperation partners in Poland, Greece, Türkiye and China.
• Programme format: OSD's part-time (alongside work) osteopathy programme in Germany lasts 4 years and comprises approximately 1,350 contact hours. Lessons are held as weekend seminars.
• Professional association: OSD is a founding member of the Federal Working Group for Osteopathy (BAO), which brings together the osteopathy schools in Germany, and is included in the association's list of schools.

Teaching in Baku follows the OSD curriculum: the lesson timetables are drawn up under the name of Osteopathie Schule Deutschland, the module titles correspond to the subjects of the OSD programme, and graduates are awarded the OSD diploma (see Diploma and certificate).

• OSD's official website: about the school (opens in a new window)
• OSD's cooperation partners (opens in a new window)
• OSD in the BAO list of schools (opens in a new window)

Osteopathic College of Turkey (OCT)

• OSD's official website lists the Osteopathic College of Turkey (OCT) as OSD's cooperation partner for Türkiye. In Türkiye the OSD programme is taught in Adana, Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir.
• The timetables of the Baku programme are drawn up with the logos of OCT and “OsteopathieSchule Deutschland International”.
• As stated in the timetables, OCT has the authority to change lesson dates and teachers should a teacher face unforeseen circumstances.
• Most of the teachers from Türkiye who teach in Baku are physiotherapist-osteopaths.

• OCT's Instagram page: @osteopathiccollegetr (opens in a new window)

ELF Center — teaching venue and host

ELF Center (ELF Health Center) is a centre for osteopathy, physiotherapy and rehabilitation that opened in 2021 in Baku, on Rəşid Behbudov Street. The centre has branches in Baku and Sumgayit. Its director is Dr. Elfanə Süleymanova, internist and osteopath.

• ELF Center hosts the Academy: the modules are held in the centre's building in Baku, at Rəşid Behbudov küçəsi 112.
• Dr. Elfanə Süleymanova is the Academy's founding partner in Azerbaijan.
• Several of ELF Center's specialists are students of the Academy.

• The Academy page on the ELF Center website (opens in a new window)