On December 20, 1990, it started functioning as the "Electrical Engineering and Materials Science" department. Since May 4, 2001, it has been operating as the "Traffic Management Chair", since June 1, 2018, as the "Transport and Information Technologies" chair, and since April 1, 2021, as the "Transport Engineering and Technical Sciences" chair. Currently, the chair is headed (on a public basis) by Mammadova Gulshan Nureddin gizi.

Scientific activity of the chair:

Features of freight transportation technology

Movement structure of automobile transport and technical improvement of loading and unloading vehicles, application of progressive technology and improvement of cargo transportation organization. Appropriate division of any process into separate sections and creation of effective communication between these sections. Finding the effective cost of labor and resources related to the organization and management of the transportation process. Appropriate division of any process into separate sections and creation of effective communication between these sections. Shortening the time spent on transportation. Lower losses due to cargo damage and spoilage. Establishment of economic relations between road transport and the areas it serves according to the centralized planning system. To carry out any activity program. Creation and improvement of the transport forwarding services market.