Nihan A. Aliev prepared and was advisor of more than 40 Ph.Ds in departments of "Mechanics and Mathematics"(1967-1972) and "Applied mathematics and Cybernetics" (1972-1993 and 2007-2023) of the Azerbaijan State University named after M. A. Rasulzadeh.
He prepared 12 fovgal lisans(Ph.D) and 5 Doctor of Sciences in Islamic Republic of Iran in 1993-2006 years.