[7] The university has 36 departments under a total of 8 faculties for teaching and research at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in marine fisheries, safe shipping management and administration, naval engineering and technology, oceanography, international maritime law, etc.
To keep pace with the practical world and to orient the students with maritime domain, MUB organizes the industrial tour, field trip, visit etc.
The curriculum of master's program of the university has also been designed with mandatory study tour/ field trip to keep the visit effective.
In the national boundary, the students used to visit Chittagong Port Authority, Mongla Port Authority, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, Bangladesh Navy Ships, Freight Forwarding Companies/ Agencies, Pangaon Inland Container Terminal, Inland Container Depot- Kamalapur, Private Inland Container Depots, Department of Shipping, BIWTA, BIWTC, Private Shipping Companies, Private Stevedoring Companies, Private and Govt.
owned Shipyard and Dockyard, Ship Breaking Yard, Sea beach, Oceanographic Research Vessel etc.
There are two residential halls on the Dhaka campus of the university to facilitate students to stay.