It is located in the former combined Amtsgericht and Landgericht building which served as judicial courts during the German period of the city.

600 teachers and researchers, including 75 professors holding the Doktor Nauk Degree, 80 academicians and corresponding members of international and public Russian Academies of Science form the faculty if the university.

International co-operation of the university with foreign educational and research organizations is constantly expanding, with the Baltic Sea region in particular.

Research at the university is undertaken in applied subjects, including: Water Bioresources and Aquaculture, Fisheries, Automation and Machine Building, Biochemistry, Biology, Ecology, Power Engineering, Shipbuilding, Computer Technologies, Economics and Management, Fish and Food Processing Technology, Linguistics, Mathematics, Physics.

Most of the university's research is focused in biological resources of the world's oceans, the Baltic Sea area and inland waters, aquaculture, new technologies for fish processing and food production, development of information science, computer applications and technologies, research into the rational use of traditional and non-traditional power resources, problems of shipbuilding, civil engineering and architecture, ecology, life safety, laser technology, and micro- and nanotechnology.