[7] At its inception, it comprised 3,000 students and three faculties (Humanities and Natural Sciences, Marine Engineering, and Pedagogy).

The Council is a collegial governing body of the university, formed according to the Law on Science and Studies under which the management of state schools of higher education includes not only the representatives of academic community but those of public as well.

Rapidly developing Klaipėda University has more than 2,800 students and 900 staff, including 550 professors, associate professors and lecturers studying and working in: 3 faculties: 2 institutes: and other structural units: Klaipėda University owns Brabander – the largest Lithuanian exploratory – sail training vessel, designed for students’ practice and marine expeditions.

On 18 January 2008 by the decision of University Senate an independent structural element – laboratory scientific research and training sailing vessel BRABANDER was established.

On 14 November 2014 acquired a new special research vessel Mintis which was funded by the project “Creation of Marine Valley Nucleus and the Renewal of Studies Infrastructure (JŪRA)”.