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 ship-building, civil engineering and architecture, ecology, life safety, laser technology, and micro- and nanotechnology.