Men and women are accepted for training in the specialty. The training is carried out in a military regime.

Graduates of the school in this specialty acquire military engineering and other special knowledge and skills in the field of theory and technical operation of ship engines, electrical equipment, turbomachines and steam boilers; the properties of fuels, oils and waters; the technology of ship repair; naval weapons and tactics of the Navy, the structure and methods of fighting for the survivability of the ship, light diving, conventional requirements for environmental protection, etc.

In parallel with military training, cadets study the necessary academic disciplines of the civilian specialty “Ship Machinery and Mechanisms”. The duration of the training is five years.

The scientific and teaching staff, which conducts the training in the profiling and general disciplines of the curricula, includes: two professors, twelve associate professors, seven doctors and nineteen lecturers and assistants.

All teachers in applied disciplines have long professional experience in the military or civil fleet and the necessary legal capacity as seafarers.

The educational and material base for providing a modern scientific and applied level of the compulsory disciplines under the Uniform State Requirements for the specialty “Ship Machinery and Mechanisms” meets the national and international requirements.

The lectures are combined with various forms of practical training of cadets for acquiring special training, for their moral, mental and physical strengthening and for growth as leaders.

The training practice during overseas voyages covers all activities related to the management, operation and repair of the ship’s power system.

The military training is in the professional field “Organization and management of military formations at the tactical level” and ends with the acquisition of an educational and qualification degree “Bachelor”.

After graduation, graduates enter service as officers in the Navy and hold positions on warships and coastal units of the Navy.

As career officers, they have the opportunity to improve their qualifications in military academies (including abroad), after which they can occupy higher command positions in the Navy and the Army Administration.

In the civilian specialty “Ship Machinery and Mechanisms”, graduates acquire an educational and qualification degree “Bachelor”, which gives them the opportunity to start working as mechanics on civilian ships or in industry after completing their military service.