Since 2017, students have been trained according to an experimental educational program developed in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention on Training, Certification of Seafarers and Watchkeeping of 1978, as amended (STCW-78) in the following specializations:

– 6В07112-Operation of ship power plants;

– 6В07113-Navigation;

– 6В07114-Operation of ship electrical equipment and automation equipment;

– 6В07115-Operation of handling equipment of ports and transport terminals.

In August 2018, after the summit of the heads of the Caspian states, on the basis of the decision of the Council of Rectors, the Department of Sea and Land Transport of the Faculty of Transport and Construction was transformed into the Maritime Academy of the Caspian State University of Technology and Engineering named after Sh. Yessenov.