International Relations
Academic Partners
The Academy cooperates with maritime and technical universities in 11 countries: student and staff exchange, double degrees, joint conferences and research. In 2026 new memoranda were signed with four universities in Türkiye and Ukraine.
- Countries11
- New memoranda (2026)4 universities
- Erasmus+ agreement2021–2027
- Double degreeKazakhstan
Partner universities
By country; in brackets — the latest agreement or form of cooperation.
- Türkiye — Istanbul Technical University; Piri Reis University (strategic cooperation memorandum, 10.02.2026); Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (memorandum, 18.05.2026); Yıldız Technical University (memorandum, 21.05.2026).
- Ukraine — National Transport University, together with the Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachnyi Kyiv Institute of Water Transport (memorandum, 03.07.2026); Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding; Odesa National Maritime University.
- Kazakhstan — Yessenov University (Caspian University of Technology and Engineering named after Sh. Yessenov), Aktau (double degree, since 2011).
- Georgia — Batumi State Maritime Academy; Batumi Navigation Teaching University.
- Latvia — Latvian Maritime Academy; Liepāja Maritime College of Riga Technical University (Erasmus+, 2021–2027).
- Estonia — Estonian Maritime Academy (TalTech).
- Lithuania — Klaipėda University.
- Poland — Maritime University of Szczecin.
- Bulgaria — Technical University of Varna.
- Montenegro — University of Montenegro.
- Russia — Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping; Astrakhan State Technical University; Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University; Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University.
Companies and organisations
- GN Group Corporation (Türkiye) — training for students on the company’s ships and in its shipyards, courses, graduate recruitment (news).
- Informacinė Raida (Lithuania) and Turksen Eğitim (Türkiye) — long-standing cooperation.
- TİKA — support in building links with Turkish universities and companies; organised the Istanbul meetings in May 2026 (news).
Research partners
- Brandenburg University of Technology (Germany) — joint research and experiments under an Azerbaijan Science Foundation grant (2025, news).
- Scientists from Türkiye, Russia, the USA, Ukraine, Georgia, Latvia, Poland and Kazakhstan take part in the Academy’s annual international conference — Scientific conferences.
Want to become a partner?
Send your proposal to the Research and International Relations Department; how cooperation is built is described on the International cooperation page.

