Department mission is to train commanders, staff officers and experts (both military and civilian) to fill in command and expertise positions in the fields of defense and security, as well as to organize and promote scientific studies and research, necessary to structures with responsibilities in these fields.

Part of the Merchant Marine Faculty. The Department of Humanist and Behavioral Sciences provides the training of students for the achievement of physical, socio-human, legal and economic management profile of future graduates..

Part of Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. Education and research in Military Medical Service Organisation.

Part of the Merchant Marine Faculty. The reduced frequency learning represents an integrated, flexible and complex education and training form at university level.

Part of Croatian Defence Academy.