The Higher School of Civil Navy is located in the University Campus of Gijón, in a privileged environment of this city that also houses the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Gijón, with which it shares some facilities and laboratories located in the different departmental headquarters of the campus.

The school has the following training facilities, among others: planetarium, practice boats (3 cruisers, topsails, snipes), manoeuvring and navigation simulators, engine room, liquid cargo room, ARPA and radar, boilers, inert gas and communications, computer rooms, audiovisual rooms, mechanical workshop and engine workshop.

The centre offers degrees in Marine, Nautical and Maritime Transport and master’s degrees in Marine Technologies and Maintenance and in Nautical and Maritime Transport Management. The studies are oriented to train professionals in the maritime sector, whose outlets are developed in two areas: Sea and Land.