The topics of the defended dissertations are mainly devoted to the revival of Russian Islamic studies and explore scientific problems in the works of Marjani, Qursawi, Imankuly, Uradi, Zayadi, Kumukhi, Imam Shamil and other scholars of the Volga-Ural region and the Caucasus. Some dissertations are devoted to the works of foreign scholars. The majority of the researches is devoted to Islamic law, with some dissertations taking the form of tahkik, associated with the study of hitherto unstudied manuscripts of Russian Islamic scholars and their introduction to the academic circulation.
The Academy provides assistance for its graduates in preparing for the publication of monographs based on their doctoral dissertations.