The Diplomatic and Consular Service Department was established at the Faculty of International Relations on September 1, 1996. The Department was assigned the duty of training students in the sphere of diplomacy, diplomatic correspondence, consular services, diplomatic protocol and etiquette. Today the Department trains students on the specialty 1-23 01 01 «International Relations» with specialization «Administration of International Contacts», and provides training of some subjects for students of 1-24 01 01  «International Law»,  1-25 01 03 «World Economy», 1-26 02 02-06 «Management  (in the sphere of International Tourism», 1-23 01 03 «Linguistic and Country Studies», 1-96 01 01 « Customs Affairs»". Also the Department provides training for academic staff on the specialty 23.00.02 «Political Institutes and Processes».

Since 2006 Scientific Laboratory of International Information operates at the Department. In 2012 a student research laboratory "Analysist" was created. 

In order to make the training more practice-oriented and provide students with neccesary research assistance the Department actively collaborates with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other state bodies of the Repeblic of Belarus, with foreign diplomatic representations.

Main results of academic research and developments activities appear in more than 260 publications, including 50 of them published abroad. 9 research and development projects were conducted at the Department. The staff of the Department has also worked out several textbooks and manuals, which were approved by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.