The institution is a leading Higher Education Centre at European and world level, recognized for the excellence of its research in the field of ecosystem health science, the quality of the diagnostic tools developed and applied to assess ocean health, and its contribution to the exploration of marine resources with applications in biomedicine. It is a reference for international institutions and networks, and for talented senior and junior researchers (e.g. PhD students) and is also recognized within the European Higher Education Area as a center of excellence in terms of postgraduate, PhD and specialist training, science dissemination and environmental awareness. PiE promotes internationalization through networking and attracting junior (PhD candidates) and senior (Ikerbasque, EU-People) researchers by offering high-level postgraduate and PhD training and specialization and continuing education.