The Marine Biology Station is an important scientific institution involved with the research of the sea. It was founded in the year 1969 in the framework of the Biology Institute of the University of Ljubljana. Beside the basic research the emphasis is mainly on the application research and evaluation of the impact on the marine environment. In the last years a special attention is focused on the ecological studies. As an organic part the Instrument Centre of Marine Station Piran was founded in 1995. The purpose of the centre is diffusion of knowledge and research equipment to the users. The most significant achievement is the construction of the Coastal Oceanographic Station on the Piran Punta. Today the Marine Biology Station is ranking as one of the more important marine centres in the Mediterranean. It is enlisted in the European marine research institutions grid; it exists as innermost reference for the regional programme of the United Nations on the Mediterranean; and is bearer of the Slovenian co-operation within international oceanographic committee. It managed to establish a vigorous international co-operation in the framework of the action group Alps – Adriatic, as well as in the bi-lateral programmes with France, UK, USA and with the neighbouring states of Croatia and Italy.

For organised groups there is a possibility of an expert guide tour upon a preliminary agreement, as well as a dormitory for 25 persons and a lecture room.

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