The University of Vigo has several research groups: the Scientific and Technological Research Assistance Centre (CACTI); the Toralla Marine Science Station (ECIMAT); the Research Transfer and Innovations Centre (CITI); the Technological Research Industrial Centre (MTI); and the Biomedical Research Centre (CINBIO). 

ECIMAT serves as an integrating element for an important clusters of Sea Researchers called Oceano-ECIMAT. 16 Research groups belong to Oceano-ECIMAT, 14 of them develop part of their research at ECIMAT´s facilities promoting the cooperation among Reserach teams from this University: Biological Oceanography; Bivalve Mollusc Reproduction, Metabolism, Pathologies, Detoxification; Coastal Ecology; Environmental Physics Laboratory; Fish Phisiology; Geological Oceanography and Biogeochemistry; Marine and Environmental Geology; Marine Bird Conservation; Marine Ecology; Marine Genetic Resources; Marine Microbiology and Parasitology; Marine Zoology; Physical Oceanography Group; Population Genetics and Cytogenetics; and Sedimentary Basin Analysis.