Inhacaˈs Marine Biology Station (EBMI) is a Department of Investigation of the Faculty of Sciences of Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM). 

For its nature, EBMI is a scientific unit of University that, in an organized and hierarchical way, it includes a group of similar scientific areas, capable to teach, to develop the investigation and extension and to accomplish the administration of the resources allocated at your disposal. 

EBMI was founded in 1951 to support winter investigating activities of Witwatersrand University of South Africa. Its strategic location in an island, 32 km of Maputo City, with particular ecological characteristics it attracts several scientists' attention and other curious at the regional and international levels. From a simple accommodation place for students and scientists, EBMI quickly developed and became one of the first stations of sea investigation to be created in the Oriental coast of Africa.

 

Its structure organizational possesses a Direction Council and five (5) Sections contained in agreement with the nature of functions that are carried out.