CIÊNCIAS participates in international science and technology development networks. It does so in various ways:
Developing R&D projects in international consortia;
Being an integral part of international advanced training programmes;
Being part of large collaborations and networks of various kinds that are organised to pursue large-scale and complex objectives;
By contributing to the development of European research infrastructures;
By providing services to non-national companies;
By participating in the activities of various international science and technology organisations;
By welcoming foreign students and researchers to its research units.