INECN collaborates with the University of Burundi in the framework of the supervision of dissertations for the obtaining of Bachelor's, Agricultural Engineering and Master's degrees in several scientific fields.

For a long time, laureates from the University of Burundi have been doing their final studies at the National Institute for Environment and Nature Conservation (INECN). Who are doing their research at INECN

Several areas are concerned by research and these include:

• Research on pollinating insects;
• Research on ectomychorizic symbiosis;
• Research on ecology;
• Research on habitat dynamics;
• Research on invasive plants;
• Research on ecosystem services;
• Bioindication research;
• Ethnological research in the field of Biodiversity etc.

In addition to these fields, professors at the University of Burundi are members of the Scientific Committee of the INECN Scientific Bulletin in the field of Biodiversity. The University of Burundi also participates in the implementation of activities initiated within the framework of the Biodiversity Information Exchange Center.

With the introduction of the new system in higher education called BMD, the University of Burundi is organizing, in collaboration with the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (ex-INECN), training courses for finalist students of the ^3rd Baccalaureate in the faculties of Sciences and Agronomy and Bio-Engineering, in the Departments of Biology and Environmental Science and Technology. Thus, internships in the following areas were organized:

• Internship on the taxonomy of invertebrates in Burundi;
• Workshop on the taxonomy of amphibians in Burundi;
• Internship on the determination of plant species in protected areas;
• Internship on the analysis of the level of installation of urban plant cover in the various districts of Bujumbura.