The Keys Marine Laboratory has provided a focus for valuable contributions to the education and training of undergraduate and graduate students in Florida and elsewhere. Classes typically use the laboratory for one to two weeks, during which time they utilize the classroom, wet and dry lab space, dormitory space, and vessels for half- or full-day field trips. The KML also holds collecting permits for small collections of many marine species. Some university classes have used the laboratory for an entire semester. Below are short summaries of the KML education facilities and a list of some recent class groups which have utilized the facilities.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Dauphin Island, AL
Course Title: Tropical Marine Ecosystems
Instructors: Dr. Terry Richardson (Univ. of North Alabama), Dr. Tracy S. Jones (Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga).

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
Course title: Marine Ecology
Instructor: Dr. Donald Behringer

Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida
St. Augustine, FL
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
Instructor: Dr. Bill Buzzi

NOVA Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Dania Beach, FL
Course titles: Taxonomy of Marine Invertebrates, Tropical Marine Fish Ecology
Instructors: Professor Charles Messing, Professor Richard Spieler

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Course title: Comparative Marine Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
Instructor: Dr. Curtis J. Swanson

University of South Florida
St. Petersberg, FL
Course title: Icthyology
Instructor: Dr. David Mann