Institut Penyelidikan Marin Borneo telah menerima beberapa pengiktirafan diperingkat nasional dan antarabangsa.

Antara yang terkenal ialah:

• Potential Higher Institutional Centre of Excellence (HICoE) in Aquaculture, Ministry of Education Malaysia
• International Ocean Institute’s Focal Point for Malaysia
• Network membership of The Ocean Project
• Membership of International Maritime Club and
• Centre for collaborative research in aquaculture by Kinki University, Japan.

• Academic Services Division

• EcoCampus Management Centre

• Bursar Department

• Internal Audit Office

• Center for Internationalisation and Global Engagement

• Legal Advisor Office

• Alumni Centre

• Library

• Centre for Co-curriculum and Student Development

• Minda Lestari Centre

• Centre for E-Learning

• Registrar's Office

• Centre for Industrial Collaboration and Engagement (CICE)

• Research Management Centre

• Centre for Investment, Endowment and Wakaf

• Security Division

• Centre for NR and Student Residential Facilities Management

• Student Affairs Department

• Centre for Occupational Safety and Health

• Innovation and Commercialisation Management Centre

• Centre for Postgraduate Studies

• UMS Hospital

• Centre for Strategic Management

• UMS Islamic Centre

• Centre for Corporate Communication

• UMS Labuan International Campus

• Centre for Sustainable Society Engagement (CSSE)

• UMS Press

• Centre for Academic Excellence and Development

• UMS Sports Centre

• Data Management and Artificial Intelligence Centre

• Career and Student Entrepreneurship Development Centre

• Centre of Instrumentation and Science Services

• Confucius Institute

• Chancellory Office

• Universiti Malaysia Sabah Flexible Education Centre (UMSFLEC)

• UMS Digital Department

• Azman Hashim UMS Gallery

• Development and Maintenance Office

•  EcoFarm Management Centre

• Centre for Quality Assurance

•  Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology