The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:
- Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university
- Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking
- Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders
- Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals
- Organizes and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas of the University
- Performs any other related activities