Objectives

  • Promote an innovative research, and entrepreneurial environment to grow knowledge economy
  • Strengthening academia-industry linkages to formulate collaborative ventures with the corporate community for mutual benefits
  • Encourage collaborations of departments with local industry and International universities to conduct joint research/internships and faculty-student exchanges
  • Managing of university ranking and opportunities for hunting diversified research grants and ensure conducive environment for research
  • Ensure transparency in research system of the university or this ORIC wants to improve the environment for all research and scholarship by:
  • Supporting the strategic research directions and policies of universities
  • Improving integration of research and education at all levels of the institution
  • Increasing and diversifying external research funding
  • Improve recruitment and retention of the top faculty
  • Translating research for the public's benefit
  • Improving and strengthening university-industry relationships
  • Promoting entrepreneurship, technology-transfer and commercialisation activities which improve and support the economy
  • Promoting and improve multi-disciplinary research initiatives
  • Develop strong and long-term bonds with research funding agencies to support research, development, innovation, outreach commercialization initiatives and policy making and present cutting edge technologies to end-users