You are welcome to the Directorate of Research, International Programmes and Institutional Advancement (DRIPIA). The Directorate serves as a platform that implements the institutional strategic plan in line with the mandate of the office. The focus of the Directorate is to direct research activities of the University that will improve the overall ranking of the University through publication in good databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, ESI, etc. It is envisaged that USTED will be one of the best research universities in the world in the shortest possible time.