Vision
The Research and Development Office (RDO) envisions the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, Incorporated, as a global leader of research by 2030 through constant formation and development of scholarly leaders, consistent contribution to the body of knowledge, and the collaborative communication of research for the authentic good of the individual and the society.
Mission
The Research and Development Office (RDO) is driven to generate and propagate systems for scholarly development through sustainability, innovation, and evidence-based mechanisms to advance the call toward evangelization through excellence.
RDO Agenda
As evidenced by the University’s Quality Statement, it is apparent that the research goal is to “enrich existing academic programs and broaden knowledge through functional, ethical researches while producing and protecting items with intellectual property, for the authentic good of individuals and society.” Hence, the research undertakings of the RDO is of three-fold components: institutional development, community responsiveness, and evangelization.
Research under institutional development is the lifeblood of the University as it upholds efficiency and excellence by promoting internal growth and by addressing the University’s needs. Thus, the RDO assesses the current policies and practices of the University; determines its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities; and innovates and formulates appropriate solutions and policies to strengthen the quality of its services and to address institutional problems and needs.
Community responsiveness illustrates the core values of service and community life by responding to the bigger and emerging issues of national and global scale. Through research, RDO commits to advance research and development, fully supportive of and complementary to teaching and community services and responsive to contemporary issues and problems of the University and of the society (RPDO Policies and Guidelines, 2010).
Finally, research under evangelization becomes the tool through which UNO-R, as an educational center, achieves the Augustinian Recollect pedagogical-pastoral objectives. It commits to developing sound and morally healthy students, faculty, and non-teaching personnel to become “scholarly leaders of science who extend the frontiers of knowledge through experimentation and verification bringing about a deeper evaluation of problems that will make them see profoundly the synthesis of faith, reason, culture, and life.”
As guided by the National Higher Education Research Agenda of the Commission on Higher Education, the Harmonized National Research and Development Agenda of the Department of Science and technology, the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Development Programme, and the perspectives of the Augustinian Recollect educational network through the Recoletos Educational Apostolate of the Philippines, RDO has crafted the 2024-2030 University Research Agenda.