The Quality Assurance Directorate University Quality Assurance Policy and Framework of 2007 guide the activities of the Directorate which are:
- Ensuring the development and maintenance of high-quality academic programs
- Enhancement of Quality Experiential and Flexible learning
- Development of mechanisms to motivate high quality and competitive research
- Ensuring an effective external examination system
- Ensuring an efficient staff recruitment, development and appraisal system
- An effective student admission, assessment and progression process
- Ensuring a high-quality support environment for staff and students for effective teaching, learning, research and knowledge transfer partnerships
- Contributing to the formulation of the university quality assurance enhancement policies and practices; to their implementation and monitoring across the University and where appropriate with collaborative partner institutions