Research Development Office was established originally as “The Postgraduate Research Centre” following a University Council decision on 30 January 2012 regarding the development of research at MNU. It was renamed in 2015 as “The Research Centre” and later “The Research Development Office” in 2020 and the original mandate of the Research Centre was revised as the following:

1. Conduct research on important social matters to make public polices to be based on evidence.
2. Conduct contract research and earn revenue to manage the place.
3. Aid concerned parties to write research proposals.
4. Grant money to do and monitor minor research.
5. Manage matters relating to ethics of conducting major research.
6. Promote and publish research.
7. To aid postgraduate research students that centres to which they belong are unable to provide.