University Research Center

Dedicated to advancing knowledge, innovation, and academic excellence through impactful research for the community and beyond.

Mission

The URC actualizes the integration of the research discipline in the various programs and courses that feed policies and programs within and outside the institution.

The University Research Center (URC)

Manages multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary and institutional research outputs and publication of the University of Bohol. The URC leads in nurturing a research climate, thereby, creating an enabling environment of open-minded, truth-seeking and well-respected experts among different disciplines.

Open Access Journal

A scholarly publication that provides free, unrestricted access to its content online.

URC

Objectives

Globalizing Researchers

Produce globally competent researchers;

Research-Driven Education

Advocate research-based studies to enrich curriculum and instruction;

Outcome-Based Education

Fosters outcome-based education for greater opportunities for students’ employability and professional contribution to local and global communities;

Ensuring Research Excellence

Spearhead the quality assurance of research engagements in the university;

Financial Integrity

Maintain sound financial management and control of research projects;

Knowledge Sharing

Cultivate the sharing and usability of knowledge within the institution and the global and local community;

Sustaining Green

Sustain an eco-friendly, efficient and effective research facility;

Innovative Research for Global Funding

Craft research proposals that respond to the call of international, national and local funders;

Empowering Human Potential

Promote a highly enabling human resource;

Research-Driven Talent

Advocate research capacity building of human resource.

The University Research Agenda

The University Research Agenda is conceptualized with the collaborative contributions of the academic community of the University of Bohol. It outlines the research framework that is aligned to the strategic vision and mission of the institution. It provides the flow and mechanism to implement research policies in the academic field, the institution’s operations and extension services. It specifies the research direction and priorities of the university with the end of serving the university and global community.

Research Themes

The University of Bohol's research framework covers Academic Research on various disciplines, Institutional Research on policy and operations, and Extension Services Research on community engagement and advocacy.

Academic Research is clearly defined as “developmental research on curriculum and instruction, classroom research in the different courses, other basic researches in the academic disciplines.” It is clearly defined in the University Research Board’s guidelines, i.e., “development research on curriculum and instruction, classroom research in different courses, other basic researchers in the academic disciplines.”

1.1 Business and Integrity
1.2 Energy
1.3 Food safety and security
1.4 Good Public Governance
1.5 Health and Medical Sciences
1.6 Health and Wellness, health research ethics, and health information system
1.7 Human resource demand and supply studies
1.8 Information and Communication Technology
1.9 Information Resource and Technology
1.10 Institutional development studies
1.11 Instruction and Curriculum
1.12 Languages
1.13 Materials Science and Engineering
1.14 Model building studies
1.15 Natural Disaster Mitigation
1.17 Program/curricular studies
1.18 Social Sciences
1.19 Technology and education
1.20 Tourism
1.21 Values Integration
Institutional Research focuses on the “assessment and evaluation of institutional policy implementation, efficiency and effectiveness of the University operations, impact evaluation assessment of staff development performance, cost effectiveness, and overall attainment of University vision, mission, and goals.”

2.1 Faculty and Human Resource
2.2 Governance and Management
     2.2.1 access and equity measures
     2.2.2 accreditation and other quality assurance mechanisms,
     2.2.3 economics of basic and higher education
     2.2.4 governance and management
     2.2.5 internationalization of basic and higher education
     2.2.6 student financing models
     2.2.7 university financing and cost sharing
2.3 Graduate tracer studies
2.4 Institutional Sustainability
2.5 Physical Plant/ Facilities Operations and Management
2.6 Research on quality and standards in the context of:
     2.6.1 rankings and benchmarking
     2.6.2 quality assurance systems
2.7 Equivalency
2.8 Redefining classifications of HEIs
2.9 Student/Personnel Services
Extension Services Research is devoted to the studies on the University’s extension services, programs and projects, collaboration researches between the institution and the community, between students or faculty groups and the community or external organization. This includes baseline research or research to gather basic data for general knowledge and use for other researches.

3.1 Community and Culture
3.2 Advocacies
     3.2.1 Children, Adolescents, Youth and Elderly
     3.2.2 Climate Change
     3.2.3 Disaster risk management
     3.2.4 Environment and Society
     3.2.5 Gender Equality and Development
     3.2.6 Natural Disaster Mitigation
     3.2.7 Peace process and conflict resolution
     3.2.8 Poverty Reduction/Livelihood
     3.2.9 Waste Management and Pollution control
3.3 Program Monitoring and Evaluation
3.4 Other research areas deemed responsive to the emerging needs of the times

University Research Center

Mission

The University Research Center (URC)

Open Access Journal

URC

Objectives

Globalizing Researchers

Research-Driven Education

Outcome-Based Education

Ensuring Research Excellence

Financial Integrity

Knowledge Sharing

Sustaining Green

Innovative Research for Global Funding

Empowering Human Potential

Research-Driven Talent

The University Research Agenda

Research Themes

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