The Business Development Unit is established under the Office of the Vice Chancellor under section 5.5 of the Technical University’s Statute. The Unit performs the following functions:

• Coordinate all commercial activities of the Production units of the departments;
• Analyze market needs and trends, to identify and deliver marketing strategies to support the university’s programmes and initiatives;
• Be in regular touch with industry, business community, and bid for international and local consultancy projects;
• Develop and manage all non-academic commercial projects, tasks and initiatives, in close coordination with Heads of department, Registrar and Vice Chancellor;
• Undertake research, gather and analyze data on business opportunities, prepare business plans and ad hoc reports, needed for implementation of the Polytechnic department.