To promote innovation and excellence in UTS postgraduate research education by:

• Leading University strategic planning and policy development in postgraduate research education;
• Developing, and inspiring commitment to, a University-wide and systemic approach to quality assurance in postgraduate research education;
• Providing a range of services to research degree students, including complaints handling, information, scholarship administration, generic skills development;
• Promoting links with industry and business for the purposes of postgraduate research education and developing new educational models which build on these links;
•  Coordinating academic staff development activities that align with the University's quality assurance system and strategic priorities in postgraduate research education.

From: UTS 2000, Discussion Paper and Proposal, 1999