The University's Research and Development Thrusts are geared towards the upliftment of the quality of life and the alleviation of poverty in the region and the country as a whole, through a sustainable development approach.

            Subject to formal review and consequent decision demanded by changing needs, EVSU adopts the following thrusts for establishing  priorities in developing, processing and funding research proposals:

1. Engineering and Technology;
2. Environmental Resource Management and Natural Science;
3. Information and Communications Technology;
4. Economics, business and Industry;
5. Mathematics and Statistics;
6. Physical and biological Sciences;
7. Education;
8. Sustainable Agriculture and Fishery;
9. Humanities, Language, Arts and Culture;
10. Social Science, Human Development and Public Welfare;
11. Population and Community development;
12. Governance, Civil Society and Social Justice;
13. Policy Development and Implementation;
14. Gender and Development;
15. Studies on the Projects , Programs, and Processes of the  University
    
    The research agenda or the priority areas of the funding institutions, both local and abroad, where EVSU research proposals are submitted are also given considerations.