The Directorate has been established to oversee all activities involved in securing new and additional resources for the university. This is a newly Directorate put in place in order to coordinate activities involved in Goal number five of the 2020-2025 strategic plan of the university. The strategic plan is the anchor, in which an organization’s programs, structure and systems, as well as financials are reviewed and new business opportunities are identified. DarTU resource mobilization is critical because first it ensures the continuation of institution’s service provision to clients, second it supports university sustainability and third it allows for improvement and scale-up of products and services the university currently provides. The Directorate has a Committee which is responsible to the Governing Board.

These new directions or new business opportunities are then pursued using a distinct resource mobilization strategy, such as writing proposals, submitting grant applications, or drafting business cases or business plans. DarTU being a private institution of higher learning is currently largely dependent on students’ fees to finance its various operations. It has been challenging for the DarTU to enroll enough students into all its programmes to meet its financial requirements for operations and development. DarTU therefore, needs to develop alternative ways for resource mobilization and mechanisms for improving institutional sustainability.