The Directorate is under the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, responsible for connecting UDS to other academic institutions and organizations around the world. The main mandate of the Directorate is to strengthen international linkages and foster international co-operation. The Directorate seeks to promote collaboration by encouraging staff and student development through exchanges, participation in international conferences, collaborative research, and other activities. In 2018, the directorate was tasked to work on the advancement of the University by leveraging on its international linkages to raise funds for the University and selling UDS programmes to the international community.