• To develop and promote regulatory framework for best practices that will engender student satisfaction and the best possible students experience through quality student support facilities and welfare services in the Nigerian University System (NUS);
• To coordinate the establishment of Human Development Centres, to ensure the provision of effective counseling services and career guidance to Nigerian University Student;
• To foster collaboration/partnership between Nigerian Universities, Government Agencies and Private Sectors in the provision of health services, organization of regular sporting activities, and ensure campus safety in Nigerian Universities;
• To supervise the organization of Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) competition as well as periodic collegial games to ensure regular sporting activities and maximum use of sporting facilities;
• To coordinate and facilitate International Student and Staff exchange programmes for national development and global competitiveness;
• To foster and coordinate the provision of consular guidance and counseling services for international students;
• To monitor and ensure the Implementation of Government Policies on gender and other related issues in Nigerian Universities; and
• Any other intervention to encourage the acquisition of leadership skills, national values and culture, professional ethics, sportsmanship, the eradication of anti-social behavior and the promotion of peaceful co-existence among students in Nigerian Universities.

The Division is being run by a Deputy Director,  and is made up of the following Sections:

(i) Leadership Development Section;
(ii) Career Management and Advisory Section; and
Gender Issues Section.

Functions of Career Services Division among others are:
• Facilitate the establishment of Human Development Centres and ensure the provision of effective counseling services and career guidance to students
• Facilitate the development and integration of Gender Education in the Nigerian Universities and monitor the implementation of Government policies on gender, sexual harrasement and other related issues.
• Foster, promote and ensure that universities sensitize students on national values and orientation.
• Encourage universities to develop mechanisms that would help Students acquire requisite leadership skills,

(i) Students and Staff Exchange Section
(ii) Consular Guidance and Counselling Section
(iii) Cultural Integration Section.

Functions of Internationalization Division, among others are:
• Coordinate and facilitate exchange programmes for international students and staff
• Foster and coordinate the provision of consular guidance and counseling services for international staff and students
• Promote cultural integration between Nigerian universities and their foreign counterpart.

The Student Welfare Division is being run by a Deputy Director Mrs. Unuigbe Favour Chioma, and is made up of the following sections:

i. Student Welfare and Campus Safety Section
ii. Communication Section
iii. Sports Development Section.

Functions of Student Welfare Division among others are:
• Develop policies and guidelines that will ensure adequate provision of student support facilities and welfare services as well as safety of Students on university campuses.
• Foster and monitor the implementation of strategies aimed at eradicating anti-social behavior, and the promotion of peaceful co-existence
• Ensure and promote the development of effective communication between students and university authorities in the Nigerian University System