A method of formulating and presenting the comprehensive roles of a university in research and development of engineering (technological or science) education, in a concise structured format, designated as a MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEFINITION, is presented. This method of multi-functional defining can be used in any situation (especially when information-intensive circumstances prevail) in which a
... [Show full abstract] single-sentence definition fails to present enough information to convey the 'whole detailed picture' of the entity to be defined. The proposed method of definition exposes factors and components (in a clearly-displayed format) for subsequent analysis or investigation, in any research or development project, using multi-variate statistical approaches.