The university focuses on three management approaches including 1) Hybrid. The university is to promote new knowledge and diverse skills to be applied and accepted nationally and internationally; 2) Partnerships. Strengthening partnership is one of the keys to help the university produce well-qualified students, research, and academic services, which leads to economic and social development and 3) Networking. The university continuously initiates networks with Thai and foreign institutions in order to promote the production of well-qualified students, commercialized research, and academic services to maximize the university capability as well as data and resource management. All of which correspond with the vision that Naresuan University becomes one of the top 250 universities ranked by QS World University Ranking before 2021.