Abstract— Research is an integral part of higher education. Teachers and students spend weeks finding a good topic related to the field of study, collecting and analyzing data, and finally writing papers. Conducting research and writing articles creates a healthy activity among faculty and students which results in the creation of knowledge and the emergence of a culture of research. The teaching staff of universities could be divided into two broad categories of teachers and researchers. These categories are valid only in their preferred field. Research-related challenges faced by faculty also vary between the private and public sectors. However, this research shows that leadership, curriculum, people, external environment and research experience are important factors for a research culture in universities. Keywords: research, university, higher education, leadership, faculty and interpersonal collaborationI. INTRODUCTIONResearch could be described as the first step in knowledge creation, which begins with research, goes through the stages of learning, teaching and ends with knowledge creation. Academia plays an important role in disseminating knowledge to the wider society through direct and indirect interaction. The product of an individual, group or society of intelligent beings is known as culture, demonstrating that culture is learned through research. Therefore, research culture can be defined as the act of creating, sharing and translating knowledge into action [1]. The term research culture is a combination of the two words research and culture. The word research means “a careful or diligent search” or “the process of gathering information on a particular subject.” On the other hand the word culture could be explained as “the act… middle of paper… that such businesses are respected for their work and the funding they obtain [9]. Universities have two fundamental purposes of existence – teaching and research – and both are public trust, so universities must prove themselves worthy of this. Universities in developing countries are not allowed to carry out activities independently. Furthermore, if government support is withdrawn, universities have no resources. Therefore, they need to find the necessary resources to be able to survive. This can be done by becoming innovative and accessible to as many as possible [11]; [12]; [13].When studying the research culture in Caribbean universities, [14], it was mentioned that research culture is one of the prerequisites for a country to be able to find solutions to its own problems rather than importing and adapting knowledge created in other countries.