. At the time of the merger in 2003, the subsidies research outputs of the three independent institutions were as follows: TP had total subsidies research output of 44.48% compared to 4.17% in TNG and 7.97% in TNW. Before the merger in 2002, TP had a total number of 37501 postgraduates as compared to 11056 in TNG and 5077 in TNW. The percentage of staff with doctoral qualification was 13% in TP as compared to 2% in both the TNG and TNW. . The number of staff with postgraduate qualifications has improved significantly after the merger. In 2008, the total number of staff with postgraduate qualification was 422 as compared to 262 in 2004. TUT has the highest number of rated researchers (28 in 2008) than any other university of technology in the country. . TUT has a number of spectacular innovations that include, but not are not limited to, the electronic bicycle (A HI FAMBENI), power management systems and smart vehicle harness. The current challenges in research and innovation include insufficient funding, research space and equipment, research management capacity and recruitment of personnel with doctoral degrees.