Raffles University Systems (RUS) is responsible within REC for accreditation, program development, quality assurance and academic staff development. Its quality assurance systems and academic standards are attested by a rigorous internal QA system, drawing upon external expertise from a number of established international universities. REC already has many years of experience of working with university partners in the UK and Australia and of operating successfully within different quality assurance systems in those countries. Oversight of REC's standards is undertaken through the RUS Academic Advisory Council which includes experienced senior academics from the UK, Australia, the US, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

It works in partnership with a number of well known international universities within a major international education network that offers its students a wide range of opportunities to study either locally or through a combination of local and international study. RUS manages quality assurance and programme development for the REC Group delivering the degrees of RCDC and the University of Wales (UoW). This network supports REC's commitment and determination to offer first class professionally relevant education programmes that equip its students to compete successfully within a global economy.