The University of Auckland is considered one of the large research-based universities that is concerned with learning and teaching at the same time. The University includes a large number of students (more than 40 thousand students). It has eight large colleges that include undergraduate and graduate studies programs. The University Development Center has passed through circumstances similar to ours, but it has brought forth a distinguished step in learning and teaching in the previous five years. The aim of the visit was to identify the implementation means of educational initiatives grant project at the Educational Development Center as well as to identify the center approach to improving the learning and teaching process at the university.