A safe and secure school is one of the basis of Research culture in Higher Education Institutions is becoming established already across the globe. Several researches were made to identify the research needs HEIs to strengthen research more. Students are the main clients of schools and they carry the name of the school even after they graduate. Equipping the students with research skills is the a plus for the school where they come from. Research in Higher Education Institutions is vital to ensure quality education and services. The first step in research is performing a needs analysis for program implementation. Students need to possess research skills that will help them in their undergraduate theses and to land a job in the future. Pre-writing skills and editing skills are the most needed areas of focus in the student research development program as perceived by the student respondents. This is followed by writing skills. The different student research development program skills have each area that should be focused on. For pre-writing skills, it is analyzing the purpose of the study. In terms of library skills, the most needed area is searching for thesis, dissertations and other sources while for note-taking skills, it is synthesizing. For editing skills, it is avoiding plagiarism that needs to be focused on. In presentation and publication process, the most needed area is preparing a paper for oral presentation. This research made use of frequency and percentage for the profile of the respondents. Weighted mean and ranking were used in analyzing the data.