1- Studying, enriching and developing poetry and Arabic poetry in particular.
2- Encouraging researchers to reinterpret the Arabic heritage in accordance with contemporary methodology and criticism.
3- Looking at texts from different new perspectives and discussing  poetry-related modern criticism theories.
4- Creating cultural partnerships between the unit and the various bodies and institutions concerned with the field.
5- Promoting studies in the field of Arabic poetry and urging faculty members to conduct research in the field and upgrading their research skills.
6- Stabilising the Arabic identity in creative poetry among international poetry.
7- Providing society with creative and intellectual services and fostering its appreciation to beauty through mutual cooperation between the Poetry Unit and the institutions interested in the field.