• Mission and Vision
• Goals and Characteristics
• Peer Institutions and Benchmarks

MISSION

The mission of Purdue University is to serve the citizens of Indiana, the United States, and the world through:

• Discovery that expands the realm of knowledge

• Learning through dissemination and preservation of knowledge

• Engagement through exchange of knowledge
  

Discovery: Grounded in the most advanced theoretical, empirical, and applied methods, the University's programs of research, scholarship, and creative endeavor expand the realm of knowledge across a wide range of academic disciplines.

Learning through Dissemination and Preservation: The University promotes and champions learning by providing a variety of instructional settings where students and faculty can share and create new knowledge. It distributes knowledge to an audience of peers and citizens through a great diversity of academic literature and professional activities. In its libraries and other archives, the University serves as the repository and facilitator of access to a rich accumulation of human information, knowledge, and wisdom.

Engagement through Exchange: Through its programs of knowledge exchange and application, the University helps put knowledge to work to create new opportunities that advance our society and solve a variety of technical and social problems.

In all these activities, the University seeks to:

• Prepare its graduates to succeed as leaders, professionals, informed consumers, responsible citizens, and lifelong learners

• Admit to its programs an academically proficient population of students pursuing post-secondary education

• Reach out to an expanded audience of learners through residential and distance education utilizing a variety of learning media and technologies

• Play a leadership role in Indiana's economic and social development

• Promote human and intellectual diversity by providing equal access and opportunity to representatives of a rich variety of populations and cultures

• Contribute to the welfare and advancement of human societies throughout the world

 

VISION

The Next Level: Preeminence
Purdue will be a preeminent university, advancing quality in all areas while leading the world in the basic and applied sciences and engineering and improving society at home and abroad.

Characteristics:

• Programs of discovery, learning, and engagement that draw worldwide attention for their quality, relevance, depth, and scope

• Advancement of human and intellectual diversity to enrich the academic community, and to overcome the barriers separating individuals, populations, and cultures

• Model interdisciplinary and collaborative partnerships in the University community

• Collaboration with public and private enterprise in Indiana, the United States, and abroad as a model for pursuing common objectives

• A faculty and a staff celebrated for their dedication to Purdue's values and culture, and for their academic and professional distinction

• A superior and diverse student body dedicated to learning, and contributing knowledge and skills toward the prosperity of Indiana, the nation, and the world

• Self-expectations of Purdue's faculty, staff, administration, and students to pursue excellence individually and collectively while contributing to a common vision for achieving preeminence

• Active role of all disciplines in contributing their disciplinary and interdisciplinary strengths to Purdue's vision

• An attractive physical environment that stimulates and facilitates intellectual development and scholarly and creative endeavor

 ¹A new strategic plan for 2007-2013 is under development.

Source: Office of the President (please visit the Strategic Plan Web Site)