Mission

This information is current as at January 2008.

The mission of UTS focuses on the provision of higher education with an international focus that enhances professional practice, serves the community and enables students to reach their full potential. UTS offers a unique combination of practicality, international awareness and city culture. UTS's educational model emphasises a holistic concept of learning that educates forward-thinking, industry-ready professionals, promotes international student mobility and conducts high-quality collaborative research in niche areas.

Mission statement

The University of Technology, Sydney, is an Australian university with an international focus. It provides higher education to enhance professional practice, to serve the community at large and to enable students to reach their full personal and career potential. Through its promotion of learning and pursuit of research and creative practice, the University contributes to the advancement and integration of knowledge, professional skills and technology, and their intelligent, sustainable and enterprising application for the benefit of humanity.

Vision

By 2010, UTS will be renowned as:

a provider of dynamic and challenging professionally oriented higher education

a vibrant learning community

a leader in collaborative research and education

an international university

an influential and enterprising university

an inspiring place to work.

Guiding principles

UTS is committed to:

excellence in the achievement of its mission

intellectual independence and sound ethical practice

close collaboration with the professions, business, industry, government and the wider community

equitable access to education

indigenous cultures and the process of reconciliation

international perspectives and the richness of cultural and social diversity

sustainability — ecological, social and economic

fairness and transparency

critical commentary on public issues.

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