Strategic Plan

University of Aberdeen Institutional Strategic Plan 2007-2010

The University's Mission Statement extracted from the Strategic Plan is set out below. You can also download the full Strategic Plan, and accompanying Environmental Analysis.

ABERDEEN'S AMBITION

To be one of the top 100 world-leading universities.

MISSION STATEMENT

We aim to be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a broad-based university that delivers innovative and excellent teaching and research.

We are committed to positive change, to celebrating culture, to embracing enterprise, and to pioneering new ideas and inventions.

In all that we do, we build on the distinctiveness of our northern heritage, on our location in the energy capital of Europe, and on over five centuries of consistent service and outstanding achievement to society.

OUR MISSION

Our core purpose, as an ancient research driven University, is to generate, explore, and teach ideas.

In fulfilling this purpose, we shall:

Conduct pure and applied research at the highest levels of excellence, raise and promote cultural engagement and science awareness, and release ideas and technologies which will promote economic growth and contribute towards the development of civic society;
Provide an excellent and sustainable learning environment that delivers a dynamic curriculum, informed and driven by academic discovery, and equips our students with the reasoning, communication, entrepreneurial and analytical skills that will enable them to lead and adapt to change throughout their lives;
Attract outstanding people across all fields of our endeavour, and in so doing, preserve, promote and understand our own and other cultures;
Be recognised as a university with global ambitions and as a leader in learning, teaching and research at regional, national and international levels;
Secure diverse, and independent funding streams to underpin our ambition.

This 2007 - 2010 Strategic Plan describes how we intend to achieve our mission and how we shall know whether we are successful.