1.2 Vision Statement

Michigan Technological University will be a nationally and internationally recognized leader in meeting challenges of the future through undergraduate and graduate education and research in sciences and engineering. At the undergraduate level, we will have comprehensive, forward-looking curricula in sciences and engineering that educate technically competent, intellectually vital graduates who are at the same time effective communicators and aware of the social, economic and cultural contexts of their work. At the graduate level and in research we will focus especially on growth in interdisciplinary approaches in areas of established strength and future need. Consistent with the increasing complexity of science and technology, we will substantially increase the proportion of graduate students. At each educational level and within each segment of the University community, we will increase the proportion of individuals from under-represented racial and gender groups.

1. Ten expectations as presented by the President in 1991, reiterated by him in his 1992 State of the University address, and revised in 1993. Michigan Technological University should be:

1. financially strong (diversified sources of funding, efficiently utilized, in an accountable manner)
2. a student-enriching organization;
3. a model of research and teaching excellence;
4. willing to be unique, innovative, flexible, and pioneering;
5. a leader in educating and developing professional engineers, scientists, business leaders, and communicators;
6. a leader in promoting diversity, creativity, leadership, and teamwork;
7. an integrated community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to creating a rewarding and challenging educational environment;
8. providing a strong research environment, thereby attracting high quality faculty and enhancing quality undergraduate and graduate education;
9. visible and acclaimed nationally and internationally and;
10. providing a reward structure that will attract and retain faculty and staff who support the above expectations.