The University of Montana - Missoula

Mission

The mission of The University of Montana-Missoula is the pursuit of academic excellence as indicated by the quality of curriculum and instruction, student performance, and faculty professional accomplishments. The University accomplishes this mission, in part, by providing unique educational experiences through the integration of the liberal arts, graduate study, and professional training with international and interdisciplinary emphases. Through its graduates, the University also seeks to educate competent and humane professionals and informed, ethical, and engaged citizens of local and global communities. Through its programs and the activities of faculty, staff, and students, The University of Montana-Missoula provides basic and applied research, technology transfer, cultural outreach, and service benefitting the local community, region, state, nation and the world.

Vision Statements

In pursuit of its mission, The University of Montana-Missoula will:

  1. Educate students to become ethical persons of character and values, engaged citizens, competent professionals, and informed members of a global and technological society.
  2. Increase the diversity of the students, faculty, and staff for an enriched campus culture.
  3. Attain the Carnegie Commission status of Doctoral Research–Extensive University (50 or more doctorates in at least 15 fields annually) and increase funded research to $50,000,000 annually by 2006.
  4. Develop more partnerships–especially with local communities, businesses and industries, public schools, community and tribal colleges, state and local governments and universities abroad–and expand the training and technology transfer programs to promote community and economic development.
  5. Develop the capability and infrastructure for use of information technology to increase the efficiency and productivity of the campus and the state; and
  6. Involve and engage the faculty, staff, students, alumni, partners, and friends of the University in institutional governance.

Equal Opportunity

The University of Montana is committed to a program of equal opportunity for education, employment and participation in University activities without regard to race, color, sex, age, religious creed, political ideas, marital or family status, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, or sexual orientation.