Our Objectives
- To impact the space society in a transformative way regionally, nationally, and globally by engaging with partners outside the traditional borders of the university campus.
- To contribute to society through the pursuit of space education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence.
- To educate citizen-leaders for our society. We do this through our commitment to the transformative power of space technology.
- To be a transformative impact on society through continual space innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
- To recruit and develop the world’s most promising students and most outstanding staff and be a truly global university benefiting society as a whole.
- A STEM focused space institution of higher education, providing undergraduate and graduate degrees in space engineering, information sciences, and technology leadership, that has flexibility and opportunities to grow, and that adapts offerings to emerging workforce needs.
- A provider of hands-on, space career-relevant learning that is conducted in an interdisciplinary and interactive environment, where faculty and staff support student achievement and success.
- A university that delivers Space programs of similarly outstanding quality through face-to-face and virtual classrooms, and other forms and mixtures of teaching methods that align with the learning needs of our students.
- A space institution with a faculty and leadership who stimulate and implement new curricula, research and entrepreneurial activities for the professions we serve, and that benefit a diverse community of learners.
- A space institution that is closely linked to its constituency of local, regional and national partners in business, government, non-profits, and professions that provide influence for future technology development and policies.
- A space institution that engages the global community, through educating international students, coordinating with educators, and supporting multinational professional associations.
- A university that develops graduates with communications, analysis and critical thinking skills that allow them to be successful in a global environment and pursue lifelong learning as technical professionals, leaders and innovators in the Space community.
- A university that prepares graduates for jobs and careers, and that serves the broader purpose of education to address national needs-based policies through scientific consideration.
- An organization appropriately sized for quality education and financial viability, with sustainable assets for faculty and staff to provide a best-value STEM education.
- Attracting outstanding students and providing them with a high-quality space education to graduate qualified professionals who adhere to business ethics, possess technological intelligence and are able to compete in the labor market.
- Recruiting, developing, and retaining talented staff and students in addition to supporting their productivity and ongoing development.
- Encouraging the promotion, support, and improvement of the scientific research policy in the School, to foster innovation, creativity and conduct applied research.
- Contributing to the development and strengthening the relationship with the local community, thus achieving integration between the educational and local environments.
- Seeking operational excellence by developing self-assessment procedures and quality assurance, and applying quality standards effectively on the academic and administrative levels.