Goals & Vision
Vision Statement
University of California, Riverside
UCR will be a top-ranked, global research university that creates a nurturing and learning environment for our students, provides a welcoming and stimulating environment for our friends and supporters, and serves as both a source of pride for our region and a leader in its economic and cultural development. To do this requires attracting a diverse, world-class faculty.
Goals
To enhance UCR's reputational rankings UCR will have the profile of an AAU member university
To invest in areas of strength UCR will be recognized for its distinction among all research universities in selected areas which exhibit quality and momentum
To expand opportunities for all students UCR will become a campus of "first choice" for applicants, and students will have a successful experience at UCR
To reshape the curriculum UCR will build on the diversity of its students and the distinction of its faculty, and connect the curriculum to the vision of UCR as an AAU institution
To diversify our faculty, staff and graduate population UCR will be a preeminent research university that has diversity as one of its measures of distinction
To build professional schools and to increase opportunities for graduate and professional education UCR will organize and coordinate with other to achieve common goals for prosperity and sustainability of the Inland Empire through technology transfer, attraction and retention of highly skilled jobs and industries, and responsiveness to regional issues
To forge closer ties with the community UCR will organize and coordinate with other to achieve common goals for prosperity and sustainability of the Inland Empire through technology transfer, attraction and retention of highly skilled jobs and industries, and responsiveness to regional issues
To develop the resources and provide the infrastructure To make the other seven goals possible