Michigan Technological University Information

Mission

We prepare students to create the future.

Vision

Michigan Tech will grow as a premier research university of international stature, delivering education, new knowledge, and innovation for the needs of our technological world.

The Strategic Plan

Approved April 28, 2006 by the Board of Control

Goals

Michigan Tech's focus is improving lives and preserving our world through sound, innovative uses of science, engineering, and technology. Our society strives for economic prosperity, improved health, and responsible use of environmental resources. Moving forward, Michigan Tech will be a leader in responding to these needs and challenges in Michigan, the nation, and the world. We will attract exceptional faculty and students who will develop, understand, apply, manage and communicate science and technology – all with the goal of a prosperous, sustainable world.

Progress toward these ambitious objectives will be measured by the national and international impact of our research and scholarly activities, and by the accomplishments and reputation of our faculty and graduates. Increasingly, Michigan Tech will be sought out and recognized for its ability to educate, to innovate, and foster economic growth.

Goal 1: Attract and support a world-class and diverse faculty, staff, and student population.

Michigan Tech will provide an outstanding work environment and support opportunities for all members of the Michigan Tech community by providing competitive compensation, expanding professional development opportunities for all, promoting and tenuring faculty with national and international reputations, supporting and rewarding successful faculty and staff. We will also attract and retain bright, motivated and adventurous students, and provide vibrant cultural enrichment programs.

We will increase the diversity of our faculty, staff and students by achieving diversity consistent with national norms, implementing unit diversity plans, and rewarding those achieving diversity goals.

We will provide exceptional facilities and an aesthetically pleasing environment by constructing and renovating technologically and ecologically superior facilities. We will also optimize the use of resources, laboratories, and equipment.

Goal 2: Deliver a distinctive and rigorous discovery-based learning experience grounded in science, engineering, technology, sustainability, and the business of innovation.

Michigan Tech will provide dynamic experiential learning that integrates instruction, research and innovation in undergraduate and graduate programs. The University will expand funded research opportunities for students, incorporate and expand discovery-based programs in all curricula, provide international opportunities in all curricula, and expand the use of technology in campus and online learning.

We will develop undergraduate and graduate programs in new and emerging areas by expanding combined bachelor-master degree and dual-degree graduate programs and creating new interdisciplinary programs in strategically targeted areas.

Michigan Tech will provide exemplary student life activities by initiating innovative student-centered activities, programs and services; promoting and encouraging student engagement and civic responsibility; and producing graduates with strong leadership capabilities.

Goal 3: Establish world-class research, scholarship and innovation in science, engineering, and technology that promotes sustainable economic development in Michigan and the nation.

Michigan Tech will increase interdisciplinary initiatives to expand knowledge and address societal needs by integrating sustainability into all our endeavors, expanding interdisciplinary centers and institutes in strategically targeted areas, and developing and supporting superior graduate programs.

We will economic development and innovation in Michigan and the nation by expanding entrepreneurship in graduate and undergraduate programs; increasing partnerships with government, industry and universities; supporting technological education and entrepreneurship at the K-12 and community college levels; and aggressively encouraging and supporting start-up businesses emerging from faculty and student expertise and scholarly activity.

Michigan Tech will address societal needs through global partnerships by expanding international engagement through collaboration with universities, industry and government; and developing cross-cultural exchanges to increase understanding and discovery of new knowledge and processes.