Statement of Mission, Vision and Key Goals

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Strategic Plan

June 2005 Update

Our Vision for the Future...

The University of Maryland, Baltimore is the state's public academic health and law university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, public service and patient care. We educate leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, social services and the law. We carry out internationally recognized research to cure disease and to improve the health, social functioning and treatment of the people we serve. We are committed to ensuring that the knowledge we generate provides maximum benefit to society.

Six Key Goals

Center of Excellence in the Life and Health Sciences, Law and Social Work. Evolve and maintain competitive edge as a center of excellence in the life and health sciences, law and social work, and as a campus of professions committed to addressing complex social issues at local, state and international levels.
Research and Scholarship toward Economic and Social Development. Conduct recognized research and scholarship in the life and health sciences, law and social work that fosters economic and social development.
Responsive to State, National and Global Needs for Health, Law and Human Services Professionals. Recruit outstanding students, increase access for disadvantaged students, provide excellent graduate and professional education, and graduate well-trained professionals who will be leaders in the fields and in the development of public policy.
Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy. Encourage, support and reward entrepreneurship; increase fundraising and philanthropic support.
Public Service and Clinical Care. Provide public service to citizens in all sectors and geographic regions of Maryland; provide outstanding clinical care appropriate to mission.
Efficiency, Effectiveness and Accountability. Increase efficiency, effectiveness and accountability, and respond to fiscal pressures, both those that are unique to academic health centers and those affecting higher education generally.

Source: UMB Strategic Plan, June 2005