Strategic Plan at a Glance

Strategic Goals

Goal One:	Build on undergraduate and professional program strengths to provide a distinctive and sought-after educational experience
Goal Two:	Strengthen research and graduate programs in strategic areas
Goal Three:	Enhance Queen's distinctive environment for learning
Goal Four:	Enhance Queen's distinctive role as a national resource
Goal Five:	Deepen Queen's international engagement
Goal Six:	Build Queen's profile and strengthen relationships with external constituencies to advance institutional goals
Goal Seven:	Acquire and manage resources strategically to achieve institutional goals

Mission

The University will build on the strength that is Queen's – students, faculty, staff and alumni – to be among the best internationally known universities in Canada recognized for:

• The exceptional quality of undergraduate and graduate students and programs in the arts, sciences and professions;
• The intellectual power and value of research and scholarship by faculty members and students;
• The exemplary service of the university and its graduates to the community, the nation and the community of nations.

Vision

Enhancing institutional engagement – with its students and with the society that supports it – defines the vision for Queen's University:

• Queen's University will be recognized as an innovative, inclusive and rigorous community of learning and discovery that is committed to serving as a national resource for the betterment of our global society.
• Our activities over the past several years have moved us forward in terms of meeting our goals; however, much is yet to be done. This Report will be devoted to describing the results of our efforts over the past year in this direction, as well as the challenges of the next ten years.

Values and Principles

• Freedom of Inquiry and Exchange of Ideas
• Academic Excellence and Innovation
• Engagement with our Students
• Diversity and Equity within our Community
• Distinctiveness
• Social Responsibility
• Open, Accountable Governance

Looking Ahead

In the years ahead, Queen's will continue to be dedicated to shaping the lives of its students and to contributing to the life of this country and beyond. Queen's must also continue to be an institution that renews and reinvents itself in response to the changing environment and changing circumstances. The development of The Queen's Strategic Plan: Engaging the World, reflects our commitment to this ongoing process of renewal.