University of Oregon

Serving the state, the nation, and the world since 1876.

The University of Oregon is a comprehensive public research university committed to exceptional teaching, discovery, and service. The university is a community of scholars, helping members of its community to question critically, think logically, reason effectively, communicate clearly, act creatively, and live ethically.

Purpose

The university community strives for excellence in teaching, research, artistic expression, and the generation, dissemination, preservation, and application of knowledge, devoted to fostering the next generation of leaders and informed participants in the global community. Through these pursuits, the social, cultural, physical, and economic well-being of the students, the state, the nation, and the world are enhanced.

Vision

The university community aspires to create a preeminent and innovative public research university encompassing the humanities and arts, the natural and social sciences, and the professions, seeking to enrich the human condition through collaboration, teaching, mentoring, scholarship, creative inquiry, scientific discovery, outreach, and public service.

Values

The university community values

• the passions, aspirations, individuality, and success of the students and the members of its faculty and staff who work and learn here
• academic freedom, creative expression, and intellectual discourse
• diversity, and seeks to foster equity and inclusion in a welcoming, safe, and respectful community
• the unique geography, history, and culture of Oregon that shapes its identity and spirit
• a shared charge to steward resources sustainably and responsibly