A "mission statement" is not only a vision but connects specific aims with "projections of feasibility". Concepts regarding the future development of the university are connected with declarations of intent concerning their realization on the basis of existing resources and achievement potentials in the mission statement.

Therefore a mission statement expresses the self-perception of the University as an institution. It refers to basic principles and values, to existing competences on the basis of tradition and location, to problems and claims, to challenges and opportunities, as they are perceived by the Universität Stuttgart.

Facing international change, globalization, changing political conditions and the competition of universities among themselves - developments which are emphatically welcomed by us-, the mission statement gives an orientation for the future plannings of the university.Our mission gets apparent in the wording of strategic main focuses and criteria which are used to make up the balance of our achievements especially with regards to the allocation of resources.

The orientation towards the mission statement is supposed to shape the development of research and teaching, the transfer of knowledge and technology and the development and self-perception of the members of the university in a specific manner.

	Mission Statement [de]		PDF (4,7 MB)
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