STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
The University of South Florida
will pursue nine strategies to position itself among the top tier research
universities in the United States.
- Promote nationally and internationally distinctive
research and graduate programs
- Advance collaborative learning and discovery to
improve health for the community.
- Attract the very best undergraduate students by
providing a challenging intellectual climate.
- Provide high quality academic programs and support
services.
- Shape the enrollment profile to reflect the educational
goals of a major urban research institution.
- Promote the intellectual, cultural, personal, and
social development of students through high quality student life services.
- Provide a student-centered, user-friendly administrative
and service infrastructure.
- Achieve fiscal self-sufficiency and develop a stable
economic base for university programs and services.
- Establish USF as a national model for a university fully engaged with its local, national, and global communities.