Saint Louis University

Intensify our commitment to excellence in undergraduate, graduate and professional education as we build upon our Jesuit academic heritage by creating new opportunities to facilitate students’ development as leaders and agents of change.
Continue to embrace excellence in research and scholarship by investing in our faculty and research infrastructure, expanding the level of externally funded research and promoting the application of scholarly achievements to societal challenges and opportunities.
Enhance the array of support services that facilitate students’ transitions into their programs of study and strengthen their rates of retention, graduation and job placement.
Increase access for those seeking the transformative power of a SLU education.
Model a holistic approach to integrating health professions education, biomedical and broader health-related research and the provision of health and medical services to the St. Louis community.
Expand access to clinical services for both the SLU community and the larger community by building on our established strengths in the clinical health sciences.
Engage more vigorously with the Greater St. Louis community and its residents, pursuing an active, mutually rewarding relationship focused on the community’s needs and the opportunities for partnerships that will assist in meeting them.
Demonstrate our commitment to the community by working with it to develop and implement new approaches to bring community-responsive research and scholarly activities into the community setting.
Develop a process for guiding the University’s physical development activities in the context of the communities which surround the St. Louis campus.
Foster, support and expand SLU’s global instructional, research and service activities by creating the organizational infrastructure necessary to coordinate best practices in this growing field.
Develop opportunities for SLU faculty, staff and students that facilitate and enhance their international engagement.
Strengthen the bonds between SLU’s Madrid and St. Louis campuses.
Provide our students, and those who teach them, with a powerful learning-technology environment both to facilitate learning and to prepare them for employment in an increasingly technological workplace.
Adopt and promote new models of educational design, program delivery and market development, especially insofar as these paradigms address current challenges to the traditional higher-education business model, which are largely driven by affordability and access concerns.
Create new opportunities for members of the SLU community to foster their socially responsible entrepreneurial interests.
Utilize SLU’s athletics programs as a strategic asset in increasing the visibility of the SLU brand and the prestige of the University nationally and regionally.
Ensure an employment environment that is consistent with our values and which supports our efforts to sustain a mission-aligned faculty and staff of the highest quality.
Provide structured opportunities for all faculty and staff to increase their understanding of Jesuit educational principles and values in order to apply them in their daily work.
Become a more diverse and inclusive community.
Sustain our ability to carry out our academic mission by establishing and maintaining financial and management systems across the University characterized by subsidiarity, transparency, effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness in revenue generation, allocation, cost containment, and accountability.
Apply the Jesuit concept of care for creation to our stewardship of the environment on our campus and in our community.
Strengthen our internal and external communications capabilities and effectiveness.
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Updated on 07/03/2025