Strategic Priorities

Students are at the center of UIC’s mission and its success. We will create an inclusive and innovative learning environment where all students are supported, equipped for success in their academic and post-graduate endeavors, and prepared to achieve their full potential.

Strategic Priorities

• Cultivate student potential at UIC and beyond
• Increase coordination to provide equitable support and experiences
• Foster equity and inclusion to advance student achievement
• Access to high-quality faculty
• Advance teaching and mentoring to increase student success and well-being
• Further innovative delivery methods and interdisciplinary programs

UIC is a hub of cutting-edge research and innovation. We will promote significant contributions that foster discovery and advance medical knowledge and clinical care, spur scientific, technological, and social progress, and advance civic and global citizenship.

• Promote excellence in research
• Advance medical and scientific knowledge
• Leverage UIC’s societal impact to augment reputation
• Align operations to accelerate research growth
• Support and drive interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary activity
• Deliver coordinated communications that represent UIC’s breadth

Civic and community engagement are integral to our mission. We will collaborate with local stakeholders and organizations as true partners to address critical social and economic issues to advance the city of Chicago and beyond.

• Collaborate as equal partners
• Advance UIC’s commitment to the city of Chicago
• Expand top quality health care
• Integrate structures and align incentives that encourage engagement
• Communicate UIC’s impact in ways that lead to more opportunities

Advancing the public good will require entrepreneurial thinking and action. We will further innovation and enhance our impact by developing a culture of entrepreneurship that strengthens our mission areas while also helping to sustain our operations.

• Foster a culture that values creativity, initiative, and adaptability
• Build infrastructure and allocate resources to advance entrepreneurship
• Create a space for experimentation and sharing of best practices
• Increase efficiency to support agile and market responsive activity

• Financial and human resources to support growth and innovation
• Coordination and complementary efforts to disseminate best practices
  and increase impact
• Compelling and effective communications to highlight UIC’s strengths
  and differentiators
• Accountability and transparency to promote collaboration and progress
• Analytical capabilities to measure and track progress on initiatives

• Diversity of students, faculty, and staff
• Student outcomes (e.g., graduation rates, job placement rates)
• Alumni engagement
• Amount of grant funding
• Number of faculty awards, fellowships, and publications
• Number of community and industry partnerships
• Community-based research dollars
• Number of patents and start-ups