With our strategy, Connected for Impact, we prioritise connection inside and outside the university, across disciplines, and explicitly seek cooperation with partners outside the university. Based on our vision of integrality and our core values – responsible, innovative and connecting – we want to be a moral compass in these challenging times; we actively seek collaboration to conduct research into and devise solutions for the above-mentioned challenges; and we educate students to become critical thinkers for a future that is still unknown. That is why, drawing on the strength of our disciplines, we are committed to greater connection across disciplinary boundaries and with partners outside the university – in a structural manner. This requires us, as a high-quality scientific knowledge institute in a rapidly changing society, to make conscious choices in open dialogue with each other and with our environment, with a critical eye and on the basis of thorough analysis.
To achieve this, we have defined five ambitions that we will work on in the coming years:
- A comprehensive university offering high-quality education programmes
- Excel in specific research themes
- Catalyst for the region
- Connecting community
- Agile and resilient organisation
In this way, we increase our impact and continue to respond to the challenges and opportunities of our time with high-quality education and research, and with a critical eye.
AI and sustainability as a central element of our strategy
AI and sustainability are and will remain important topics for us as a university and therefore form a central element of our strategic ambitions. We use AI in a responsible manner, with an eye for ethics, social impact and innovation, while approaching sustainability in a broad sense, from climate and circularity to well-being and social justice.
Establishment
The Connected for Impact institutional plan was formulated thanks to the contribution of many students, staff and relations of the university. It was adopted by the Executive Board following a positive recommendation from the University Joint Assembly (student and staff participational body) and the Supervisory Board. To make it possible to realise the objectives of the institutional plan in the coming years, staff members are currently working hard to elaborate concrete plans.