Mission

USF St. Petersburg offers distinctive graduate and undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, business, and education within a close knit, student-centered learning community that welcomes individuals from the region, state, nation, and world. We conduct wide-ranging, collaborative research to meet society's needs and engage in service projects and partnerships to enhance the university and community's social, economic and intellectual life. As an integral and complementary part of a multi-institutional system, USF St. Petersburg retains a separate identity and mission while contributing to and benefiting from the associations, cooperation, and shared resources of a premier national research university.

Vision

USF St. Petersburg will be a premier masters urban university recognized for its vibrant community of scholars who engage and improve its community and the world.

Points of Focus

The following points of focus help organize the most salient aspects of our mission:

• Distinctive graduate and undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, business and education.
  
• Close-knit, student-centered learning community that welcomes individuals from the region, state, nation and world.
  
• Wide-ranging, collaborative research to meet society's needs.
  
• Engagement in service projects and partnerships to enhance the university and community's social, economic and intellectual life.
  
• A separate identity and mission that contributes to and benefits from the associations, cooperation, and shared resources of a strong University of South Florida System.

Points of Focus, 2009-13

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