Mission & Values

University of St. Thomas Houston - Educating Leaders of Faith and Character

Mission & Values

Mission Statement

Educating Leaders of Faith & Character

Our Story

About UST

ABOUT UST

EDUCATING LEADERS OF FAITH & CHARACTER

Core Values
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Goodness: We serve God in faith and love by giving of ourselves to students, colleagues, and society.

Discipline: We demand personal responsibility, accountability, and integrity in ourselves and in one another.

Knowledge: We pursue truth and academic excellence in the Catholic intellectual tradition, emphasizing the dialogue between faith and reason.

Community: We build and nurture relationships that transform our lives, our university, and our world.

Vision Statement
"We have decided that within 25 years we will become one of the great Catholic Universities in America."

Strategic Initiatives

Our vision of building a great Catholic university for the future entails making a firm commitment in the present. Over the next five years we will lay the foundations of our vision by focusing on four strategic initiatives that will guide all our activity. We will therefore:

Assert our identity, academic brand, and image as a Catholic university imbued with the Basilian tradition.
Strengthen the academic excellence of our faculty and students and the quality of a UST education.
Build a more engaged campus community as we increase enrollment.
Invigorate and expand our relationships with alumni, external stakeholders, and the community.