GENERAL INFORMATION
THE GEORGIA TECH VISION/MISSION STATEMENTS
THE VISION
Our vision is bold: "Georgia Tech will define the
technological research university of the 21st century and educate the
leaders of a technologically driven world."
THE MISSION
Our mission is clear: "to provide the state
of Georgia with the scientific and technological knowledge base,
innovation, and workforce it needs to shape a prosperous and
sustainable future and quality of life for its citizens." It
is achieved through educational excellence, innovative research,
and outreach in selected areas of endeavor.
Georgia Tech's mission in education and research will
provide a setting for students to engage in multiple intellectual pursuits
in an interdisciplinary fashion. Because of our distinction for providing
a broad but rigorous education in the multiple aspects of technology,
Georgia Tech seeks students with extraordinary motivation and ability
and prepares them for lifelong learning, leadership, and service. As
an institution with an exceptional faculty, an outstanding student body,
a rigorous curriculum, and facilities that enable achievement, we are
an intellectual community for all those seeking to become leaders in
society.
Georgia Tech values its position as a leading public
research university in the United States and understands full well its
responsibility to advance society toward a proper, fair, and sustainable
future. By seeking to develop beneficial partnerships within public and
private sectors in education, research, and technology, Georgia Tech
ensures relevance in all that it does and assures that the benefits of
its discoveries are widely disseminated and used in society.
Georgia Tech pursues its mission by giving the highest
respect to the personal and intellectual rights of everyone in our community.
In return, we expect that all members of our community will conduct themselves
with the highest ethical principles.
Source: Office of
the President