Mission
The mission of the School of Engineering is to educate complete professionals who have an integrated knowledge of the theory and practice of engineering together with an equally strong understanding of the arts and sciences that will prepare them for fulfilling careers of leadership, service, and life-long learning for the good of society.

Vision
This vision of the School of Engineering is to become a preeminent engineering school providing transformational learning experiences that prepare engineering students for leadership, service, and success in life, profession and society. It is our goal to be recognized for outstanding engineering research that positively advances the human condition, addresses critical needs of the world, and provides economic growth to our region, our nation, and our world. Finally, we are committed to being a nurturing, inclusive environment that promotes the development of all members of the School of Engineering family to their full potential while supporting and advancing the Catholic and Marianist mission of the University of Dayton.

Beliefs and convictions integral to our mission
We educate students toward a profound knowledge that engineering is more than just a problem-solving discipline. While our curriculum and our research do not directly address issues of faith, we nonetheless affect in many ways the character and sensibilities of our students, not just as problems solvers but as individuals who respect the world that they shape for the good of others. Accordingly, our students receive an education that is rigorously directed toward advanced knowledge in engineering, while demonstrating at every turn the important relationships and interdependencies that exist between engineering and the rest of the disciplines across the full spectrum of human knowledge. We therefore educate students to be both intellectually astute and discerning in all their work and morally responsible in the face of the demands and rewards of our ever-changing world.

We constantly affirm that the education of the complete professional is best accomplished in the family spirit in which love, understanding, and support are equally matched by expectation, challenge, and accountability. This means that we champion the philosophy that engineering is an integrated profession and that engineers work best in society in collaboration with others toward the betterment of our world through an ethic of service to humanity, an insistence upon justice for all, and an expectation of peace.

In conclusion, our mission as a School of Engineering within a comprehensive, Catholic, and Marianist university is given meaning and coherence through our beliefs and convictions. While we welcome people of all faiths and those of no faith to our engineering school, we do so as part of a community with many shared values regarding our educational mission.

Goals
Goal 1: Educate for transformation and prepare a new generation of servant leaders.

Goal 2: Cultivate outstanding scholarship and research.

Goal 3: Strengthen and promote the University's distinctive Catholic and Marianist
            identity.

Goal 4: Advance international and intercultural citizenship and engagement.

Goal 5: Practice responsible stewardship.

For complete details, download the School of Engineering's Strategic Plan.