About Vision 2034

Vision 2034 builds on our 200-year legacy of leadership and impact

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Together, we will redefine the power of higher education

Our vision is to be the defining public university, boldly exemplified by our innovation and service to the common good. We will leverage our interdisciplinarity and excellence at scale to educate learners, advance society, and make groundbreaking discoveries to impact the greatest challenges facing humanity.

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Advancing what makes us Michigan

Our Mission: The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving, and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
Our Vision: The University of Michigan will be the defining public university, boldly exemplified by our innovation and service to the common good. We will leverage our interdisciplinarity and excellence at scale to educate learners, advance society, and make groundbreaking discoveries to impact the greatest challenges facing humanity.
Our Values: Our Vision 2034 is anchored to the university’s values that were developed by the university community through the Culture Journey initiative: diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, integrity, and respect.

Vision 2034 Framework

Take an in-depth look at U-M’s Vision Framework.

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Informed by thousands. In service to all.

Individuals Engaged: 25,000+
Ideas Shared: 1,000+
Idea-Generation Events Hosted: +80

Our Process

Driven by our Mission

The collective visioning process for Vision 2034 took place in 2023 alongside important U-M efforts such as Campus Planning — which explores how the physical campus must evolve to support the future of U-M.

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Our process built upon the insights and lessons learned from other ongoing university engagement efforts, including:

The Timeline

Vision 2034: a first in our history

Informed by a thousands of voices in our U-M community, the framework will boldly guide our next 10 years. See some of the milestones that brought us to this moment.