Focusing on the Future
Our vision
Chancellor Robert Coombe is working to better DU's tradition of educating the next generation of people who make a difference in the world. DU encourages high academic achievement, supports ground-breaking research, instills solid ethical principles and strengthens community interaction for all its students.
The University of Denver will be a great private university dedicated to the public good. Our students will enjoy an extraordinary education. Our search for knowledge will be daring. Our community will be diverse and dynamic.
Our values
As an educational and research community, we value curiosity, intellectual freedom, open communication, creativity and rigor. We respect individual differences and embrace civil discourse. We promote ethical behavior, integrity, caring and close individual attention. Our campus life is distinguished by inclusiveness, collaboration, involvement, responsiveness and accountability.
Our mission
The mission of the University of Denver is to promote learning by engaging students, advancing scholarly inquiry, cultivating critical thought and creating knowledge. We empower the lives and futures of students by fostering productive synergies between intellectual and personal development, research and teaching, disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, classroom and experience-based learning, and theoretical knowledge and professional practice. Our engagement with diverse local and global communities contributes to the common good.