ABOUT UV
Vision
An internationally recognized private non-sectarian university committed to academic excellence, transformational and innovative education.
Mission
To attain its vision, the university lives-up to the following:
- Build and embrace a sustainable research culture among students, faculty and non-teaching staff in support of its academic programs and community extension thrusts.
Functional strategy: RESEARCH - Develop the talents and potentials of the students towards the practice of professions to be responsive to the changing local and global industry requirements.
Functional strategy: INSTRUCTION - Capacitate a community guided by the university extension program and be a catalyst for social transformation.
Functional strategy: EXTENSION - Develop a community of God-centered, nationalistic, and globally competitive professionals
with proactive values and attitudes.
Functional strategy: VALUES
Goals
- Produce, present, and publish multidisciplinary research outputs.
- Provide competent professionals relevant to the demands of the local, national and global markets.
- Equip the faculty with the necessary competencies to effectively transfer knowledge and technology.
- Enable stakeholder to live-up to the Visayanian spirit, beneficial to the community.
Objectives
- To come-up with an outcomes-based and research-oriented academic resources across all disciplines.
- To increase faculty and student involvement in research undertakings.
- To raise the number of published research outputs.
- To bridge the gap between students’ career choice and their aptitudes.
- To provide functional learning experiences congruent to industry needs and community services.
- To maximize exposure of faculty to relevant professional experiences to enhance delivery of instruction.
CORE VALUES
- Leadership
- Service
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
- Creative and Innovative individuals
- Critical & Analytical Thinkers
- Effective Communicators
- Collaborative & Productive Professionals
- Community-Conscious Leaders
- Confident & Self-Directed Lifelong Learners
Core Values
Lead & Serve
Leadership
Empathy
Achievement
Discipline
Empathy
Achievement
Discipline
Service
Environmentalism
Respect
Virtuousness
Excellence
Environmentalism
Respect
Virtuousness
Excellence
Graduate Attributes
- Creative and Innovative individuals
- Critical & Analytical Thinkers
- Effective Communicators
- Collaborative & Productive Professionals
- Community-Conscious Leaders
- Confident & Self-Directed Lifelong Learners
INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES
The university’s stakeholders should be able to demonstrate the following skills:
- LEADERSHIP SKILL – Work collaboratively and proactively in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and take leadership roles with a deep sense of integrity, duty, and responsibility.
- ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL – Exhibit entrepreneurial competence by creating business ideas and manage the functional areas (operations, marketing, finance, human resource) and other business strategies for economic and social development.
- ANALYTICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILL – Exercise analytical and creative thinking in providing strategic solutions and informed decisions to tackle discipline-related problems.
- DIGITAL PROFICIENCY SKILL – Demonstrate literacy, fluency, and mastery of the digital landscape and of various innovative applications of technology for effective professional practice.
- DATA ANALYTICS SKILL – Apply data-based reasoning in professional practice by accurately and proficiently translating data into abstract concepts using computing technology tools to optimize industry operations.
- COMMUNICATION SKILL – Communicate clearly and effectively using written, oral, or non-verbal communication through mastery of five-macro skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking, viewing).
- PROACTIVE ATTITUDE SKILL – Adapt positive, reflective, and respectful professional behavior by recognizing different value systems, undertaking controllable actions, and formulating innovative solutions to future challenges.