The University evaluates its performance primarily by comparison with international leaders in its particular fields of technology. Curricula and programs are designed to deal with the current Frontiers of knowledge, utilizing research as a technique of instruction. Students are chosen from the upper segment of secondary-school graduates.
Faculty is appointed from candidates of outstanding technical competence.
Appointments are made on the basis of demonstrated achievement. Government, industry, and the international academic world have provided the ultimate test of the University's achievement, as they hired its graduates, contracted for its research and published the results of its scholarship. Success can come only by attaining this goal of excellence. Each person associated with the University is committed to this goal, and must be prepared to work within an environment which can assure its attainment.