UCF faculty are scholar-teachers. As such, they create new knowledge, new points of view, and new means of expression in a broad range of academic, professional, and socially significant areas. Their creativity fosters innovation as they convey their results, methods, values, and expressions to students, colleagues, and the public. Service to its community is an important extension of the teaching and research mission of the University. Public service is prominent at UCF, with the University developing partnerships with the community to enrich the educational, artistic, cultural, economic, and professional lives of those it serves in Central Florida and beyond.
Education is more than classroom experience.
UCF students are involved in cooperative research and participate in artistic, social, cultural, political and athletic activities. UCF provides academic diversity by bringing to its campus national and international leaders who expose students and the community to a wide range of views and issues. UCF is committed to the free expression of ideas, the equality of all people, and the dignity of the individual. The condensed statement of purpose and institutional profile were developed at the request of the Board of Regents to be used in promotional publications. In its first quarter century, UCF has become a major metropolitan institution with a tradition of quality instruction, research and service, promoting the advancement and application of knowledge.