At Case School of Engineering, our mission and vision drive our work across Case Western Reserve University and beyond.
Our Mission
Case School of Engineering is a dynamic scholarly community that plays a central role within a research-intensive university. Our educational and research mission is to:
- Provide students with a broad but technically intensive education that prepares them as future leaders in their professions and as enlightened citizen-leaders in an increasingly complex global society;
- Produce graduates who will be recognized for their commitment to excellence in engineering, their enthusiasm for learning, their ethical behavior and their professional integrity;
- Provide responsive and creative technical leadership for the collaborative pursuit and creation of new knowledge, inventions and enabling technologies;
- Actively contribute toward the creation of a better future for all people, through research innovation, stewardship, and the development of solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
Our Vision
Case School of Engineering will continue to provide leadership and excellence in the areas of engineering education, scholarly research and technology transfer. This vision will be achieved by fostering a challenging, enlightened, and collaborative academic environment that demands excellence, encourages innovation and supports groundbreaking discovery and invention. Case School of Engineering will be recognized for creative scholarship, innovative teaching and a multi-disciplinary approach to fundamental and society-needs-driven research and problem solving.
Our Values
Case School of Engineering’s core values support our vision and mission to be committed to engineering education, research and problem solving through our commitment to:
- Promote critical thinking, impartial judgment and fair debate.
- Embrace creativity as a hallmark of the school’s activities.
- Embrace change and innovation, and to be willing to take risks.
- Provide leadership with purpose and responsibility.
- Value ethical behavior, integrity and transparency in all aspects of school life.
- Promote collaboration with mutual respect and support.
- Promote the technical and societal contributions of engineers.
- Facilitate the development, dissemination and application of engineering knowledge.
- Promote economic development for the well being of the society.