Vision
A university recognised across the world for excellence in academic achievement and in human reconciliation.
Mission
The university will pursue this vision through its mission:
    - Setting the highest standards for undergraduate and postgraduate education.
 
    - Recruiting the best and most diverse students and professors into the university.
 
    - Advancing excellence in the scholarship of research, teaching and public service.
 
    - Demonstrating in everyday practice the value of human togetherness and solidarity across social and historical divides.
 
    - Advancing social justice by creating multiple opportunities for disadvantaged students to access the university.
 
    - Promoting innovation, distinctiveness and leadership in both academic and human pursuits.
 
    - Establishing transparent opportunities for lifelong learning for academic and support staff.
 
Values
The following five core values represent deeply-held commitments that inform every policy and steer every action. These values underpin both the Academic Project and the Human Project of this university.
    - Superior Scholarship
 
    - Human Embrace
 
    - Institutional Distinctiveness
 
    - Emergent Leadership
 
    - Public Service
 
Motto 
IN VERITATE SAPIENTIAE LUX
(In Truth is the Light of Wisdom)