About the Plan
UC San Diego’s first-ever Strategic Plan was initiated by UC San Diego’s eighth chancellor, Pradeep K. Khosla. Produced in 2014, it was developed through an inclusive bottom-up process that engaged more than 10,000 campus and community members and continues on as a living document.
The Strategic Plan established our five transformational goals and four grand research themes. It articulates our shared values, mission and vision.
For details, read the full Strategic Plan or the Executive Summary.
Five Transformational Goals

Student Experience
Delivering an educational and overall experience that develops students who are capable of solving problems, leading and innovating in a diverse and interconnected world.
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Diversity and Access
Cultivating a diverse and inclusive university community that encourages respectful open dialogue and challenges itself to take bold actions that will ensure learning is accessible and affordable for all.
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Interdisciplinary Research
Nurturing and supporting a collaborative and interdisciplinary research culture that advances the frontiers of knowledge, shapes new fields and disseminates discoveries that transform lives.
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Community Enrichment
Supporting and promoting just and sustainable forms of economic development, shared prosperity and social and cultural enrichment regionally and globally.
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Supportive Infrastructure
Creating an agile, sustainable, and supportive infrastructure by ensuring a dedication to service, people and financial stewardship.
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Understanding and Protecting the Planet

Enriching Human Life and Society

Exploring the Basis of Human Knowledge, Learning, and Creativity

Understanding Cultures and Addressing Disparities in Society
Values
Collaborative and interdisciplinary activities lead to unsurpassed discoveries, technologies, cures, scholarship and creative works that advance and enrich society.
Excellence in teaching, research, patient care and a people- and service-oriented culture that supports learning, scholarly work and public service are the norm.
Our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion enables faculty, students and staff to excel and provides an opportunity for all to succeed.
Our entrepreneurial spirit leads to agility, risk-taking and innovative approaches to solving problems and seizing opportunities. Public service, sustainability, integrity and ethics are core principles guiding our activities.
Our Mission
UC San Diego will transform California and a diverse global society by educating, generating and disseminating knowledge and creative works and engaging in public service.
Our Vision
We align our efforts to be a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university.