Vision
UMES aspires to be a Doctoral University and a national model for producing globally competent citizenry in the 21st century by:
- Providing access to high quality, values-based educational experiences, especially to individuals who are first generation college students of all races, while emphasizing multicultural diversity and international perspectives;
- Recruiting and retaining outstanding students, faculty, and staff who will learn, work and conduct world class research and development engagements that address the challenges of the future; and
- Creating a culture to develop a systematic approach to successfully close the achievement gap.