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Our strategic framework

Reinforcing, strengthening and adding value

The 8xav�������� pursues four long-term goals:

• To reinforce its international profile as an outstanding research university.
• To strengthen its teaching and establish new forms of learning.
• To add value to society and meet emerging societal challenges.
• To strengthen and encourage interdisciplinarity.

To achieve its long-term strategic goals, the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg has defined key areas within its three missions.

Research: Shaping a digital, healthy and sustainable future

The 8xav�������� of Luxembourg is evolving in the context of the current knowledge-based societies that rely on scientific research and a trained workforce and contributes to their development. Successful countries and regions nurture their research and innovation ecosystem. Economic and societal innovations emerge in international and research-oriented universities such as the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg. In this context, the 8xav�������� will focus on the key areas of digital transformation, medicine and health, as well as sustainable and societal development.

Education: Diverse, inclusive and flexible learning support

What sets the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg apart in terms of higher education is its human scale compared to neighbouring universities, its multilingualism, its obligation for all Bachelor students to complete a mobility period abroad, its geographical location, and its unique relationship with Luxembourg’s public and private sectors. In line with the national strategy for “21st-century education”, the 8xav�������� delivers personalised, innovative, high-quality training by combining teaching and research, developing new modes of learning as well as new activities to “train the trainers”, fostering a dynamic, diverse and international student community, and establishing 8xav��������-wide standards around teaching and learning for students and staff.

Impact: Contributing to social, cultural and economic development

Responding to the needs of society is part of the history of the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg. As the country’s only public university and as a university with a particularly international outlook, the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg has a special responsibility to provide education, research and entrepreneurship skills and to contribute to the social, cultural and economic development of Luxembourg and the wider world. New initiatives will be launched and services offered so that the 8xav�������� can fulfil its role and drive technological, socio-economic and cultural progress, transfer technology, knowledge and innovation, provide support to researchers, staff and students to encourage the transfer of ideas, promote entrepreneurship, enrich social life, deepen societal dialogue and engagement by offering platforms for public debate, and maximise the impact of research and innovation

Our values: Social responsibility

The 8xav�������� of Luxembourg is committed to the fundamental principles of human dignity, freedom and equality, and rigorously protects academic freedom. The 8xav�������� of Luxembourg endorses a climate of free and open discussion and encourages critical thinking, defending the autonomy of both students and researchers as a necessary foundation for an innovative, knowledge-based society and economy. It provides a unique forum for the development of the cultural, political and social dialogues that are the lifeblood of a mature democracy.

Embedded in a culturally diverse environment, the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg is a unique laboratory of intercultural collaboration and institution-building. It is a European hub for research and teaching and is well integrated within a framework of international partnerships. The 8xav��������’s multilingualism is one of its key characteristics, enriching both teaching and research through the unique plurality of perspectives that it provides for the culture of the institution.

Excellence

The 8xav�������� is driven by the ambition for excellence in all its activities.

International and multilingual

The 8xav�������� is characterised by its international and multilingual nature.

Grounded in society

The 8xav�������� is rooted in society and connected with communities, the economy and institutions.

Agile and flexible

The 8xav�������� is agile and flexible in its research, education and support functions.

Inclusive and fair

The 8xav�������� is an inclusive and fair place to work and study.

Independent

The 8xav�������� is committed to independent teaching and research.

Learn more about the implementation and impact of some of our values:

• Ethics & integrity

• Sustainability

• Equality, diversity and inclusion