Mission, Vision & Values

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world. 

We will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.  

• Care: We put the good of students first.
• Academic Excellence: We value excellence in learning with great teachers who are active scholars.
• Diversity: We celebrate educational excellence achieved through diversity.
• Faith: We treasure our Jesuit Catholic ethos and the enrichment from many faiths of our university community.
• Justice: We foster a concern for justice and the competence to promote it.
• Leadership: We seek to develop responsible leaders committed to the common good.