Vision, mission, and values
Vision
To be a world-leading business school with people, planet, prosperity, purpose, politics, and place at its heart.
People
Capitalising on our compact scale and agility to provide an immersive and personal staff and student experience where everyone can reach their full potential.
Planet
Instilling sustainability throughout our curriculum, research agenda, and behaviours.
Prosperity
Generating economic and social wellbeing through effective and responsible management and business practices.
Purpose
Understanding the contributions we can make to society through meaningful business and work.
Politics
Equipping current and future leaders to navigate uncertain geopolitical dynamics.
Place
Harnessing the convening power of St Andrews to bring world-leading practitioners to the University and take our knowledge to communities and organisations worldwide.
Mission
Developing globally-minded leaders with the ambition, knowledge, and skills to create a more prosperous and sustainable world.
Values
Ambitious and collegiate
We are inclusive and supportive, welcome all, work towards collective goals, and recognise everyone's contribution.
Engaged and outward-looking
We are entrepreneurial and embrace global and local challenges.
Impactful and innovative
We look to the future and produce world-leading research and teaching at the cutting-edge of practice and thought leadership.
Socially responsible
We always act ethically, transparently, sustainably and with respect for our community and stakeholders, globally and locally.
Our expertise
We will identify and develop cross-cutting themes in areas such as strategic leadership, data use and artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and innovation, financial institutions and markets, and ethics and sustainability.
