The College of Sciences' mission, vision, and values provide a shared framework for setting priorities, making decisions, guiding investments, developing partnerships, communicating our impact, and assessing our progress. They are intended to shape how we work together and how we advance the college's contributions to UT San Antonio, our region, and the scientific community.
COS Mission
The College of Sciences advances discovery, educates and prepares the next generation of scientific leaders, and builds foundational knowledge that drives innovation and societal progress.
COS Vision
The College of Sciences will lead in discovery and scientific education as UT San Antonio's home for foundational science and mathematics and as an essential partner in advancing health and innovation across the university. Through distinguished faculty, transformative undergraduate and graduate education, high-impact research, and expanded pathways to scientific careers, advanced study, and the health professions, we will strengthen UT San Antonio's impact in our region and its position among the nation's leading public research universities.
COS Values
People and Community
We cultivate a community where faculty, staff, and students are supported, valued, and empowered to contribute and grow. Our collective talent, collaboration, and shared purpose strengthen the college.
Access, Opportunity, and Social Mobility
We open doors to science and create pathways for first-generation students and others seeking opportunity. We support learning, persistence, and success as we prepare future scientists, scientifically literate graduates, and students pursuing careers in the health professions to contribute to San Antonio and around the world.
Curiosity and Discovery Across Scales
We pursue fundamental questions across the full breadth of science and mathematics, from abstract structures and subatomic particles to living systems, planetary environments, and the cosmos. We value curiosity-driven discovery because expanding what is known creates possibilities for future advances in science, health, and society.
Collaboration Across Boundaries
We work across disciplines, departments, institutions, and communities to accelerate discovery and expand student opportunity. We connect foundational science and mathematics with health-related research, clinical expertise, technology, and other disciplines to create new possibilities for research, education, and community impact.
Excellence with Integrity
We hold ourselves to high standards of rigor, ethics, transparency, and accountability in research, education, and service. We pursue work of consequence, strengthen graduate education and postdoctoral training, advance faculty distinction, and steward our resources strategically to advance our mission and develop areas of national and international distinction.
