# Strategy and values
**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/strategic-plan
## Our vision
Knowledge leadership for a better world.
## Our mission
Our core purpose is to deliver for the public good through excellence in education, research and engagement with our communities and partners, local national and global.
## Our values
Our values guide our behaviour and provide the foundation of our culture.
## Creativity
We apply our creativity as a way of seeking progress. We value new ideas, seek fresh perspectives and pursue game-changing innovations and opportunities.
## Excellence
We strive for excellence in everything we do. We apply the highest standards to our work to achieve the greatest impact for the benefit of communities everywhere.
## Truth
Truth is central to all that we do as a university. We seek truth through our focus on the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, and our deep commitment to academic freedom and freedom of expression.
## Integrity
We always act with integrity. As stewards of the University’s resources and reputation, we are honest, ethical and principled.
## Courage
We are courageous in our decision making. We are ambitious, bold and agile. We demonstrate moral courage, so that we are always guided by a sense of what is right.
## Respect and inclusivity
We provide a caring, inclusive and empowering environment for all. We engage respectfully with one another and promote the value that our diversity brings to our whole community.
## Our strategy
### Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan 2026-2029 explores how we will continue to fulfil our mission, seize new opportunities and meet the challenges of the future.
[View Strategic Plan](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/strategic-plan)
#### Supporting roadmaps
- [Learning and Student Experience Roadmap](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/strategic-plan/sub-plans-and-strategies/teaching-learning-student-experience#strategy)
- [Research Roadmap](https://research.uq.edu.au/strategy/research-roadmap)
## Key initiatives
UQ is committed to initiatives that deliver social and economic impact through world-leading research, access to education excellence, and meaningful partnerships with industry, government and communities.
### [The Queensland Commitment](https://partners-community.uq.edu.au/queensland-commitment)
We will work with communities, partners and government across the state to break down all personal, financial and geographical barriers facing Queensland students aspiring to study at UQ by 2032.
### [Office of 2032 Games Engagement](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/2032-games)
Queensland is getting ready to welcome the world in 2032. The Office of 2032 Games Engagement is our central coordination office for UQ's Olympic and Paralympic activity and partnerships.
### [Reconciliation](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/reconciliation)
Our vision for reconciliation is a fair, equal and inclusive society in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous people unite to create a better future.
### [Sustainability](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/sustainability)
We're committed to embedding sustainability across all aspects of learning, discovery, engagement and operations.
### [Diversity and inclusion](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/diversity-inclusion)
We value diversity and inclusion, and seek to create a vibrant and inclusive environment that allows people to be empowered and communities to grow.
## Other initiatives
Explore more initiatives at UQ such as restorations and redevelopments.
[View initiatives](https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/other-initiatives)