Statement of Mission, Vision, and Aspiration

Mission

The mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.

Vision

Our vision, building on our core institutional identity—Christian, city-centered, and intercultural—is to fashion a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence where faith, learning, and service meet.

Aspiration

North Park University will be distinguished as the nation’s leading city-centered Christian university during the coming decade and beyond.

The university’s learning community is differentiated by adopting the city as both subject and place of learning as a foundation for academic excellence. Within this framework, the university educates students from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and prior academic experiences, practicing Christian hospitality with students of all faith traditions while centering in the Affirmations of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

The university will be known through its graduates who are equipped in their respective careers to advance the vitality of the world’s people and their cities, prepared to cross cultures, and formed in Christian community for leadership and service in the church and the world.