The Mission of Universidad del Desarrollo is to be of service to Chile by forming professionals and creating knowledge that is useful and helpful to the country, in line with its needs and the challenges of the 21st century. To do this, the University is deploying all of its academic efforts in close collaboration with the public and private sectors and is promoting the values of freedom, diversity and a concern for public issues.
Vision
Universidad del Desarrollo will become one of the best in Chile, known for its ongoing search for academic innovation and for being an active part of Chilean and global society because it works together with national and international actors to address challenges from a global perspective to thus shape the people who will lead the development of our country and to conceive knowledge that is of impact and creates value.
Values
UDD has a way of being that it has built throughout its history. It intends to maintain and strengthen that identity based on the following elements:
COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIETY OF FREE INDIVIDUALS
The conviction that countries and society develop when people are free and the State is at the service of people imposes a challenge and is a key motivation in the project of Universidad del Desarrollo. The development of, and an appreciation for, the freedom of people and a recognition of the principle of subsidiarity are seen in the academic and formative work of the University.
NON-DISCRIMINATION AND AN APPRECIATION FOR DIVERSITY
This principle represents the University’s spirit. Its academic work calls upon everyone who can contribute or benefit from it, without regard to position or philosophical, religious, political or economic beliefs that each may have, and without ethnic or gender discrimination. This house of higher education recognizes that principle by practicing by diversity and promoting mutual respect among its members.
ADHERENCE TO THE VALUES OF CHRISTIAN HUMANISM
The inspiration behind the actions of the University community and the development of programs and activities is the belief that each individual is a transcendent being, born as an intelligent, socially free subject responsible for their acts. Through its Educational Project, UDD aims to form people who will zealously pursue truth as a condition of their personal and social perfection.
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND FREE EXPRESION
Freedom of thought and free expression are crucial factors that have no substitute in the development of academic life. There is no conceiving of fruitful teaching, extension and research unless one is open to recognizing, analyzing, discussing and accepting different visions and interpretations of the reality of people, nature and the universe.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Excellence in academic work represents an ongoing challenge to the rigorousness and perfectibility inherent to scientific method. To UDD, this is a basic principle of university life, and fulfilling that principle is the foundation for its commitment to teaching, extension and research of the highest quality. To UDD, the concept of academic excellence entails achieving a graduating student profile that goes beyond matters associated with disciplinary formation. An integral process has been chosen that encompasses diverse areas and a series of university and personal efforts constantly oriented towards optimizing the teaching-learning process.