University of Reston

University of Reston transforms lives and helps build a competitive, future-ready workforce. The university is a catalyst for entrepreneurship and a model for business incubation.

In addition, the University of Reston is dedicated to the removal of geographical, financial, social, and cultural barriers that restrict access to and success in university-level studies and to increasing equality of educational opportunities for both traditional and non-traditional adult learners worldwide.

The University of Reston provides innovative, highly relevant, post-secondary learning opportunities to a broad range of traditional and non-traditional students. For students who wish to continue their careers while they augment their education to realize this multi-faceted mission to the greatest degree possible, the university has thoughtfully developed and is systematically implementing the following, two-fold institutional purpose:

The University of Reston stands for uncompromising commitment to sustained excellence in all of its operational activities including:

• Academic standards
• Academic and student services
• Instructional design
• Faculty and staff recruitment and development
• Research service to the local community and the wider public
• Providing exceptionally positive higher educational experiences to students, better enabling them to realize success in all areas of their lives
• Institutional focus is serving students, where considerable emphasis placed upon all aspects of academic instruction including highly-relevant and timely course and curriculum design, selection and development of highly-qualified faculty and support staff, state-of-the-art instructional delivery methods and materials, and well-executed student evaluation and testing procedures.
• Emphasizes and considers essential on-going research and public service.

Mission

Offering innovative curricula, balancing class time with practical, career-advancing experiences, providing the student body with high-valued and relevant conceptual knowledge as well as practical and useful career and management skills. Engaging students in rigorous scholastic undertakings, incorporating scholarly research in their relevant fields of studies, and teaching state-of-the-art technological skills. Offering a multidisciplinary instructional approach that empowers the student body for future contribution to their culture on local, national and global levels