SHSS Vision/Mission/Goals

OUR VISION

To be a leading School in Humanities and Social Sciences recognized for excellence in teaching, research, innovation, and community engagement that advances human development and social transformation.

 OUR MISSION

To advance knowledge, critical inquiry, and societal transformation through quality teaching, learning, research, innovation, consultancy, and community engagement in the humanities and social sciences for sustainable development.

OUR GOAL 

1. Promote academic excellence: To provide high-quality, learner-centered education (in line with the Competence-based education framework) that equips graduates with relevant knowledge, skills, values, and competencies for professional practice, leadership, and lifelong learning.
2. Advance research and innovation: To foster multidisciplinary research, scholarship, and innovation that generate solutions to contemporary social, cultural, governance, communication, linguistic, educational, and security challenges.
3. Strengthen community engagement and outreach: To promote meaningful partnerships and community-based initiatives that contribute to social development, public awareness, policy improvement, and citizen empowerment.
4. Enhance professionalism and ethical leadership: To nurture ethical, responsible, and transformative leaders who uphold integrity, inclusivity, social justice, and good governance in their professions and communities.
5. Promote global and industry partnerships: To establish and strengthen collaborations with industry, government, civil society, professional bodies, and international institutions to enhance teaching, research, innovation, and graduate employability.
6. Preserve and advance culture, language, and social knowledge: To support the documentation, preservation, and promotion of languages, literature, culture, heritage, and indigenous knowledge systems while embracing global perspectives.
7. Develop a vibrant research and learning environment: To create an inclusive, technology-enabled, and intellectually stimulating environment that supports academic excellence, creativity, innovation, and professional growth.
8. Enhance graduate employability and entrepreneurship: To equip students with practical, digital, communication, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills that enable them to thrive in a dynamic and competitive global environment.

To achieve the above goals, the School is guided by the university’s quality assurance standards in broader alignment with requirements of the Commission for University Education.