Strategic framework
Our long-term vision of institutional priorities
Download the strategyWe aspire to be a transformative power
We will be renowned for the exceptional quality of our education and the experiences of our students, our world-class research with far-reaching impact, and the highest standards in Australia in our academic health system.
Our University: A Framing of Dynamic Futures is our strategic framework providing a long-term scaffold and setting a vision of institutional priorities.
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Values
As the current custodians of Macquarie University and all that it stands for, we deeply value and commit to:
Key areas of focus
Our overarching strategy is defined by three core areas:
Our community
A gathering of students and staff with a shared vision of what it means to belong to a university that serves the nation and the world.
Our remarkable students and dedicated staff are the lifeblood of an open, ethical and diverse Macquarie University community.
- Our students and alumni will realise the benefits of both their education and broader experiences at Macquarie University throughout their lives so they might achieve their hopes, dreams and aspirations
- For staff, Macquarie will be a place of professional achievement, satisfaction and belonging in the service of advancing the University
- Those receiving treatment and support in our health services will find healing, learning and discovery at the heart of all that we do.
Every student, along with every staff member, should find their lives enriched and enhanced by the opportunities they find at this University at the same time as their studies and work enrich the University’s standing and the world we serve.
Our endeavour
A tireless energy and commitment to excellence in education, research and healthcare through innovation and partnership, with a determination to embrace the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world.
We will achieve this in:
Education
With a relentless drive for quality, we are committed to excellent pedagogy, student experience and outcomes.
Research
Through accelerating areas of strength among our research staff and students, and by judiciously seizing new opportunities, we will contribute to solving local, national and global challenges.
Health
Using our unique position of academically based healthcare integrated with education and research, we will create healthier futures for all.
Our place
Our place in Sydney
A gathering of students and staff with a shared vision of what it means to belong to a university that serves the nation and the world.
This will be evidenced by:
- contributing to Australia’s prosperity through the development of a workforce for future jobs, including through acceleration of engagement with underrepresented groups
- fostering diversity and an inclusive culture where every member of our community can be their authentic best
- caring for Country, especially the remarkable Wallumattagal campus of Macquarie University on Dharug Ngurra, that blends the vibrancy of a cosmopolitan university community with the setting of Australian natural bushland
- nurturing our relationship with Dharug and all Indigenous peoples on a shared journey of reconciliation.
Our place in the world
A thoroughly global university committed to engagement in an increasingly uncertain world.
We will engage by:
- responding to the global challenges and opportunities of our time through impactful partnerships with those who share our aspirations and values for long-term mutual value
- being dedicated to experiences for students, staff, alumni and partners that mirror the diversity of our world
- committing to sustainability in all we do.
Increasing the distinctive positioning of Macquarie University will be a hallmark of the coming years through excellence in education, high performance and productivity in research and through singular focus on exemplary patient-centred care in our health system.