CTU as a premier, inclusive, globally-recognized research and innovation, smart, community- responsive, and sustainable technological university.
The University shall primarily provide leading-edge degree programs, innovative professional, entrepreneurial, and technical instruction as well as research and extension programs that address both the needs of the region and the nation in the context of the global knowledge economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, and sustainability.
By the end of 2024, CTU will be globally recognized for its quality. Specifically, it will:
Obtain a Philippine university system status with a CHED SUC Level V recognition or equivalent;
Be ranked among Top 10 Universities in the Philippines; Achieve world-class performance and excellence using leading quality management systems for quality assurance and control;
Be an internationally recognized and ranked university (including Quacquarelli Symonds, Times Higher Education, Shanghai University Ranking, World University Rankings);
Develop innovative academic initiatives, including medical and allied engineering and technology, and transnational higher education programs for enhance career pathways, qualifications, recognitions, accreditations, specialization and progression programs, and global mobility; and
Lead innovations in the Fifth Industrial Revolution.
Relevant, effective, and quality education for sustainable growth;
Access to quality education for the underprivileged students;
Relevant research for economic, environmental and sustainable development;
Expanded community engagement; and
Effective and efficient management of resources
You weathered all the long years
And now with us you still abide.
From simple, solitary root
Your great arms opened wide.
And each time the brave heart
Remembers your humble story, it fills with pride
And we pledge that in our heart and spirit
The same spirit will survive.
Home and mother of our searching soul,
Beloved University!
Though humble our goals, your earnest way ensures
Our means to be truly free.
Through our relevant force to harness Earth’s resource
And your patient technology
We will march at the front in the war against want,
And may kind Heaven let this be,
And may kind Heaven let this be!
And onwards, though uncertain,
With boldness we set our course,
From simple, ordinary folk
You bring forth an active force
Learning, ever yearning to set out in new directions,
Ambitious goals
For the generations that are yet to be
Fullness of life and dignity.
It’s our once and future legacy
For country and for University.