Statement of Mission and Goals

Hofstra University is a private institution whose primary mission is to provide a quality education to its students in an environment that encourages, nurtures, and supports learning through the free and open exchange of ideas, for the betterment of humankind. Hofstra University is fully committed to academic freedom and to the transmission, advancement, and preservation of knowledge for its own academic community and for the community at large. Hofstra University offers undergraduate and graduate programs taught by a research-active and professionally engaged faculty. Academic excellence guides everything the University undertakes. 

•   Hofstra University’s undergraduate education provides a firm foundation in the liberal arts and sciences designed to encourage intellectual curiosity. This broad-based education develops students’ analytical and critical thinking, strengthens their communication skills (oral and written), promotes cross-cultural competencies, and provides information literacy and technological skills that prepare students to become lifelong learners. 

•   Hofstra University is dedicated to the preprofessional, professional, master’s, and doctoral programs that support many career aspirations. 

•   Hofstra University is devoted to recruiting and retaining a highly qualified and diverse academic community of students, faculty, staff, and administrators respectful of the contributions and dignity of each of its members. 

•   Hofstra University’s faculty is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarly research, and service. The University emphasizes and supports the creation and synthesis of knowledge, as well as its dissemination. We believe the best education for students is one informed by their teachers’ scholarly pursuits. 

•   Hofstra University is committed to providing the informational and technological resources required for learning and the advancement of knowledge. 

•   Hofstra University strives to cultivate students’ social and ethical responsibility, aesthetic sensibility, creativity, and emotional and physical well-being. 

•   Hofstra University offers educational, cocurricular, and cultural programs and activities that foster an awareness of local, national, and global issues, encouraging students to be active citizens and contributors to their local, national, and global communities. 

•   Hofstra University recognizes its important role in our local community and in participating in a broader national and international dialogue. We offer programs and seek opportunities that mutually benefit the Hofstra community and those beyond our campus.