"From my office, from the classroom, from downtown boardrooms and from international meeting rooms, I see a world in need of leaders. The challenges facing our world today are massive in scale and scope, and many of them demonstrate an impressive resistance to resolution. Over the past year, I have asked students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners what role an internationally renowned business school should play in the face of those challenges. This strategic plan is our collective response."
Dean Robert Helsley
Grosvenor Professor of Cities, Business Economics and Public Policy
Our vision
To build a more just, sustainable and prosperous world through innovation and responsible leadership.
To build a more just, sustainable and prosperous world through innovation and responsible leadership.
Our values
We collectively set the highest standard for ethical and effective business practice. We are committed to rigour, respect, and responsibility in our school, in our community, and in our daily lives.
We collectively set the highest standard for ethical and effective business practice. We are committed to rigour, respect, and responsibility in our school, in our community, and in our daily lives.
Our mission
As part of one of the world’s finest public universities, we pursue excellence in research and teaching to inspire and educate responsible leaders who improve business, drive innovation, and generate prosperity in British Columbia and throughout the world.
As part of one of the world’s finest public universities, we pursue excellence in research and teaching to inspire and educate responsible leaders who improve business, drive innovation, and generate prosperity in British Columbia and throughout the world.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
Dean Robert Helsley’s message to the community on supporting the value of inclusion and the school’s goal to eliminate racism, discrimination inequality in all forms.
Dean Robert Helsley’s message to the community on supporting the value of inclusion and the school’s goal to eliminate racism, discrimination inequality in all forms.
Our core principles
The UBC Sauder community has chosen five core principles by which to navigate our next five years. They determine our priorities and guide our decisions so that we may fulfil our mission and bring our vision to life.
Principle 1
Research excellence
UBC Sauder School of Business takes pride in delivering research with impact to advance foundational business knowledge, guide business excellence, inform public policy and inspire student learning.
Our goals
- Advance the frontiers of knowledge
- Foster a strong and collegial research culture
- Positively impact management practice and public policy
Principle 2
A transformative student experience
We provide our students with a rich set of experiences inside and outside the classroom that allow them to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their place in the world around them.
Our goals
- Attract outstanding students of diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences
- Engage students deeply in learning
- Provide students with the services and experiences they need to lead meaningful professional and personal lives
Principle 3
A collaborative and respectful environment
UBC Sauder School of Business fosters a culture characterized by honesty, integrity and respect. Attracting and retaining outstanding faculty, staff and students both depends on and is strengthened by our adherence to our core values.
Our goals
- Attract and retain outstanding employees who are committed to advancing the mission of the school
- Foster a strong and collegial organizational culture that realizes the highest standards of inclusivity, equity and mutual respect
- Provide our employees with the support they need to lead meaningful professional and civic lives
Principle 4
Proud and engaged alumni and community partners
At UBC Sauder, we find our strength in our partners — in alumni and students, in colleagues and friends, in corporations and community organizations. Together, we make up a community that shares a vision and commitment to transform the lives of students, our leaders of the future.
Our goals
- Create programs and activities that benefit alumni and the broader community
- Provide lifelong learning opportunities
- Create a sense of pride among all who are associated with the school
Principle 5
Global reputation for excellence in innovation and social impact
UBC Sauder School of Business recognizes the need to innovate as a defining business challenge in solving the great social, environmental and economic problems of our time. We dedicate ourselves to encouraging and enabling innovation in the service of the greater good as well as in private wealth creation.
Our goals
- Drive innovation and entrepreneurship programs and activities at UBC
- Promote research and learning on sustainability, ethics and responsible leadership
- Promote the potential for business to contribute to positive social change