McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC)

Name :

McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC)

Address  :

1200 Main Street West

Town  :

Hamilton

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

L8N 3Z5

Phone  :

905 525 9140

Fax  :

905 521 1390

Web URL  :


Description

Mission
At McMaster our purpose is the discovery communication and preservation of knowledge In our teaching research and scholarship we are committed to creativity innovation and excellence We value integrity quality inclusiveness and teamwork in everything we do We inspire critical thinking personal growth and a passion for lifelong learning We serve the social cultural and economic needs of our community and our society

Vision
To achieve international distinction for creativity innovation and excellence

Since 1995 McMaster development has been guided by the Directions planning documents Directions was a broad planning exercise to define the Universitys priorities and focus

In the Fall of 2002 McMaster began Refining Directions a process to evaluate how McMaster had met the goals in the initial planning documents and more importantly to construct a framework that would guide the Universitys course for the next five to 10 years

McMasters mission and vision statements set out in Directions I remain the reference points in all of the Universitys planning

The statements position McMaster as a studentcentered researchintensive university There is a clear purpose the discovery communication and preservation of knowledge This purpose is advanced through inspiring and supporting a passion for learning appropriately so for learning is at the centre of everything we do There is a commitment to excellence and to integrity and teamwork
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