We support excellent, innovative and impactful research. Our aim is to advance the wellbeing of people by graduating effective and critically reflective scientists, education and healthcare professional and creating and disseminating knowledge, through research and scholarship that impacts on the social, educational and healthcare needs of people locally, nationally and globally.

This vision is supported by three pillars: 

People: We will develop an environment that attracts, develops and nurtures researchers at all career stages, and supports them to produce world-leading research.
Excellence: We will become nationally respected and internationally known for our research, which encompasses a core commitment to excellend inter-disciplinary practices.
Impact: We will embrace emergent technologies, develop our knowledge, and have an impact on policy and practice in Ireland and overseas