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The 2016 - 2026 Strategic Framework

In 2015-16, University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen led an initiative to develop a system-wide strategic framework to chart the institution's path to the future and build on the U of I's rich legacy of service to students and to the public good. The development process was a team effort involving all of the U of I's stakeholders.

The resulting strategic framework was approved at the May 19, 2016 meeting of the U of I Board of Trustees. The framework calls for the U of I System to organize its world-class resources around four strategic pillars:

I. An Institution of and for Our Students

II. Research and Scholarship with Global Impact

III. A Healthy Future for Illinois and the Midwest

IV. Tomorrow's University Today

Learn more through the menu on these pages, or download a PDF of the final Strategic Framework for the University of Illinois System 2016 - 2026.

President Killeen has given presentations on each of the four pillars at Board of Trustees meetings:

Strategic Framework PDF