The School of Business and Economics at Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) shall offer high quality educational programs that provide functional knowledge, skills, and capabilities to a diverse student body and enable the students to succeed in a dynamic business environment. Even though we emphasize superior instruction, we also value scholarship, as well as service to the community at large. As a state assisted institution, we shall serve as a professional resource for communities in North Central Indiana and South Western Michigan. We shall pursue these ends and continuously strive for academic excellence through an intellectually active faculty. It is our intention to maintain an exceptional faculty engaged in relevant applied, instructional, and basic research and actively involved in public, professional, and institutional service.

To our students (past, present, & potential), we shall provide outstanding instruction by dedicated faculty, well-established, affordable Indiana University degrees in business and economics, and reputable undergraduate and graduate programs consistent with the highest levels of professional standards. We shall provide these within a comprehensive university system, accessible to traditional, non-traditional, minority, and international students who are prepared to compete in a global business environment. To our faculty, we shall provide an intellectually stimulating environment that enhances instruction, scholarship (applied, instructional, and basic), and service, thereby benefiting both our students and our community. To the community, we shall serve as a highly regarded educational and training source for current and future employees and as a well-respected, responsive, and continuing professional resource for profit and not-for-profit organizations and the community at large.