Excellence | Opportunity | Impact
President’s Message
This strategy is our invitation for you to engage with Maynooth University to imagine and create better futures for all.
Developing a strategic plan in the context of a world that is changing at an unprecedented pace requires a plan with inbuilt flexibility and adaptability. The pandemic altered our ways of learning, teaching and working fundamentally. Technological advances, including artificial intelligence, challenges to our planet from climate change, our collective focus on living longer and better, continuing geopolitical instability and a myriad of other complex external factors impact universities and education.
Our
Values
Our values define who we are, what we believe in and how we act as a community.
Strategic Plan at a Glance
Strategic Plan at a Glance
Our Five-Year Focus
Our Key Enablers
Key Five-Year Goals
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To improve research outputs and impacts across all areas of the University and position MU among global leaders in our selected beacons of research excellence
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To ensure all students have a flexible and enriching educational experience and graduate with future-focused skills
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To create an innovative model for integrated student support services with a physical and digital ‘One-Stop Shop’
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To establish a Graduate Research Academy to support significant growth in research student numbers and create a supportive environment for research students
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To enable significant and sustainable growth in international and postgraduate taught students, and build on our strong undergraduate portfolio with moderate growth in domestic undergraduate numbers
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To establish a School of Health and Medicine to support new models of health workforce development
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To establish a clear ‘front door’ for external engagement to facilitate partnership with alumni, donors, enterprise, industry, government and communities
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To develop a strategic approach to internationalisation, with a focus on staff and student mobility and engagement, development of strategic partnerships and student recruitment
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To invest in a sustainability-led approach to developing our campus experience, infrastructure, facilities, simplified technology enabled processes and increased data capacity
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To improve our ability to invest at scale by diversifying income streams, creating reserves, and leveraging borrowing and financial facilities
Ten-Year Horizon
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To be known for being Ireland’s university of Excellence, Opportunity and Impact
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To be an impactful civic university for our locality and region
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To be in the top three public universities in Ireland in global university rankings
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To be known for a supportive and dynamic research culture that fosters excellence across the research career trajectory
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To be known for flexible education opportunities that support lifelong learning and skills development
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To be known for an engaged and supportive student experience, high student satisfaction, and creative and highly-employable graduates
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To have high levels of staff engagement and satisfaction
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To be known as an internationally networked university with a diverse staff and student body
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To have a vibrant and sustainable campus environment with integrated technology-enabled learning and working
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To have a well-regarded and innovative School of Health and Medicine
Alignment to National and European Policy Contexts
Over the course of the strategic plan, Maynooth University will contribute to achieving Ireland’s national policy objectives. As a research-intensive institution with a global outlook, we will align our goals and initiatives with European policies and strategies and be cognisant of global trends and influences.