Mission.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is Nebraska's metropolitan university -- a university with strong academic values and significant relationships with our community that transform and improve life.

UNO will:

  • Place students at the center of the educational enterprise;

  • Expand the educational achievement, intellectual aspirations and horizons of our students with local, state, national, and global communities;

  • Offer comprehensive educational programs and services of the highest quality;

  • Serve as a recognized center for research, scholarship, creative expression and artistic performance designed to meet the broader community's needs;

  • Provide outreach partnerships that address the concerns and interests of the broader external community and, in doing so, become an integral part of the community;

  • Build understanding and respect in academic and human relationships by reflecting the dynamic and culturally rich nature of the metropolitan area;

  • Exercise statewide responsibility for selected graduate and undergraduate programs.