{"id":1932,"date":"2024-10-15T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=1932"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:53:43","slug":"vision-mission-and-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/vision-mission-and-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision, Mission and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1932\" class=\"elementor elementor-1932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167df67b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"167df67b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29bd5cd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29bd5cd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5928b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5928b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision, Mission and Values<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e67c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50e67c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Where we outline the vision, mission, and goals that guide the future of our university.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64330eda e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64330eda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598311b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"598311b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b84ba6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14b84ba6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40eee90f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40eee90f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision, Mission and Values<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55808cd7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"55808cd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2dd844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a2dd844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the University Vision, Mission, and Values page, where we share the guiding principles that shape our identity and direction. Here, you\u2019ll discover our university&#8217;s aspirations for the future, our core purpose in advancing knowledge and fostering student success, and the values that define our commitment to integrity, diversity, and excellence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6b2811 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6b2811\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4229204f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4229204f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4d0fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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