Mission Statement

Miami International University of Art & Design serves the educational needs of its students through Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Master of Fine Arts degree programs. The University is dedicated to preserving, transmitting, and advancing the current state of knowledge, to developing programs which meet the changing needs of the business community, and to encouraging graduates to apply the knowledge they gain in their chosen field and for the good of the society in which they live.

While generating the resources necessary to accomplish its aims, the University maintains and improves the quality of its faculty and works to achieve its mission through the following educational goals:

• To help students master their chosen areas of competency and to prepare them for continuing professional development in those fields
• To teach students the methods and techniques used in their chosen fields and provide them with problem- solving skills to develop the resources needed to constantly update their skills
• To foster within students the desire to maintain high levels of professionalism in their chosen careers and continue learning throughout their lives
• To give students broad foundations in the theory and practice of their chosen occupations
• To help students identify their personal, academic, and career goals within the specific fields offered and to help them develop means of achieving these goals
• To offer educational programs to students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse cultural experiences
• To encourage the academic freedom of instructors to teach and students to learn
• To provide for an ongoing process of self-assessment to determine if the educational programs are meeting their stated goals