Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)

The main objective of UNESP is to foster a positive learning environment in which faculty, staff and students can create and transmit knowledge, art and culture. 

In seeking to achieve our objective, UNESP is committed to:

• Create, preserve, organize and transmit knowledge, art and culture through our research, teaching and outreach activities. 
• Defend our didactic, scientific, administrative, managerial and patrimonial autonomy.
• Offer free, secular, high-quality public education.
• Educate citizens about critical thinking, researching and finding an ideal career path.
• Respect intellectual freedom and the plurality of ideas as well as to vigilantly defend and promote citizenship, human rights and social justice.

Our Mission

At UNESP, we highly value the principles of free speech and critical thinking as well as ethical and humanistic principles; so, it is our mission to bring you education, research and outreach activities that uphold these principles.  

In addition, we promote professionalization which aims to improve: the quality of life of both individuals and society; technological innovation, sustainability, social equity, human rights and democratic access. 

Also, through the transformative power of knowledge sharing, we are seeking to incite impactful changes that will help to overcome inequalities as well as to empower citizens to fully exercise their rights.

Our vision for the future

To achieve excellence in education, in research and in public outreach as well as to be recognized as both a national and an international model for public multi-campus universities. 

Our vision will be achieved by: 

• Educating professionals and researchers capable of promoting democracy, citizenship, human rights, social justice and environmental ethics. 
• Contributing toward society’s scientific literacy as well as to increase the public’s access to science.