Education Plan 2019–22

To remain relevant and unique, our core objectives in the Education Plan are to amplify and embed our emphasis on interdisciplinarity, flexibility, and responsiveness.

• Interdisciplinarity – as the world becomes more complex, new discoveries increasingly occur at the interface of traditional fields and our graduates are expected to work confidently on multidisciplinary projects and teams.
• Flexibility – as students increasingly require flexibility in how they study, we will respond by providing a comprehensive spectrum of education models that enable greater choice.
• Responsiveness – as complex problems and solutions continue to be redefined, addressing them well requires close collaboration with our partners, so that we remain in step with the changing world around us.

The Education Plan outlines three key channels through which we will pursue our objectives of interdisciplinarity, flexibility, and responsiveness:

1. Interdisciplinary programming. We will infuse interdisciplinary thinking and approaches into new and existing courses and credentials.
2. Open multidisciplinary credentials. We will leverage our flexible studies portfolio of offerings as the foundation for multidisciplinary and customizable credentials.
3. Centres of competence. We will establish interdisciplinary activity hubs that bring together partners to deepen shared expertise and develop methodologies to address emerging fields.