Since its foundation, LUM University has placed the training of the new generations of young people at the center, as an engine for the cultural growth of the new managerial and productive classes, absolutely essential to promote the economic and social growth of the South. The University’s commitment to promoting quality education is reflected in the awareness of the importance of providing students with the necessary skills to compete globally.
Providing tools to manage the challenges of modernity is one of the values that was and is at the core of the vision that led to the establishment of LUM.
Almost thirty years after its foundation, LUM University pursues this vision with unchanged conviction by seeking to prepare students to face global challenges and promote their ability to innovate both as individuals and within the community, maintaining a modern and future-oriented perspective.
The University places the student at the center of its action and guarantees the right to study, shaping its educational model according to the challenges of the labor market, seeking to anticipate its needs.
Business activities, the functioning of the economic-financial system and legal professions, the role of technology in the innovation processes of competitive systems, health professions, management and governance mechanisms of public administrations and healthcare systems: these are the sectors in which the University has directed its efforts in the field of advanced education.
The LUM, in line with its own vision, is a university open to international dynamics of disseminated knowledge, the development of skills, competitive specialization, and intelligent development of territories. Through a progressive redefinition of its internal functional structure, LUM intends to enhance its role as a protagonist in the socio-economic growth of the area where it is located, acting as an attractor of external knowledge and developer of new projects. The LUM University aims to participate proactively in the design and implementation of territorial development policies defined according to the principles of "smart territorial specialization." In the long term, LUM aims to become a model contemporary university where the three missions that traditionally define a university find a realized functional unity. Excellence in education, continuous learning, specialized research, innovative doctrinal development, and direct connection to the world of work will be the guiding principles by which the university's operational practices will move to become a protagonist in the economic and social development of the territory. LUM will strengthen its internal community made up of faculty, technical-administrative staff, and above all students. It will look after those who are currently part of this community but will also open it to all those who, over the years, have shared the university's growth path.
LUM University aspires to be a place of teaching, study, and research, as well as a point of encounter and academic coexistence among the various components that make it up. It positions itself as an interlocutor, not only at the national level, in the debate on topics related to business activities, economic and financial systems, legal professions, technology in the innovation of competitive systems, and the management of public administrations and healthcare systems.
The University aims to contribute to the welfare of society and individuals through education that prepares students to face present and future challenges, while respecting human dignity and promoting sustainable economic development. Furthermore, it aims to develop knowledge through interaction among teachers from different disciplines, promoting a vision that can integrate various forms of knowledge.
LUM University intends to embark on a path of radical change that will lead to a progressive expansion of educational offerings and its own expertise. This process of change is characterized by innovation in educational and research models, new rules and practices, a new internal organization, new structures, and a new way of engaging with the national and international context.
LUM aims to be part of the “territorial research system” by ensuring that the skills of researchers, the drive of entrepreneurs, and the programmatic will of Public Administrators are effectively integrated. The academic profiles available at the University – which are engaged daily in both teaching and research – will be part of the identity that will enable LUM to stand out in a highly competitive environment, ideally gaining the advantages that will enhance its attractiveness.
Through open and inclusive education, the University aims to transfer knowledge to new generations and society as a whole, promoting critical dialogue and opening the door to a strong connection with the territory and a global exchange of ideas. The university model that LUM aims to adopt is based on interdisciplinarity, the analysis of territorial contexts, the consideration of the concept of “sustainability” in various fields, and a process of self-assessment for continuous improvement.