Mission:
The University of Cienfuegos “Carlos Rafael Rodríguez” guarantees the integral formation and continuous preparation of professionals that the Cuban society demands. This university consolidates, develops and promotes science, innovation and culture according to the demands of sustainable development in Cienfuegos and through out the country.
Vision:
The University of Cienfuegos comes to the year 2015 as:
• A faithful exponent of revolotuionary principles, homeland values, and the participation on the Cuban socio economic model improvement
• A promoter of general culture, competencies, and academic programmes at standard international levels of accreditation.
• An entity that guarantees the systematic updating of professionals from the territory at a high level, presenting a staff of excellence that develop their lessons on the ground of scientific, political-ideological debates in the formation of the new generations of professors.
• An institution that consolidates the humanist, environmental and economic dimensions of its graduates, who are provided with an adecuate oral and written expression in their mother tongue, and the ability to communicate in English according to the field of studies he/she graduates on, being able to use English as a professional tool.
• A reference in the promotion of science, technology, innovation, and university extension that impacts the petro-chemical, agricultural-industrial, housing, energy development, and construction materials areas of development; as well as the development of Physics and Mathematics sciences.
• A model in the integrated promotion of the university processes that generates impacts in the local socio-economic development.
• An institution that has a close relation with other centres of higher education that allow the improvement of the quality and pertinece of the processes through the exchange of information and experiences, as well as promotes the development of these processes efficiently.