The graduate mission of Webster University embraces the general mission statement of the University and defines the day-to-day implementation of the emphasis on excellence in teaching.

Program development aims to extend and enhance teaching in order to educate students to be lifelong, independent learners in an international community increasingly characterized by interdependence, uncertainty, and changing values.

Graduate studies at Webster University:

• Foster in students a lifelong desire to learn, a commitment to contribute actively to their communities and the world, an appreciation of the cultural legacies of the past, a pragmatic concern for meeting the challenges of the present and the future, a critical perspective, a respect for diversity, and an understanding of their own and others' values.

• Create a student-centered environment accessible to individuals of diverse ages, cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds and sustain a personalized approach to education.

• There is a strong commitment to provide graduate programs that allow students to achieve the best education for each individual's particular talents, interests, and goals in an environment that emphasizes service to students.

• Develop educational programs that join theory and practice and instill in students the spirit of systematic inquiry.

• A curriculum taught by professional practitioners and professional educators ensures that a student's education is a successful blend of theoretical and practical knowledge.

• Stimulate creativity, scholarship, and individual enterprise in its students and faculty.

• The primary impact of this creativity and scholarship is found in the classroom as faculty and students integrate new ideas and alternative approaches into their teaching and learning activities.

• Embody international experience in curricula.

• The graduate programs include the international dimension most directly in the international business and international relations curricula.

• Educate diverse populations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

• Courses and curricula are designed to meet the educational needs of specific target groups across geographic boundaries.

• Enrich students and their communities through service to social, civic, cultural, corporate, and educational organizations.

• The graduate programs identify and develop opportunities for creating community linkages to enhance education.