Tafila Technical University (TTU) is a university in the sense of its organization into six colleges. The College of Arts, Sciences, Economics, Engineering, Education and the Technical College are colleges which admit qualified high school graduates. Tafila Technical University devotes all its resources to higher education mainly at the baccalaureate, first professional degree.
MISSION
Tafila Technical University is a growing student-centered technical university, building intellectual inquiry, investigation, and discovery into a few undergraduate and professional academic programs. The University provides excellence in teaching, research, learning, and public service. Nationally recognized and internationally engaged, TTU:
- Forges a responsive and ethical academic community
- Develops foundations for achievement in pluralistic societies
- Incorporates participation from diverse individuals in decision-making
- Contributes to national technological and economic development
- Engenders an awareness and appreciation of the arts
GOALS
Tafila Technical University’s mission is characterized by its pursuit of the following institutional goals:
- To foster a distinguished, civil, and healthy University community
- To provide access to academic programs at a reasonable cost
- To strengthen international programs and cooperation
- To increase diversity within the student body, faculty, and staff through institutional practices, programs and scholarships
- To recognize excellence in the teaching, research, learning, creative work, scholarship, and service contributions of students, faculty, and staff
- To conduct ongoing assessment activities and engage in continuous improvement initiatives within the University
- To establish lifelong relationships between alumni and the University
- To advance responsible society stewardship
- To support community, regional and international partnerships that elevate civic, cultural, social, and economic life
Tafila Technical University will be a leading, student-centered institution of increasing regional and national prominence. It will be a diverse, dynamic, and unique learning community offering rigorous professional programs to prepare individuals for lifelong challenges in the 21st century.
THE UNIVERSITY’S COMMITMENTS
TTU is a student-centered, service-oriented, values based institution of higher learning committed to a rigorous pursuit of academic inquiry and achievement.
Student-Centered - TTU is proud to be a place where the learning, development, and welfare of students are the first priority. It is committed to providing the support that will ensure that students are always the university’s principal concern.
Service-Oriented - Tafila Technical University is committed to providing service and outreach to its community by offering helping, learning, and consulting and leadership opportunities to its constituents.
Values-Based - Tafila Technical University is committed to being a university where educational and ethical values matter.
THE UNIVERSITY’S VALUES
Tafila Technical University values excellence, innovation, technology, diversity and its people.
Excellence - Tafila Technical University seeks to achieve the highest level of performance in all its endeavors and believes that a process for continuous improvement provides a mechanism to sustain excellence.
Innovation - Tafila Technical University, while a strong advocate of its current programs and activities, encourages the development of new initiatives and opportunities, the discovery of new sources of support and commitment, and
the development of alternative delivery systems for educational services.
Technology – As its name promises, Tafila Technical University recognizes the importance of technology in contemporary education and instruction and seeks to maintain an advanced technological environment that meets the ever-changing needs of its constituents.
Diversity - Tafila Technical University seeks to provide experiences and programs that prepare graduates to live in an inclusive world characterized by diversity and challenge.
People - Tafila Technical University values the talents of its diverse human resources and strives to provide an environment in which they can thrive, grow and excel.
