Portland State University is an aspirational place of choice--a destination for opportunity.
Portland State University is everything Portland: relevant, exciting, innovative, real, committed, worthy of investment and expecting growth.
Service: Let Knowledge Serve
Progressive: We are forward thinking with regard for the past.
Inter-dependent: We share, we collaborate and we never lose our identity.
Committed: We are focused and unwavering in our vision and willing to overcome obstacles.
Purposeful: We see meaning and purpose in all that we do.
Quality: Education is supported by standards of excellence and designed to be relevant to the student and society.
Diverse: Our philosophy and campus represent the complex global community of ideas, people, issues and disciplines.
Principled: We exist first from a place of values and conviction followed by policy and procedures.
