Anna University shall contribute to the educational, economic and social development by
*** producing students who are intellectually and technically equipped with well defined knowledge, skills and ethics who are creative thinkers, inspiring leaders and contributing citizens
*** introducing high quality academic and research programmes and providing extension services in cutting edge technologies
*** ensuring a supportive campus climate with dynamic leadership and development opportunities to meet the needs of the students, faculty and staff
*** enhancing academic productivity through induction of quality faculty, accelerated graduation, credit banking, augmented continuing education opportunities and adoption of current technology
*** sharing the intellectual resources and the infrastructural facilities among the academia from other institutions and among the industrial society, funding agencies and government
*** enhancing the collaborative partnership between Industry and Institute for commercializing and transferring the latest technological know-how towards societal development
*** setting up a Global University Network Campus that embodies the ideals of an open, democratic and global society catering to the needs of the global community and satisfying cultural, ethnic and racial diversity
*** expanding global participation spread across continents with the aid of interactive satellite based education and the usage of digital library
*** enriching the national and international character of the University
*** ensuring efficient administrative coordination and effective decision making through necessary reforms and by strategically allocating resources
*** benchmarking against technologically sound global leaders with a view towards continuous improvement