A better University requires supporting certain actions and avoiding others; in other words, planning is necessary. However, the key to a successful strategic plan lies not so much in planning as in reflecting on what the institution is and what it aspires to be, along with defining its goals and objectives.
In this regard, the development of the UGR 2031 Strategic Plan has represented an opportunity to rethink our university model, to mark the path of its adaptation to the demands of the global knowledge society and to lay the foundations for the present and future of our institution. All of this has been done taking as our strategic horizon the year 2031, which will mark our V Centenary.
We have carried out a rigorous and open process of strategic reflection with a broad participation of the university community and the society we serve. Nearly 500 members of our university community and society have been directly involved in the working groups and think tanks we created, contributing their invaluable and enriching perspective as external participants.
We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all those who directly or indirectly participated in the development of this Strategic Plan for their commitment to the University and their generous dedication during the difficult pandemic times in which it was drafted. The result of their efforts is this document, based on a rigorous analysis of our strengths and weaknesses, which sets out the expectations for the future of the University of Granada in the form of strategic areas and lines of action that must guide our activity over the next decade.
We would also like to thank all the members of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee, as well as the coordinators of the working groups. In particular, we thank the staff of the Vice-Rectorate for Institutional Policy and Planning, its Vice-Rector, Professor Pedro Mercado Pacheco, and the Director for Strategic Planning, Professor Salvador del Barrio García, for their excellent work in coordinating a broadly participatory and consensual drafting process, which is in itself the first major achievement of this new Strategic Plan. . .
The UGR 2031 Strategic Plan is a planning exercise that will help our institution make proposals and decisions beyond the short term. Moreover, the Plan will allow us to face the future challenges of the knowledge society, as well as the new economic and social model we are heading towards in the next decade. All of this will be done with our sights set on Horizon 2031, the year of our V Centenary.
Pilar Aranda Ramírez
Rector of the University of Granada
April 2022
