About UB

Charting the Course

The UB administration establishes policies and sets the priorities and the tone for the University at Buffalo—academically, professionally, and financially. Led by the president and the provost, they chart the course for UB's future—expanding and refining the mission of the university, and leading the way for research, teaching and learning, and our commitment to public service locally and abroad.

UB 2020: Framework for the Future

To ensure the continued growth of academic excellence at UB, we must excel in anticipating, meeting and effectively and efficiently solving the unique challenges that confront our university in the twenty-first century.

As a flagship institution in the State University of New York system, our academic community is engaged in a new strategic planning initiative to clarify our institutional vision for the future: UB 2020. Helping us to define our university's aspirations and goals for the next half-century, UB 2020 allows us to chart a path to their achievement. | Learn more

Watch and listen to a video highlighting UB 2020.

Achieving Growth

UB 2020's vision to enlarge the university’s enrollment and also its potential to attract top-flight faculty and researchers - not just in its medical facilities - but in all areas of study, is both the most realistic and the most far-reaching plan to regenerate the economic future of the Buffalo Niagara region. | Learn more

UB's Strategic Strengths

This faculty-driven, transdisciplinary research initiative represents eight areas of scholarly strength in which UB has an ongoing tradition of excellence. From artistic expression to civic engagement, health and wellness to extreme events, these strategic strengths will make a dramatic impact on society and our future. This distinctive multidisciplinary paradigm opens new opportunities for excellence in scholarship, research, education, and public service. It also is a significant component of the revolutionary UB 2020 framework for change. | Learn more

Building UB: The Comprehensive Physical Plan

A comprehensive physical plan is underway to build UB as a destination for the best faculty and student talent through academic ideals and a quality environment rooted in a thriving university-community relationship. | Learn more

President Simpson on UB's comprehensive physical plan and its impact on Buffalo Niagara.

A Greener Shade of Blue: UB's Environmental Leadership

From pioneering efforts more than three decades ago to President John Simpson's signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment to fight global warming, the University at Buffalo has led the way in environmental stewardship. This video provides an overview of the green paths forged by UB in research, education, and practice around our campus, the region, and the world. | Learn more

Watch and listen to a video detailing UB’s proud record of environmental stewardship.

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