Vision

and
Mission
 Vision
The Ateneo de Davao University
is a Catholic, Jesuit and Filipino
University.
As a university, it is a community
engaged in excellent instruction
and formation, robust research,
and vibrant community service.
As Catholic, it proceeds ex corde
ecclesiae - from the heart of the
Church.
As Jesuit, it appropriates the mission
of the Society of Jesus and the
spirituality of
St. Ignatius of Loyola.
As Filipino, it contributes to
and serves Mindanao.
 Mission
It participates in the reconciliation
by the Father of humanity with
Himself of human beings with one
another, of humanity with the
environment.
It strengthens faith. It promotes humane
humanity.
It engages in intercultural, interreligious,
and inter-ideological dialogue especially
in Mindanao.
 It responds to the needs
of the Bangsamoro,
the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao,
as well as the needs of
Lumad communities.
It promotes the creation of wealth and its
equitable distribution.

It strengthens its science and technology

instruction, research, and
technopreneurship in Mindanao.
It promotes cultural understanding and
friendship with its Asian neighbors.
It promotes lifelong learning and the
dialogue between academe and the world
of work.
It protects and promotes the environment
as “our common home.”
It develops ADDU sui generis leaders who
appropriate this mission for life.
It treasures and works with its alumni.