Strategies and plans

Corporate strategy

JCU aims to create a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally, and globally.

Our Corporate Strategy is shared by all of JCU, across our operations and locations in Australia, Singapore and elsewhere. It sets out our values, priorities and what matters to us as a university.

University plan

The University Plan expresses how we intend to respond to the challenges facing JCU and the Australian higher education sector over the 2018-2022 period. It highlights the primacy of our academic ambitions (via the Academic Plan) and identifies the services and capabilities required to fulfil these.

Academic plan

The Academic Plan (PDF, 1534 KB) provides context and more detailed information around our academic aspirations and curriculum framework, and identifies executive and operational leads for initiatives. This plan is linked to and part of the broader University Plan.

International engagement strategy

The International Engagement Strategy commits us to achieving comprehensive internationalisation across all dimensions. The strategy sets out how we are connecting JCU to the world and the world to JCU, and ensure that a more internationalised JCU benefits our local communities and economies.

Innovation strategy

The Innovation Strategy outlines our approach to building and supporting a vibrant innovation ecosystem, developing products and processes with real commercial application and driving economic growth.

Natural assets management plans

JCU’s approach to managing natural assets and principles for future campus development are outlined in the Townsville campus Natural Assets Management Plan (PDF, 863 KB) and Cairns campus Natural Assets Management Plan (PDF, 1083 KB).

They articulate the University’s plans to protect cultural heritage, maintain ecologically sustainable plant habitats, integrate native and existing plant ecosystems, control pests and weeds, manage waterways and improve landscape design.