Moving the Horizon
President Beong-Soo Kim’s strategic vision builds on USC’s foundation of academic excellence while positioning the university to meet the needs of a changing world. Explore the priorities shaping USC’s future, from advancing scientific discovery and preparing students for the workforce of tomorrow to building strategic partnerships and strengthening a culture of open inquiry.
Preparing Students for the Future
USC is preparing students to become the innovators and problem solvers of tomorrow. By combining academic excellence with interdisciplinary learning, real-world experience, and opportunities for leadership and personal growth — while fostering a community in which every student can thrive — the university is building the talent pipeline needed to drive innovation, strengthen communities, and deliver solutions the world needs.
Building Strategic Partnerships
USC is uniquely positioned to unite world-class academic expertise with the capabilities of government and private industry to drive innovation and address society’s most complex challenges. These strategic partnerships accelerate discovery, translate research into real-world solutions, and create new opportunities for students — extending USC’s impact in Los Angeles and around the world.
Connecting with our Communities
USC’s commitment to academic excellence extends beyond its campuses and into the communities it serves. As a leading research university, academic health system, major employer, and civic and cultural institution, USC works alongside its neighbors and community partners to put knowledge into action, expand opportunity, and address shared challenges. Through education, research, health care, the arts, and civic partnerships, USC strengthens communities and contributes to the vitality of Los Angeles and the surrounding region.
Research That Saves Lives
USC is one of the nation’s leading research institutions, where academic excellence, bold ideas, and cross-disciplinary collaboration fuel discovery and innovation. Across the university’s schools, laboratories, and academic health system, our faculty, clinicians, and students work across disciplines to pursue breakthroughs that could solve the world’s greatest health problems and deliver solutions that save lives and improve communities around the world.
AI@USC
Artificial intelligence at USC is more than just code. It is a catalyst for discovery, creativity, and social good. Across USC schools, Trojans are pioneering ethical, human-centered AI that saves lives, expands opportunity, and deepens our understanding of what it means to be human in the age of intelligent machines. Together, our scholars, students, and innovators are working to ensure that AI serves humanity, not the other way around.
USC Open Dialogue Project
The USC Open Dialogue Project is a presidential initiative to foster a campus culture where Trojans embrace and embody the principles of academic freedom, free expression, and open discourse — essential values that nurture intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, thoughtful engagement, and the pursuit of knowledge.