Core Values

The University’s core values are as follow:

• Freedom of thought and expression
• Freedom from discrimination
• Freedom from mental poverty.

Education

• To instill tendency in the students to learn more and more.
• To develop and enquiring mind.
• Education which enhances the ability of students to learn throughout life.
• To make students more pragmatic.
• The encouragement of a questioning spirit
• An extensive range of academic subjects in all major subjects groups.
• Quality and depth of provision across all subjects.
• The close inter-relationship between teaching scholarship and research
• Strong support for in individual researchers as well as research groups.
• Residence in OPJS campus as central to most course.

Other activities

• The opportunities for broadening the experience of students and staff through participation in sport, music, drama, the visual arts and other cultural activities because a healthy mind resides in a healthy body
• Equal importance to co-curricular and extra curricular activities

The University’s relationship with society

• The widest possible student access to the University irrespective of caste and creed.
• The contribution which the University can make to society through the pursuit, dissemination and application of knowledge.
• The place of University which in the broader academic and local community
• Opportunities for innovative partnerships with business, charitable foundations and healthcare
• Concern for sustainability and the relationship with the environment

The University and its affiliate

• The relationship between the University and the affiliated institutes/departments as fundamental to the nature of OPJS.
• The interdisciplinary nature of the departments as a major stimulus to teaching and learning.
• The enhanced quality of experience for students and staff through departmental membership.

University Staff

• Recognition and reward of University’s staff as its greatest asset.
• The encouragement of career development for all staff.