This innovative institution is responsive to the needs of all their constituents through a participatory, team based culture. They have an interdisciplinary educational infrastructure in order to create and disseminate knowledge. With these characteristics, Sabancı University aspires to become a global reference point for educational innovation.

The university's mission is to develop competent and confident individuals, enriched with the ability to reflect critically and independently, as well as a strong sense of social responsibility; these young people an thus contribute to the development of the humanities, social and natural sciences as well as technology in disseminating the knowledge created for the benefit of the community.