VMI's Vision 2039

Vision 2039’s master plan aims at improving the academic, military, and athletic programs and the infrastructure of the Institute to enhance cadet leadership development and the environment in which it takes place. The Institute’s time-tested, hands-on environment develops leaders by combining education, experience, and training. Vision 2039 advances and enhances that environment.

But there is much more to that environment than courses, training programs, and physical facilities. For leadership is more than a skill. It has moral and ethical dimensions. It is a question of character.

The character of the individual cadet is directly influenced by the prevailing culture of the Institute, and Vision 2039 addresses this important aspect of VMI. The way cadets – men and women – live together and work together while at VMI lays the foundation for the way they will live and work throughout their lives. The culture of VMI develops in cadets the highest standards of honor, respect, civility, self-discipline, and professionalism.

From Vision 2039 spring many initiatives and specific plans – from architects’ drawings for new buildings, to refinements in the academic curriculum, to increased technology, to a Post on display that resonates with history and a Corps of proud, disciplined, and civil cadets. In the end, it will have positioned VMI in today’s world to continue to fulfill its mission into the future.

The Virginia Military Institute believes that the measure of a college lies in the quality and performance of its graduates and their contributions to society.