We will build on our strong commitment to providing national and international experiences that will broaden the global horizons of the Institute community on and off campus. We will continue to diversify our student population and strengthen links with partner institutions on the Mainland and overseas, so that students and our scholarship will gain a global perspective, learning from and sharing in the diversity and experiences of our counterparts around the world. We will also play a leading role in promoting regional collaboration and networking. While the strategic development of Teacher Education in Hong Kong remains our first priority, we will also contribute actively towards Hong Kong's role as a regional education hub. The impact of our teaching and research will enhance education development and quality not just locally, but on the Mainland and throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Forging strong regional and global links
  Engage in collaboration with other educational institutions and scholarly associations outside Hong Kong that forges mutual capacity development, with a special focus on, but not limited to, universities of education and normal universities.
  Forge strategic alliances and partnerships with selected universities in the region and overseas.
  Pursue active staff and student exchanges, extra-curricular and cultural activities, and academic visits, with overseas universities.
  Contribute to Hong Kong's positioning as the regional education hub, through recruitment of non-local students and providing educational services.

Closer collaboration with Mainland universities
  Consolidate our links with strategic partners on the Mainland, especially normal universities and education research institutions at national and provincial levels, through our designated office.
  Promote education services and research on the Mainland in collaboration with Mainland universities and overseas institutional partners.
  Contribute to education and social development in the Pan-Pearl River Delta region through various regional cooperation platforms in education, humanities, social sciences, and creative arts and culture areas.

Establishing regional leadership
  Shape regional and global research agendas for education.
  Undertake regional research initiatives for specific areas where the Institute has a critical mass, such as Early Childhood Education, Education Leadership and Change, Measurement and Testing, Language Education and Linguistics, Comparative Education, and Governance and Citizenship Studies.
  Host international conferences and symposia, engage in international research studies and collaborations, and build up sustained networks.
  Play an active role in regional and international networks such as the Asian Roundtable of Presidents of Universities of Education, the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association, the World Education Research Association, the Worldwide Universities Network, and the East Asian Social Policy research network.