Mission Statement
Continuing Education exemplifies The University of Montana’s commitment to educational leadership through quality, innovative outreach programs that serve the lifelong learning needs of the citizens of Montana and beyond. This leadership is accomplished through partnerships with on and off campus entities to provide educational access to anyone, anytime, anywhere. In addition, CE’s state-of-the-art facility is designed to accommodate events in a professional, customer friendly atmosphere.

Goals Statement
The goals of Continuing Education at UM-M are to serve the lifelong learning needs of the citizens of Montana and beyond, by:

• Offering a wide array of credit and non-credit programs that reflect the programs and expertise of UM’s schools and colleges while meeting the educational needs of lifelong learners
• Developing programs in a professional manner through needs assessment; program delivery; assessment; and fiscal accountability
• Working with a variety of external agencies and individuals to provide relevant, timely and useful access to learning
• Developing focused training programs that contribute to the economic development of Montana and beyond
• Writing successful grant and contract proposals for external funding for program development and training activities
• Being fiscally accountable by seeking support from a number of sources including grants, contracts, sponsored and self-support programs
• Offering high quality instruction using a variety of delivery formats including online teaching and learning that make education available “wherever and whenever” students require it