About

True Kettering

Our shared commitment to our mission, vision, values and pillars of success.

True efforts

The Physical Plant staff built the inviting new BJ's, providing an expanded social venue for campus.

True outreach

Engineers Without Borders leads the way in showing how Kettering's STEM expertise helps in the global community.

Truly home

Having alumni visit campus is a family reunion for the Kettering community.

True Kettering

The entire Kettering community is focused on shaping our culture based on a shared commitment to our new mission, vision, values and pillars of success. By sharing in a singular sense of purpose our many voices become one in pursuit of a higher goal.

Mission

We prepare students for lives of extraordinary leadership and service by linking transformative experiential learning opportunities to rigorous academic programs in engineering, science, mathematics, and business.

Vision

We will be the first choice for students and all our partners seeking to make a better world through technological innovation, leadership and service.

Values

Respect

Integrity

Creativity

Collaboration

Excellence

Pillars of Success

Optimized Growth

Global Leadership

Community Vitality

Engaged Stakeholders

Remaining True

Founded in 1919 by a group of Flint leaders with a vision for transforming the automobile industry, Kettering University today offers 15 undergraduate degrees, 5 graduate degrees, and a variety of concentrations and minors that allow us to deliver an education that couples theory and practice better than any other institution in the world.

At Kettering we are dedicated to achieving the extraordinary through technological innovation, leadership and service. Through growth, global leadership, community outreach and an engaged community of stakeholders we are achieving what we aspire to. Our every action is imbued by a set of values that foster respect, integrity, creativity, collaboration and excellence.

The more you learn about Kettering the more you understand the spirit of True Kettering – the guiding compass of everything we do.

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