University Initiatives

Membership to UN Global Compact

ICU joined the United Nations Global Compact in April 2009. We will continue to take the initiative to exercise responsible and creative leadership, participate constructively in global society and contribute to the creation of a global framework for sustainable growth.

In endorsing the ten principles that form the main support of the compact (including the principles that businesses/organizations should "support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights" and "undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility," among others), ICU makes the utmost commitment to a continued effort towards realizing these principles.

Membership to UN Academic Impact

On March 31st, 2017, ICU joined the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), a global program initiated by the Outreach Division of the UN Department of Public Information. UNAI aligns the United Nations with institutions of higher education around the world.

UNAI is informed by a commitment to support and advance the ten basic principles listed below. ICU will pursue all of these principles.

1. A commitment to the principles inherent in the United Nations Charter as values that education seeks to promote and help fulfil;
2. A commitment to human rights, among them freedom of inquiry, opinion, and speech;
3. A commitment to educational opportunity for all people regardless of gender, race, religion or ethnicity;
4. A commitment to the opportunity for every interested individual to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary for the pursuit of higher education;
5. A commitmentto building capacity in higher education systems across the world;
6. A commitment to encouraging global citizenship through education;
7. A commitment to advancing peace and conflict resolution through education;
8. A commitment to addressing issues of poverty through education;
9. A commitment to promoting sustainability through education;
10. A commitment to promoting inter-cultural dialogue and understanding, and the "unlearning" of intolerance, through education.