The UE Katowice 2025 mission refers directly to the mission adopted in the Development Strategy of UE Katowice for 2018-2025 and reads as follows:

The University of Economics in Katowice has a responsibility to conduct relevant research and business-oriented education to provide top professionals in the field of economics, management, finance, logistics, administration, as well as IT and communication. As an academic community, we identify ourselves with the dynamically developing region and our surroundings. We offer lifelong learning opportunities in order to support entrepreneurship, business and the public sector. The University is open to international and expert cooperation. We create a community based on shared values and trust, enable equal opportunities and counteract all forms of exclusion.

1. Excellence (E)
2. Innovation (I)
3. Openness (O)
4. Cooperation (C)
5. Commitment (C)
6. Sensitivity (S)

Based on the key values the vision of development of the University was formulated:

The University of Economics in Katowice is the center of student, scientific and business life. It is an academic community open to cooperation with the environment, which creates and implements economic and managerial knowledge for the benefit of regional, national and international development.