从世界第一所现代意义上的大学诞生起，大学就肩负起不同于其他社会组织的独特使命，对于我国大学来说，兴起于民族危难之秋，其精神更是深受传统文化和时代变迁的影响，倡导“明德济世，修齐治平”的价值理念和“兴学强国”的爱国主义担当。
Since the establishment of the first real university in the world, universities shoulder unique missions which are different from other social organizations; universities in our country emerged in times of national crisis; its spirit is heavily influenced by traditional culture and the change of times; it advocates the values of “benefiting the world with virtue, and governing the country with integrity” and the patriotic responsibility of “building a strong country by studying”.