Mission: Generate, promote, disseminate and preserve science, technology, art and culture, forming competent and socially responsible professionals for the sustainable development of the country, inspired by the Christian faith of the Catholic Church. Vision: Being a Catholic university, entrepreneur and leader in Latin America that affects the construction of a national and international efficient, fair and sustainable society. Objectives: The Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil is an institution of higher education, and as such has the essential aims to prepare professionals based socially responsible research, conservation, promotion and dissemination of science and culture, emphasizing its indigenous values with a view to achieving better development and improvement of the Ecuadorian man in a framework of democratic coexistence, social justice, creative peace, respect and exaltation of human values and rights, ensuring at the same time, an institutional way, the imprint of genuine Christian inspiration and message of Christ, as transmitted by the Catholic Church, community and transcendent performance, in a conscious of its social function address the problems of contemporary society, academia, and the fulfillment of its academic mission .