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The Graduate:
Creating fearless learners and ethical leaders

Students will benefit from the experience of a pluralistic learning community, enabling them to become true citizens of the world.Time and again, His Highness the Aga Khan has underlined the importance of three concepts he sees as essential to creating, stabilising and strengthening democracies around the world: meritocracy, pluralism, and civil society. These are all values the network of Academies strives to instil in its students - values they will embody and carry with them throughout their lives.

In the Aga Khan Academy network of schools, every aspect of the environment - from its faculty and curriculum to its facilities and community service programmes - will reinforce these values. Students will benefit from the experience of a pluralistic learning community, enabling them to become true citizens of the world - citizens who are knowledgeable about and open to other cultures and traditions. The Aga Khan Academies aim to create fearless learners and ethical leaders who will go on to the best universities anywhere in the world, pursue careers of their choice, and build and lead the institutions of civil society in their countries and across the globe.

The Academy’s students are expected to become:

• Inquirers who are curious, independent learners;
• Knowledgeable across a range of disciplines and traditions;
• Thinkers who are critical and creative, who fearlessly approach complex problems and make ethical decisions;
• Communicators who express ideas confidently and creatively, orally and in writing, in at least two languages, and through art and music;
• Principled young people with a strong sense of integrity, honesty, fairness and justice, who respect the dignity of individuals, groups and communities, and who take responsibility for their own actions and their consequences;
• Caring people who are empathetic and compassionate and respect others’ needs and feelings while also being personally committed to making a positive difference in the lives of others and the environment;
• Stewards who are motivated to leave their world a better place;
• Open-minded learners who understand and appreciate their own personal histories and cultures while, at the same time, they recognise and value plurality, and actively seek a range of perspectives;
• Balanced young men and women who understand the importance of maintaining personal well-being and physical, intellectual, and emotional balance for themselves and others;
• Thoughtful individuals who care about their own learning and personal development and are able to analyse their own strengths and weaknesses; and
• Young men and women capable of becoming global leaders, who perceive and anticipate needs and problems locally and globally and who are able to motivate themselves and others to tackle those problems, confidently and in a spirit of cooperation.