Jamia Hamdard strives to work with the following vision:

To provide international quality higher education and undertake cutting-edge research in the fields of social, natural science and technology and particularly to promote the study of modern and traditional medicine systems, especially Unani-tibb, encompassing a holistic and integrative approach to healthcare and to meet societal education needs of underprivileged Indian communities.

Keeping the vision of Jamia Hamdard in view, its mission is enumerated as under:

• To promote and advance the cause of higher education through modern methods of teaching and advanced research in such branches of knowledge as Jamia Hamdard may continue to develop core-competence for and as may be in consonance with the emerging needs of India in general and underprivileged communities in particular.
• To co-operate, collaborate and associate with national and international organizations and institutions in any part of the world, having mission wholly or partly similar to those of Jamia Hamdard and as per the provision of the UGC regulations from time to time.
• To provide avenues for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches of knowledge as may be deemed fit primarily at under-graduate, post-graduate and doctoral levels, fully conforming to the concept and idea of Jamia Hamdard.