Holistic education is the essential component of the UA educational model, with students being placed at the core of a teaching-learning process designed to help them reach their full potential and harmoniously develop all their skills.

Through their college years, students take an active role in a learning process that encourages their development across a range of different dimensions: human, intellectual, professional, social, and spiritual. This means that, while students acquire a strong academic background in their chosen field of study, they also have ample opportunity to guide their lives and careers towards the pursuit of the common good, thus finding personal and professional fulfillment.

Positive leaders in action have the ability to positively influence people and their surroundings, guiding them towards the pursuit of the common good. They respect the dignity of human life. They put their skills to use with an awareness of their responsibility and a profound sense of service to others. Committed to the development of society, positive leaders in action approach their endeavors taking transcendence as a guiding principle and striving to help others reach their full potential.