Lero's Vision is of Ireland as a world-leading location for the development of high-quality software intensive systems of high economic and social value.

Lero's mission is to deliver world-leading research in software engineering with a special emphasis on Evolving Critical Systems. Lero will enhance the quality and competitiveness of the Irish software industry through shared projects, knowledge transfer and education

Lero's Goals:

World Class Research

• Produce internationally recognised research outputs
• Establish close links with international research institutions

Focus on Strategic Industrial Domains

• Tackle research problems of industrial relevance
• Validate and improve research results with industry
• Help to make Ireland attractive for software engineering R&D

Establish a Sustainable, National Centre

• Establish the Lero brand in Ireland and abroad
• Operate the centre efficiently, effectively and transparently
• Develop and implement a long-term business plan for the centre
• Build-up and maintain strong national university-industry research links
• Impact on national software engineering education and training