The Executive Board of the Open International University for Alternative Medicines believes firmly that the citizens of the world want and deserve the opportunity to receive the highest quality of health care, with the broadest range of care options. In keeping with this set of beliefs, The Open International University for Alternative Medicines is organized to educate and develop health care professionals, including those already in health care practice, to serve the public with love, care and compassion. The learning community of the University seeks to cultivate a renewed sense of purpose and leadership within each individual and to promote and enduring search for knowledge, influence and excellence in human and medical service.

Those who graduate are required to demonstrate a broad understanding and competency in health care and maintain a commitment to intellectual development, health and medical practice, and scholarship in complementary, alternative and traditional medicine.