The institute aims at promoting understanding between Muslim communities in the West and the pluralistic societies they are a part of through the positive contributions of its graduates.

They include: The Markfield Institute regularly invites outside scholars to present their research in lectures that are open to the public.

These include: With Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), the Markfield Institute allows students with prior training in Islamic studies, such as graduates of darul ulooms, to start their undergraduate degrees from the second year, thus allowing such students to complete a BA in two years.

[21] The institute houses one of the largest Islamic libraries in Europe, holding over 40,000 volumes of books and journals.

[23] The campus also has sports facilities that may be used to play football, volleyball, badminton, pool and table tennis.