Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit university whose main campus is located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Georgetown. The oldest Catholic university in the United States, Georgetown administers 180 programs in four undergraduate schools, three graduate and professional schools, and several specialized institutes. The faculty and programs in international affairs and law are especially well regarded. Georgetown’s three urban campuses are laid out using quadrangles and rectangular lawns, with various facilities for research, sports, housing, and services. The main campus is known for the neo-Romanesque style Healy Hall, a designated National Historic Landmark.

Father John Carroll, later the first American bishop, founded the school in 1789, realizing efforts dating from 1634 to establish a Roman Catholic college in the province of Maryland. Georgetown expanded into a branched university after the American Civil War under the leadership of Patrick Francis Healy. Born a slave by law, Healy rose to become university president and is considered the school’s second founder. Though governed independently of church authorities or the order, Jesuits have been officially involved in the school since 1805, and the institution defines its identity in significant part through its religious heritage. Tensions between this heritage and the school’s support for academic freedom and its students’ lifestyles have sometimes caused controversy on campus and within the broader Catholic community.

The university is co-educational and has around 7,000 undergraduate and over 8,000 post-graduate students, who in most years come from all 50 U.S. states and over 120 countries. Campus groups include the nation’s oldest student theater group and the largest student-run business.

Georgetown’s most notable alumni have served in leadership positions in government in the United States and abroad; among them are former U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and the current heads of state or government of six countries. The Georgetown athletics teams are called the “Hoyas”, and include a men’s basketball team, which leads the Big East Conference with seven tournament championships, and reached five Final Fours.

Georgetown University Rankings in 2010

• TOP 200 UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM IN 2010
• TOP 100 NURSING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2009
• TOP CHEMISTRY COLLEGE RANKING IN 2010
• BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS (MBA PROGRAM) RANKING IN 2010
• BEST EXECUTIVE M.B.A. PROGRAM – BUSINESS SCHOOL
• BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS – PRIMARY CARE RANKINGS
• MEDICAL SCHOOL RANKINGS – BEST RESEARCH MEDICAL SCHOOLS
• 2010 TOP 100 COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES
• WORLD’S BEST UNIVERSITY RANKINGS – TOP 400 UNIVERSITIES
• THE BEST LAW SCHOOLS / COLLEGES RANKING IN U.S.
• 2010 WORLD’S TOP 100 GLOBAL MBA / BUSINESS SCHOOL

Georgetown University Rankings in 2011

• BEST BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2011
• TOP 100 LAW SCHOOLS IN 2011
• Political Science Graduate College Rankings In 2011
• TOP 2011 BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS
• BEST LAW SCHOOL RANKING FOR HIRING BY THE NATION’S LARGEST LAW FIRMS

Georgetown University Tuitions and Fee

Tuition, Fees, and Refunds

The Office of Student Accounts is responsible for reporting and collecting Georgetown University tuition and fees at the direction of the University Registrar. Accordingly, the University Registrar maintains the refund schedule:

Schools of Georgetown University

Schools and programs

Georgetown University comprises four undergraduate schools, three graduate and professional schools, professional development programs and certificates,medical residencies and other programs predicated on the liberal arts tradition at the heart of the institution.

• Georgetown College
  Arts, humanities, languages, social sciences and sciences
• Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
  International affairs, regional and comparative studies
• Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business (MSB)
  Business administration, MBA programs, executive education
• School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS)
  Health systems, human science, international health, nursing
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  Liberal arts, interdisciplinary programs, biomedical, and public policy
• School of Medicine (SOM)
  General medicine and medical specialties; medical research
• Law Center
  Constitutional, criminal, and international law; corporate finance
• School of Continuing Studies (SCS)
  Part-time degrees, professional development and summer studies

Academic areas

To be part of the academic experience at Georgetown is to join a dialogue of depth and dimension. Few universities in the world offer the extraordinary range and diversity of academic areas that students enjoy at Georgetown.

• Biomedical and health sciences
• Business and economics
• International, regional, and ethnic studies
• History and classical studies
• Languages and linguistics
• Literature and cultural studies
• Law, government, and politics
• Multi- and interdisciplinary studies
• Science, mathematics, and technology
• Social sciences
• Theology, philosophy, and religious studies
• Visual and performing arts

Georgetown University News

• GU Celebrates Hanukkah: Menorah Lighting, Music - Thu, 02 Dec 2010
  The Jewish Chaplaincy, part of Georgetown?s Office of Campus Ministry, and the Jewish Student Association (JSA) lit three Hanukkah menorahs at Georgetown Dec. 1 to give thanks for miracles, religious freedom and each other on the first night of Hanukkah.

• New Georgetown University Website to Launch - Thu, 02 Dec 2010
  The university?s new website ? georgetown.edu ? that will launch tonight includes a redesigned homepage and ?top tier? pages that are highly trafficked and provide a broad range of information about the entire university. The site is redesigned for the first time since 2002.

• Drug Adherence Crucial for HIV Patients - Wed, 01 Dec 2010
  HIV today is no longer a death sentence ? it can be managed well through a combination of powerful medications. But health outcomes depend on patients? adherence to their drug regimes, says James Habyarimana, assistant professor of public policy.

• Preview of Georgetown?s New Website Now Online - Wed, 01 Dec 2010
  A preview of Georgetown University's new website is now available for viewing at beta.georgetown.edu.

• AIDS Orphans in Africa Immersed in Art Program - Tue, 30 Nov 2010
  Two Georgetown leaders are teaching an Art Immersion program for two weeks every year to AIDS-orphaned high school students in Kibera -- one of Africa's largest slums.

• Turkish Minister Talks at GU on Global Order - Tue, 30 Nov 2010
  Turkey hopes to help stabilize global order and invite more foreign investment to transform itself into a center of economic influence, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a Georgetown audience Nov. 29.

• Diplomatic Network Connects Georgetown Alumni - Mon, 29 Nov 2010
  Georgetown alumni who work for the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have joined forces through the university's Hoya Diplomatic Network. Recently founded, the network already has grown to include more than 700 graduates.

• Newsmakers - Mon, 29 Nov 2010
  Newsmakers highlights the innovative research, published materials and accolades of faculty and staff at Georgetown University. Catch a glimpse of who's listed this week.

• $17 Mil Gift Will Build Religious Retreat Center - Mon, 29 Nov 2010
  A new spiritual retreat and contemplative center for Georgetown students of all faiths and for the university's already established religious retreats will be built in the Blue Ridge Mountains, thanks to a recent $17 million gift from Arthur (C'54) and Nancy Calcagnini.

• Students Who Can't be Home Get Campus Thanksgiving - Thu, 25 Nov 2010
  Two hundred and fifty Georgetown students who live too far away to be home for Thanksgiving were welcomed with turkey and all the trimmings Nov. 24 at the university president's annual dinner.