:Georgetown University

{{main|History of Georgetown University}}

{{see also|List of presidents of Georgetown University}}

File:John Carroll Gilbert Stuart.jpg, the first Archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University in 1789|alt=A painting of an elderly man seated wearing a long gray robe.]]

In 1634, Jesuit settlers from England founded the Province of Maryland in colonial-era British America.{{cite journal |title=Miniatures of Georgetown, 1634 to 1934 |first1=Edward A. |last1=Fitzpatrick |journal=The Journal of Higher Education |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=January 1936 |pages=56–57 |doi=10.2307/1974310 |last2=Nevils |first2=William Coleman |jstor=1974310 |publisher=Ohio State University Press}} In 1646, the defeat of the Royalists in the English Civil War led to stringent laws against Catholic education and the extradition of known Jesuits from the colony, including missionary Andrew White, and the destruction of their school at Calverton Manor.{{harvnb|Nevils|1934|pp=1–25}} During most of the remainder of Maryland's colonial period, Jesuits conducted Catholic schools clandestinely. Following the end of the American Revolutionary War, plans to establish a permanent Catholic institution for education in the United States were realized.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm |title=Georgetown University |encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia |year=1909 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |first=E.I. |last=Devitt |access-date=July 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701232855/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06458a.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2007 |url-status=live}}

At Benjamin Franklin's recommendation, Pope Pius VI appointed former Jesuit John Carroll the first head of the Catholic Church in the United States, even though the papal suppression of the Jesuit order was still in effect. Carroll began meetings of local clergy in 1783 near Annapolis, where they orchestrated the development of a new university. On January 23, 1789, Carroll finalized the purchase of the property in Georgetown on which Dahlgren Quadrangle was later built. Future Congressman William Gaston was enrolled as the school's first student on November 22, 1791, and instruction began on January 2, 1792.{{harvnb|Curran|1993|pp=33–34}}

During its early years, Georgetown College suffered from considerable financial strain.{{harvnb|O'Neill|Williams|2003|p=12}} The Maryland Society of Jesus began its restoration in 1805, and Jesuit affiliation, in the form of teachers and administrators, bolstered confidence in the college.{{cite web |url=http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/guhistory.html |title=Georgetown: A Brief History |first=Robert Emmett |last=Curran |website=Georgetown University – Undergraduate Bulletin |date=July 7, 2007 |access-date=August 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524191008/http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/guhistory.html |archive-date=May 24, 2007}} The school relied on private sources of funding and the limited profits from local lands which had been donated to the Jesuits. To raise money for Georgetown and other schools in 1838, Maryland Jesuits conducted a mass sale of some 272 slaves to two Deep South plantations in Maringouin, Louisiana, from their six in Maryland, ending their slaveholding.[http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/schloesser/jesuitmoderns/w01/resources/MURPHY_Jesuit-slave.pdf Thomas Murphy, SJ. Jesuit Slaveholding in Maryland, 1717–1838,] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527181734/http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/schloesser/jesuitmoderns/w01/resources/MURPHY_Jesuit-slave.pdf |date=May 27, 2016}} New York: Routledge, 2001, p. 4{{cite news |last1=Swarns |first1=Rachel|title=272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html |access-date=April 17, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306141027/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html |archive-date=March 6, 2017 |url-status=live}}

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President James Madison signed into law Georgetown's congressional charter on March 1, 1815, creating the first federal university charter, which allowed it to confer degrees, with the first bachelor's degrees being awarded two years later.{{cite web|url=http://guide.georgetown.edu/slideshows/slides/show11_slide5.html|title=The Federal Charter|website=Georgetown University – About Georgetown|access-date=March 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103020623/http://guide.georgetown.edu/slideshows/slides/show11_slide5.html|archive-date=January 3, 2008}}{{cite web|url=https://governance.georgetown.edu/charter|title=Charter of the University|website=Georgetown University|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817063129/https://governance.georgetown.edu/charter|archive-date=August 17, 2016}}

In 1844, the school received a corporate charter under the name "The President and Directors of Georgetown College", affording the growing school additional legal rights. In response to the demand for a local option for Catholic students, the Medical School was founded in 1851.{{cite web|url=http://som.georgetown.edu/docs/History.pdf |work=Georgetown University School of Medicine |title=History |date=March 23, 2008 |access-date=March 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104031715/http://som.georgetown.edu/docs/History.pdf |archive-date=November 4, 2009 }}

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File:Patrick Francis Healy.jpg, the first African-American to become a Jesuit, helped transform the school into a modern university after the Civil War{{Cite journal |last1=O'Connor |first1=John J. |last2=Gasperetti |first2=Elio |title=A Negro President at Georgetown University Some Eighty Years Ago |date=1955 |journal=Negro History Bulletin |volume=18 |issue=8 |pages=175–176 |jstor=44176904 |issn=0028-2529}}{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Greene |first2=Bryan |title=Born Enslaved, Patrick Francis Healy 'Passed' His Way to Lead Georgetown University |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/born-enslaved-patrick-francis-healy-passed-his-way-lead-georgetown-university-180975738/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}} |alt=Black and white photo of an older man wearing black with a priest's colar and facing right.]]

The American Civil War greatly impacted Georgetown as 1,141 students and alumni enlisted in one army or the other, and the Union Army commandeered university buildings in order to defend the national capital from a feared a Confederate attack. By the time President Abraham Lincoln visited the Georgetown campus in May 1861, 1,400 troops were living in temporary quarters there. The number of lives lost in the Civil war caused enrollment levels to remain low until well after the war. Only seven students graduated in 1869, down from over 300 in the previous decade.{{harvnb|O'Neill|Williams|2003|pp=36–39}} When the Georgetown College Boat Club, the school's rowing team, was founded in 1876 it adopted two colors: blue, used for Union uniforms, and gray, used for Confederate uniforms. These colors signified the peaceful existence of students who held various loyalties.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/colors.htm|title=Georgetown Traditions: The Blue & Gray|website=HoyaSaxa.com|access-date=April 26, 2007|date=August 17, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427094307/http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/colors.htm|archive-date=April 27, 2007|url-status=live}}

Enrollment did not recover until the late 19th century, during the presidency of Patrick Francis Healy from 1873 to 1881. Born in Athens, Georgia as a slave by law and mixed-race by ancestry, Healy was the first person of African descent to head a predominantly white American university.{{efn|name=healy}} He identified as Irish Catholic, like his father, and was educated in Catholic schools in the United States and France. He is credited with reforming the undergraduate curriculum, lengthening the medical and law programs, and creating the Alumni Association. One of his largest undertakings was the construction of a major new building, subsequently named Healy Hall in his honor. For his work, Healy is known as the school's "second founder".{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul31.html|title=Patrick Francis Healy Inaugurated|work=American Memory|publisher=Library of Congress|date=July 31, 2006|access-date=July 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709184747/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul31.html|archive-date=July 9, 2007|url-status=live}}

In 1870, after the founding of the Law Department, Healy and his successors hoped to bind the professional schools into a university, and focus on higher education.

In 1901, the School of Medicine added a dental school in 1901 and the undergraduate School of Nursing in 1903.{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=2938|title=Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies Appoints New Director of Development|date=July 30, 2003|access-date=April 26, 2007|first=Lindsey|last=Spindle|department=Office of Communications|website=Georgetown University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321040441/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=2938|archive-date=March 21, 2007}} Georgetown Preparatory School relocated from campus in 1919 and fully separated from the university in 1927.{{cite web|url=http://contentdm.lndlibrary.org/u?/gtown,13 |title=Third Grammar Class, Second Section, on the steps of Healy Hall at Georgetown University |website=Loyola Notre Dame Library |access-date=September 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142211/http://contentdm.lndlibrary.org/u?%2Fgtown%2C13 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}

The School of Foreign Service (SFS) was founded in 1919 by Edmund A. Walsh to prepare students for leadership in diplomacy and foreign commerce. The School of Dentistry became independent of the School of Medicine in 1956.{{cite web|title=Dental Alumni History 1970s and 1980s – Georgetown Alumni Online |url=http://alumni.georgetown.edu/schoolsprograms/schoolsprograms_37.html |website=alumni.georgetown.edu |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910201515/http://alumni.georgetown.edu/schoolsprograms/schoolsprograms_37.html |archive-date=September 10, 2015 }} The School of Business Administration was separated from the SFS in 1957 and was renamed the McDonough School of Business (MSB) in 1998 in honor of SFS alumnus Robert E. McDonough.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gsb-takes-new-name-1.1887082|title=GSB Takes New Name|work=The Hoya|first=Emily|last=Lyons|date=October 9, 1998|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119065233/http://www.thehoya.com/gsb-takes-new-name-1.1887082|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=McDonough School of Business History |url=https://msb.georgetown.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=McDonough School of Business |language=en}}

Georgetown also aimed to expand its resources and student body. The School of Nursing has admitted female students since its founding, and most of the university classes were made available to women on a limited basis by 1952.{{cite web|url=http://guide.georgetown.edu/slideshows/slides/show11_slide17.html|website=Georgetown University – About Georgetown|title=Georgetown University history: Co-Ed|access-date=July 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103023223/http://guide.georgetown.edu/slideshows/slides/show11_slide17.html|archive-date=January 3, 2008}} With the College of Arts and Sciences welcoming its first female students in the 1969–1970 academic year, Georgetown became fully coeducational.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/areen-outlines-women-s-role-1.1887300|title=Areen Outlines Women's Role|date=April 1, 2003|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=The Hoya|first=Nick|last=Timiraos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118223834/http://www.thehoya.com/areen-outlines-women-s-role-1.1887300|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}

In 1962, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) was founded at Georgetown University as a think tank to conduct policy studies and strategic analyses of political, economic and security issues throughout the world.{{cite web |title=The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): About Us |url=https://www.csis.org/programs/about-us |access-date=2022-01-10}} When Henry Kissinger retired from his position as U.S. Secretary of State in 1977, he taught at Georgetown SFS, making CSIS the base for his Washington operations.{{cite web |date=1977-06-09 |title=Kissinger agrees to instruct undergrads at Georgetown |url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19770609-01.2.3 |access-date=2018-09-11 |publisher=Columbia Spectator}}{{cite web |date=March 28, 2012 |title=A Harvard-Henry Kissinger Détente? |url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/henry-kissinger-returns-to-harvard |access-date=October 4, 2013 |work=Harvard Magazine}}{{Cite web |title=Henry Kissinger appointed professor |url=https://msfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/henry-kissinger-appointed-professor/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=School of Foreign Service |language=en-US}} In 1986, the university's board of directors voted to sever all ties with CSIS due to differences in academic direction and competing fund-raising efforts.Jordan, Mary. "GU Severs Ties With Think Tank: Center's Academics, Conservatism Cited". The Washington Post. 18 October 1986. p. B1.

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In 1975, Georgetown established the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, soliciting funds from the governments of the United States, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Libya as well as American corporations with business interests in the Middle East.{{Cite book|last=Khalil|first=Osamah F.|title=America's Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0-674-97157-8|location=Cambridge, MA}}{{Cite news|last=Feinberg|first=Lawrence|date=1980-05-12|title=United Arab Emirates Gives GU $750,000 for A Chair in Arab Studies|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/05/12/united-arab-emirates-gives-gu-750000-for-a-chair-in-arab-studies/be4813de-0d01-4438-8c03-2cd29bbbefad/|access-date=2021-11-26|issn=0190-8286}} It later returned the money it received from Muammar Qaddafi's Libyan government, which had been used to fund a chair for Hisham Shirabi, and also returned further donations from Iraq.{{Cite news|last=Maeroff|first=Gene I.|date=1981-02-24|title=UNIVERSITY RETURNS $600,000 LIBYAN GIFT|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/24/us/university-returns-600000-libyan-gift.html|access-date=2021-11-26|issn=0362-4331}} Georgetown ended its bicentennial year of 1989 by electing Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. as president. He subsequently launched the Third Century Campaign to expand the school's endowment.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/degioia-named-next-gu-president-1.1886283|title=DeGioia Named Next GU President|first=Tim|last=Sullivan|work=The Hoya|date=February 16, 2001|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119065631/http://www.thehoya.com/degioia-named-next-gu-president-1.1886283|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}

In December 2003, Georgetown completed the campaign after raising over $1 billion for financial aid, academic chair endowment, and new capital projects.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/capital-campaign-close-to-1-billion-1.1886694|title=Capital Campaign Close to $1 Billion|first=Nick|last=Timiraos|work=The Hoya|date=September 12, 2003|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023502/http://www.thehoya.com/capital-campaign-close-to-1-billion-1.1886694|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}

In October 2002, Georgetown University began studying the feasibility of opening a campus of the SFS in Qatar, when the non-profit Qatar Foundation first proposed the idea. The School of Foreign Service in Qatar opened in 2005 along with four other U.S. universities in the Education City development. Additionally, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) opened in 2005 at the new Qatar campus.{{cite news |date=April 13, 2006 |title=Georgetown University marks inauguration of Qatar campus |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=April2006&file=Local_News2006041324119.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312033524/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=local_news&subsection=Qatar%2BNews&month=April2006&file=Local_News2006041324119.xml |archive-date=March 12, 2007 |access-date=March 10, 2010 |work=The Peninsula}} Between 2012 and 2018, Georgetown received more than $350 million from Gulf Cooperation Council countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.{{Cite news |last1=England |first1=Andrew |last2=Kerr |first2=Simeon |date=2018-12-13 |title=Universities challenged: scrutiny over Gulf money |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fa6d15a4-f6ed-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/fa6d15a4-f6ed-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |access-date=2021-11-26 |work=Financial Times}}

In 2005, Georgetown received a $20 million gift from Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, a member of the Saudi Royal Family; at that time the second-largest donation ever to the university, it was used to expand the activities of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Caryle |date=December 13, 2005 |title=Saudi Gives $20 Million to Georgetown |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200591.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616170911/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200591.html |archive-date=June 16, 2017 |access-date=November 4, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}} The same year, Georgetown began hosting a two-week workshop at Fudan University's School of International Relations and Public Affairs in Shanghai, China, which developed into a more formal connection when Georgetown opened a liaison office at Fudan on January 12, 2008, to further collaboration.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/georgetown-opens-liaison-office-at-fudan-university/ |title=Georgetown Opens Liaison Office at Fudan University |first1=Connie |last1=Parham |first2=Yoshi |last2=Myers |date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |work=The Hoya}}

John J. DeGioia, Georgetown's first lay president, led the school from 2001 to 2024. DeGioia continued its financial modernization and sought to "expand opportunities for intercultural and interreligious dialogue."{{cite web|url=http://president.georgetown.edu/sections/biography/ |title=Biography |department=Office of the President |date=February 2005 |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=October 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210185537/http://president.georgetown.edu/sections/biography/ |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }} DeGioia also founded the annual Building Bridges Seminar in 2001, which brings global religious leaders together, and is part of Georgetown's effort to promote religious pluralism. The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs began as an initiative in 2004, and after a grant from William R. Berkley, was launched as an independent organization in 2006.{{cite web |url= http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=12052 |title= Georgetown Advancing Interreligious Understanding |work= Georgetown University |access-date= March 10, 2010 |date= April 2, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100611024040/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=12052 |archive-date= June 11, 2010 }}

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Georgetown University was founded by former Jesuits in the tradition of Ignatius of Loyola; it is a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|title=Georgetown's Catholic and Jesuit Identity|date=February 15, 2008|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318082624/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|archive-date=March 18, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=29138|title=Jesuit Ideals Drive Daily Life at Georgetown|work=Blue & Gray|date=November 5, 2007|access-date=November 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207202302/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=29138|archive-date=December 7, 2008}} Georgetown is not a pontifical university, though seven Jesuits serve on the 36 member Board of Directors, the university's governing body.{{cite web|url=http://www.georgetown.edu/about/board-of-directors/index.html|title=Board of Directors|year=2015|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727065744/http://www.georgetown.edu/about/board-of-directors/index.html|archive-date=July 27, 2013}}

Catholic spaces at the university, including Dahlgren Chapel, the university's principal place of Catholic worship, fall within the territorial jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Washington,{{cite web|url=http://adw.org/about/|title=About Us|website=Archdiocese of Washington|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042846/http://adw.org/about/|archive-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=live}}

Fifty-two members of the Society of Jesus live on campus, and are employed by Georgetown mostly as professors or administrators.{{cite web|url=http://jesuits.georgetown.edu/members/|title=Jesuit Community Members|department=Jesuit Community|website=Georgetown University|year=2012|access-date=December 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219045133/http://jesuits.georgetown.edu/members/|archive-date=February 19, 2013|url-status=live}} Jesuit Heritage Week has been held every year since 2001 to celebrate the contributions of Jesuits to the Georgetown tradition.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gu-celebrates-jesuit-heritage-week-1.1895993|title=GU Celebrates Jesuit Heritage Week|first=Oluseyi|last=Fasoranti|work=The Hoya|date=February 2, 2010|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119022903/http://www.thehoya.com/gu-celebrates-jesuit-heritage-week-1.1895993|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}

Georgetown's Catholic heritage has been controversial at times, even though its influence is relatively limited.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/shades-of-gray-define-catholic-complexities-1.1891761|title=Shades of Gray Define Catholic Complexities|last=Wildes |first=Kevin|date=February 13, 2004|work=The Hoya|access-date=August 15, 2011|author-link=Kevin Wildes (priest)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194015/http://www.thehoya.com/shades-of-gray-define-catholic-complexities-1.1891761|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Stores in university-owned buildings are prohibited from selling or distributing birth control products.{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Chains-Effective-for-Georgetown-Protestors-89366827.html|title=Chains Effective for Georgetown Protesters|date=March 29, 2010|work=NBC Washington|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314232026/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Chains-Effective-for-Georgetown-Protestors-89366827.html|archive-date=March 14, 2012|url-status=live}}

The university hosts the Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life annually in January to discuss the pro-life movement.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/anti-abortion-summit-at-gu-1.1915856|title=Anti-Abortion Summit at GU|first=Sarah|last=Kaplan|work=The Hoya|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514052533/http://www.thehoya.com/news/anti-abortion-summit-at-gu-1.1915856|archive-date=May 14, 2012|url-status=live}} Georgetown University Medical Center and Georgetown University Hospital, operated by MedStar Health, are prohibited from performing abortions.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/university-medstar-agree-to-hospital-sale-1.1887199|title=University, MedStar Agree to Hospital Sale|first=Tim|last=Haggerty|work=The Hoya|date=February 25, 2000|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119022255/http://www.thehoya.com/university-medstar-agree-to-hospital-sale-1.1887199|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}} However, {{as of|2004|lc=y}}, the hospital was performing research using embryonic stem cells.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61643-2004Jan29_2.html|title=GU to Continue Controversial Research|author=Argetsinger, Amy and Avram Goldstein|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 30, 2004|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206174732/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61643-2004Jan29_2.html|archive-date=December 6, 2014|url-status=live}}

Between 1996 and 1999, the administration added crucifixes to many classroom walls, a change that attracted national attention.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/100899/news3.htm|title=The Catholic Question|work=The Hoya|first=Heather|last=Burke|date=October 8, 1999|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024044000/http://www.thehoya.com/news/100899/news3.htm|archive-date=October 24, 2007}} Before 1996, crucifixes had hung only in hospital rooms and historic classrooms.{{cite news|url=https://nytimes.com//2004/06/12/national/12religion.html|title=At One Catholic College, Crucifixes Make a Comeback|first=Marek|last=Fuchs|work=The New York Times|date=June 12, 2004|access-date=August 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006081503/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/national/12religion.html|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live}} Some of these crucifixes are historic works of art, and are noted as such.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/editorials/042399/edit2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040506070737/http://www.thehoya.com/editorials/042399/edit2.htm|title=Crucifix Leaders Angry at University|work=The Hoya|first=Liz|last=Fiore|author2=Jim Rowan |author3=Jon Soucy |date=April 20, 1999|archive-date=May 6, 2004|access-date=August 19, 2007}}

In May 2004, Imam Yahya Hendi, the school's on-campus Muslim cleric, faced pressure to remove crucifixes while he and other campus faith leaders defended their placement.{{cite news|url=http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004b/051404/051404n.php|title=Muslim chaplain sees value in crucifixes|first=John L Jr.|last=Allen|work=National Catholic Reporter|date=May 14, 2004|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210185733/http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004b/051404/051404n.php|archive-date=December 10, 2008 }} The Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center rotates displays of various faith and culture symbols in its lobby.{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|title=Crucifixes and Religious Symbolism|work=Georgetown's Catholic and Jesuit Identity|publisher=Georgetown University|date=June 16, 2005|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011111652/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=736|archive-date=October 11, 2007}}

In September 2005, Georgetown was criticized by religious groups, including the Cardinal Newman Society, for not following the teachings of the church and hosting pro-abortion rights speakers, including John Kerry and Barack Obama.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/catholic-group-criticizes-gu-profs-1.1881660|title=Catholic Group Criticizes GU Profs|first=Vidhya|last=Murugesan|date=September 9, 2005|work=The Hoya|access-date=April 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061847/http://www.thehoya.com/catholic-group-criticizes-gu-profs-1.1881660|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/protests-come-to-campus-alongside-obama-1.1894829|title=Protests Come to Campus Alongside Obama|first=Marie|last=Sahrmann|date=April 14, 2009|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118211705/http://www.thehoya.com/protests-come-to-campus-alongside-obama-1.1894829|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}

In 2009, Georgetown's religious symbols were brought back to national attention after the university administration covered-up the name of Jesus in preparation for then President Barack Obama's speech on campus.[http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/archive/Jesus-Missing-From-Obamas-Georgetown-Speech.html "Jesus Missing From Obama's Georgetown Speech"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002052/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/archive/Jesus-Missing-From-Obamas-Georgetown-Speech.html |date=January 8, 2017}}, NBC News, July 13, 2009

In May 2012, Washington's Archbishop Donald Wuerl criticized the university for inviting pro-abortion rights Kathleen Sebelius to be a commencement speaker.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washingtons-catholic-archbishop-georgetown-president-spar-over-graduation-invitation-to-kathleen-sebelius/2012/05/15/gIQA01ZLSU_story.html|title=Washington's Catholic archbishop, Georgetown president spar over graduation invitation to Kathleen Sebelius|newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Michelle |last=Boorstein|date=May 15, 2012|access-date=May 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516212918/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washingtons-catholic-archbishop-georgetown-president-spar-over-graduation-invitation-to-kathleen-sebelius/2012/05/15/gIQA01ZLSU_story.html|archive-date=May 16, 2012|url-status=live}}

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In August 2013, religious groups denounced Georgetown for allowing gay-themed events, including a performance, during which "a male student went as a high-heeled Mary and danced to Madonna's "Like a Virgin" while Jesus (a woman) looked on."[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/education/edlife/how-georgetown-became-a-gay-friendly-campus.html A Rainbow Over Catholic Colleges: How Georgetown Became a Gay-Friendly Campus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625083327/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/education/edlife/how-georgetown-became-a-gay-friendly-campus.html |date=June 25, 2018}}, The New York Times, July 30, 2013

{{As of|2017}}, the university had 7,463 undergraduate students and 11,542 graduate students.{{cite web |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/about/key-facts/ |title=Georgetown Key Facts |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=November 11, 2019 |date=Fall 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111165320/https://www.georgetown.edu/about/key-facts/ |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |url-status=live}} Bachelor's programs are offered through College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Nursing, the McDonough School of Business, the School of Continuing Studies, the School of Health, and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, which includes the Qatar campus.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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Master's and doctoral programs are offered through the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the Law Center, the School of Medicine, the McCourt School of Public Policy, and the School of Continuing Studies. Master's students occasionally share some advanced seminars with undergraduates, and most undergraduate schools offer abbreviated bachelor's and master's programs following completion of the undergraduate degree. The McDonough School of Business and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service both offer master's programs. The School of Foreign Service is renowned for its academic programs in international affairs. The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies also offer a Master's of Arab Studies, as well as certificates.{{cite web |url= https://ccas.georgetown.edu/academic-programs |title= Academic Programs |work= Center for Contemporary Arab Studies |year= 2015 |access-date= September 6, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905172859/http://ccas.georgetown.edu/academic-programs |archive-date= September 5, 2015 }}

Each graduate school offers at least one double degree with another graduate school.{{cite web|url=http://grad.georgetown.edu/pages/joint_degree_programs_of.cfm|title=Listing of Joint / Dual Degrees Offered|work=Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences|year=2007|access-date=September 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814014435/http://grad.georgetown.edu/pages/joint_degree_programs_of.cfm |archive-date=August 14, 2007}} Additionally, the Law Center offers a joint degree with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/joint-public-health-center-launched-1.1885519|title=Joint Public Health Center Launched|first=Jenny|last=Castronuovo|work=The Hoya|date=December 1, 2000|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118211206/http://www.thehoya.com/joint-public-health-center-launched-1.1885519|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} The School of Continuing Studies includes the Center for Continuing and Professional Education, and operates four types of degree programs, over thirty professional certificates and non-degree courses, undergraduate and graduate degrees in Liberal Studies, as well as summer courses for graduates, undergraduates, and high school students.{{cite web|url=http://www12.georgetown.edu/scs/about.html |title=About SCS |department=The School of Continuing Studies|website=Georgetown University|date=June 11, 2007 |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709000546/http://www12.georgetown.edu/scs/about.html |archive-date=July 9, 2007 }} The School of Dentistry closed in 1990 after 89 years in operation.{{cite news |title=Plagued by Falling Enrollment, Dental Schools Close or Cut Back |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/29/us/plagued-by-falling-enrollment-dental-schools-close-or-cut-back.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 29, 1987 |access-date=September 12, 2015 |issn=0362-4331 |first=Tamar |last=Lewin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620163946/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/29/us/plagued-by-falling-enrollment-dental-schools-close-or-cut-back.html |archive-date=June 20, 2016 |url-status=live}}

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| THE_WSJ = 34

| Wamo_NU = 15

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| QS_W = 301

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Admission to Georgetown has been deemed "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report,{{cite magazine|title=Georgetown University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/georgetown-university-1445|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804001037/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/georgetown-university-1445|archive-date=August 4, 2015|url-status=live}} with the university receiving 27,650 applications and admitting 11.7% of those who applied for the Class of 2025.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-14|title=GU Admits Just 12% of Applicants, Setting Record Low|url=https://thehoya.com/gu-admits-just-12-of-applicants-setting-record-low/|access-date=2022-01-05}} {{As of|2024}}, Georgetown's graduate schools have acceptance rates of 2.8% to the School of Medicine,{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2011/04/05/10-medical-schools-with-lowest-acceptance-rates |title=10 Medical Schools With Lowest Acceptance Rates |publisher=USNWR |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706205332/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2011/04/05/10-medical-schools-with-lowest-acceptance-rates |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }} 12.9% to the Law Center,{{cite web|title=Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG)|url=https://www.ilrg.com/rankings/law/view/44|access-date=September 10, 2020|publisher=Internet Legal Research Group}} 25% to the MSFS,{{cite web|url=http://msfs.georgetown.edu/admissions/stats/ |title=Statistical Profiles of Admitted Students 2007–2010 – MSFS |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317080819/http://msfs.georgetown.edu/admissions/stats/ |archive-date=March 17, 2011 }} and 35% to the MBA program.{{cite web|url=http://msb.georgetown.edu/prospective/graduate/mba/admissions/profile/ |title=Full-Time MBA Profile |work=McDonough School of Business |year=2008 |access-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216013729/http://msb.georgetown.edu/prospective/graduate/mba/admissions/profile/ |archive-date=February 16, 2009 }} In 2004, a National Bureau of Economic Research study on revealed preference of U.S. colleges showed Georgetown was the 16th most-preferred choice.{{cite web|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1287.pdf|title=A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities|last=Avery|first=Christopher, Glickman, Mark E., Hoxby, Caroline Minter and Metrick, Andrew|date=December 2005|access-date=May 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203181901/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1287.pdf|archive-date=February 3, 2007|url-status=live}}

The School of Foreign Service's (SFS) master's and bachelor's programs in international relations were ranked first in the world by Foreign Policy in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Tierney |first=Irene Entringer García Blanes, Susan Peterson, Michael J. |date=2024-09-10 |title=The Top International Relations Schools of 2024, Ranked |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/30/international-relations-school-rankings-university-undergraduate-masters-phd-programs/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}} SFS's undergraduate programs were also ranked first in the United States for international affairs by Niche.{{Cite web|title=2021 Georgetown University Rankings|url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/georgetown-university/rankings/|access-date=September 4, 2020|website=Niche}} The McCourt School of Public Policy is ranked fourth in global policy and administration studies by US News & World Report.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-10 |title=Best International Policy and Administration Programs |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/international-global-policy-rankings |website=US News & World Report}} In the same report, the Medical School is ranked 44th in research and 87th in primary care,{{Cite web|title=Best Medical Schools: Georgetown University|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/georgetown-university-04018|access-date=September 3, 2020|website=usnews}} and the McDonough School of Business ranks 24th in MBA programs and 14th in undergraduate programs.{{Cite web|title=Best Business Schools, Georgetown University|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings|access-date=September 3, 2020|website=usnews.com}} In 2024, Poets & Quants ranked Georgetown's undergraduate business programs third in the country.{{Cite web |last=Bleizeffer |first=Kristy |date=2024-01-22 |title=Poets&Quants' Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024 |url=https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Poets&Quants for Undergrads |language=en-US}} Georgetown University Law Center is ranked 14th in the United States{{Cite web|title=Best Law Schools: Georgetown University|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/georgetown-university-03032|access-date=September 3, 2020|website=usnews.com}} and 12th in the world,{{Cite web|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 – Law {{!}} Shanghai Ranking – 2020|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/law.html|access-date=September 4, 2020|website=www.shanghairanking.com|archive-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713045723/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/law.html}} as well as first in clinical training and part-time law, second in tax law, third in international law, fifth in criminal law, seventh in health care law, ninth in constitutional law, and tenth in environmental law.

The undergraduate schools maintain a restrictive Early Action admissions program, as students who have applied through an Early Decision process at another school are not permitted to apply early to Georgetown. 94% of students accepted for the class of 2017 were in the top 10% of their class and the interquartile range of SAT scores was 700–770 in Reading/Writing and 680–780 in Math.{{cite web|url=https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/xani81o0z2iq0anudhge|title=Georgetown 2017 Profile for Schools and Candidates|year=2017|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=Georgetown University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130020632/https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/xani81o0z2iq0anudhge|archive-date=January 30, 2016|url-status=live}} Georgetown accepts the SAT and ACT, though it does not consider the writing portion of either test.{{cite web|url=http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/firstyear/preparation/|title=Preparation Process for First Year Applicants|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=September 20, 2011|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928044352/http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/firstyear/preparation/|archive-date=September 28, 2011}} Over 55% of undergraduates receive financial aid, and the university meets 100% of demonstrated need, with an average financial aid package of $23,500 and about 70% of aid distributed in the form of grants or scholarships.{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=749&PageTemplateID=52 |title=Undergraduate Financial Aid |work=Georgetown Facts |publisher=Georgetown University |date=August 31, 2009 |access-date=May 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613025241/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=749&PageTemplateID=52 |archive-date=June 13, 2011 }} Georgetown is need-blind for domestic applicants.{{cite web|url=https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/financial-aid/|title=Financial Aid – Georgetown University|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=2021-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420221046/https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/financial-aid/|url-status=live}}

{{Main|List of Georgetown University faculty}}{{As of|2017}}, Georgetown University employed 1,414 full-time and 1,196 part-time faculty members across its three Washington, D.C. campuses, with additional staff at Georgetown University in Qatar.{{cite news|last=Blazey|first=Elizabeth|date=October 3, 2008|title=Student Life Begins to Boom in SFS-Q's Infant Years|work=The Hoya|url=http://www.thehoya.com/student-life-begins-to-boom-in-sfs-q-s-infant-years-1.1893649|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061229/http://www.thehoya.com/student-life-begins-to-boom-in-sfs-q-s-infant-years-1.1893649|archive-date=January 19, 2012}} The faculty comprises leading academics and notable political and business leaders, and are predominantly male by a two-to-one margin.{{cite news|last=Sahrmann|first=Marie|date=October 17, 2008|title=Faculty Gender Ratio Favors Males|work=The Hoya|url=http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-gender-ratio-favors-males-1.1893741|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119094252/http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-gender-ratio-favors-males-1.1893741|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}

Georgetown University's faculty members give more support to liberal candidates, and while their donation patterns are generally consistent with those of other American university faculties, they gave more than average to Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.{{cite news|last=Heberle|first=Robert|date=September 21, 2004|title=Faculty Funds Favor Kerry|work=The Hoya|url=http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-funds-favor-kerry-1.1887619|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119045919/http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-funds-favor-kerry-1.1887619|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Hu|first=Dawn|date=November 21, 2008|title=GU Faculty Among Highest Donors to Obama Campaign|work=The Hoya|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gu-faculty-among-highest-donors-to-obama-campaign-1.1894080|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194020/http://www.thehoya.com/gu-faculty-among-highest-donors-to-obama-campaign-1.1894080|archive-date=January 18, 2012}}

The faculty includes former Society for Classical Studies president James J. O'Donnell, theologian John Haught, social activistd Chai Feldblum, Nobel laureate George Akerlof, writer and human rights advocate Carolyn Forché, award-winning literary critic Maureen Corrigan, linguist Deborah Tannen, business philosopher Jason Brennan, and hip hop scholar Michael Eric Dyson.{{cite web|year=2007|title=List all faculty experts|url=http://experts.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=List|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904101211/http://experts.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=List|archive-date=September 4, 2015|access-date=July 14, 2007|website=Georgetown University – Faculty Experts}}{{cite web|year=2009|title=Faculty and Administration|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116154019/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/|archive-date=January 16, 2010|access-date=November 23, 2009|work=Georgetown University Law Center}}{{cite news|title=George Akerlof (aka Mr. Janet Yellen) Heads to Georgetown – Real Time Economics – WSJ|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=September 23, 2014|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/09/23/george-akerlof-aka-mr-janet-yellen-heads-to-georgetown/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007224324/http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/09/23/george-akerlof-aka-mr-janet-yellen-heads-to-georgetown/|archive-date=October 7, 2014|access-date=October 25, 2014|publisher=blogs.wsj.com|last1=Reddy|first1=Sudeep}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Georgetown Faculty Before Commencement Ceremonies (52090082673).jpg, the U.S. Secretary of State, meets with Georgetown faculty before commencement ceremonies]]

Many former politicians choose to teach at Georgetown, including former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Andrew Natsios, National Security Advisor Anthony Lake, and CIA director George Tenet. Former Supreme Court Justices William J. Brennan, Jr., Antonin Scalia, and John Roberts have each taught at the university. Former Solicitor General of the United States Paul Clement has been a member of the law faculty since leaving public office in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Paul D. Clement |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/paul-d-clement/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |language=en-US}} Internationally, the school attracts former ambassadors and heads of state, including former Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar, Saudi Ambassador Prince Turki Al-Faisal, President Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica, and President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe.{{cite web|date=September 8, 2010|title=Colombia Reports|url=http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11743-georgetown-protest-uribe.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813052409/http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11743-georgetown-protest-uribe.html|archive-date=August 13, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Sarubbi|first=Andrea E.|date=March 7, 2006|title=Former President of Poland Joins Georgetown Faculty as Distinguished Scholar|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=13237|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324030833/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=13237|archive-date=March 24, 2007|access-date=February 15, 2009|work=Georgetown University Department of Communications}}{{cite news|last=Heller|first=Chris|date=August 11, 2010|title=Former Colombian President to teach at Georgetown|work=The Georgetown Voice|url=http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/08/11/former-colombian-president-to-teach-at-georgetown/|access-date=August 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004220749/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/08/11/former-colombian-president-to-teach-at-georgetown/|archive-date=October 4, 2011}}

File:Georgetown University School of Medicine & School of Dentistry (53820913143).jpg accounts for a significant portion of the university's research funding, mostly received from the U.S. government[https://som.georgetown.edu/research# Georgetown Medical School:Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123211745/https://som.georgetown.edu/research |date=November 23, 2017 }}, Retrieved: May 29, 2019]]

Georgetown University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".{{cite web|url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131496|title=Georgetown University|publisher=The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|year=2010|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040256/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131496|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}} {{As of|2014}}, Georgetown's libraries held over 3.5 million printed items, including 1.25 million e-books, in seven buildings, with most in Lauinger Library.{{cite web|url=http://www.library.georgetown.edu/about/numbers|title=The Library in Numbers|website=Georgetown University Library|year=2014|access-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821021653/http://www.library.georgetown.edu/about/numbers|archive-date=August 21, 2014|url-status=live}} The Blommer Science Library in the Reiss Science Building on campus, houses most of the Science collection. Additionally, the Law School campus includes the nation's fifth-largest law library as of 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/staff/resident/|title=Library Resident Program|website=Georgetown Law Library|year=2007|access-date=July 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111014641/http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/staff/resident/|archive-date=November 11, 2006}} Georgetown faculty conduct research in hundreds of subjects, but research priorities are in religion, ethics, science, public policy, and cancer medicine.{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/sites/index.cfm?Action=Index&Mode=Research&Letter=A|title=Research centers, institutes and programs|website=Georgetown University – Research & Scholarship|year=2007|access-date=July 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623012555/http://explore.georgetown.edu/sites/index.cfm?Action=Index&Mode=Research&Letter=A|archive-date=June 23, 2007}}

In 2019, Georgetown spent $240.9 million on research, ranking it 101st nationwide, with $94.0 million in federal funding.{{cite web|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=view&fice=1445|title=Georgetown University|work=National Science Foundation|year=2017|access-date=February 23, 2020}} In 2007, it received about $14.8 million in federal funds for research, with 64% from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of Defense.{{cite news|url=http://www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/2.14589/science-at-georgetown-1.2080410|title=Science at Georgetown: Research and the Real World|first=Meredith|last=Ponder|author2=Anna Cheimets|date=February 27, 2008|access-date=December 13, 2010|website=The Georgetown Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002259/http://www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/2.14589/science-at-georgetown-1.2080410|archive-date=July 17, 2011}} In 2010, the school received $5.6 million from the Department of Education to fund fellowships in several international studies fields.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-receives-5-6-million-department-of-education-grant-1.1896806|title=Georgetown Receives $5.6 Million Department of Education Grant|first=Lauren|last=Weber|date=September 10, 2010|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118210444/http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-receives-5-6-million-department-of-education-grant-1.1896806|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of 41 research-intensive comprehensive cancer centers in the United States, and developed the breakthrough HPV vaccine for cervical cancer,{{cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060608225351.htm|title=Georgetown Research Leads To First Cancer Vaccine|date=June 9, 2006|work=Science Daily|access-date=August 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235545/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060608225351.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2007|url-status=live}} and conditionally reprogrammed cells (CRC) technology.[http://lombardi.georgetown.edu/pdf/about/LM/2013_Fall.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114220514/http://lombardi.georgetown.edu/pdf/about/LM/2013_Fall.pdf|date=January 14, 2014}}

Centers that conduct and sponsor research at Georgetown include the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding and the Woodstock Theological Center. Regular publications include the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, The Georgetown Law Journal, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Georgetown Public Policy Review.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

{{Main|Campuses of Georgetown University|List of Georgetown University buildings}}

Georgetown University has four campuses in Washington, D.C.: the undergraduate campus located in the neighborhood of Georgetown, the Medical Center, the School of Continuing Studies (in Chinatown) and the Law Center. The undergraduate campus and Medical Center are together in the Georgetown neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington and form the main campus. Other centers are located around Washington, D.C., including the Center for Continuing and Professional Education at Clarendon in Arlington County, Virginia. Transit between these locations and the Washington Metro is supplied by a system of shuttles, known as GUTS buses.{{cite web|url=http://otm.georgetown.edu/guts/index.cfm|title=Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle (GUTS)|publisher=Georgetown University|year=2011|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719201847/http://otm.georgetown.edu/guts/index.cfm|archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=live}} Georgetown also has branches of the School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar, and Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as villas in Alanya, Turkey, and Fiesole, Italy. In their campus layout, Georgetown's administrators consistently used the traditional quadrangle design.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/years-after-blueprint-ditched-some-lament-missed-chance-1.1881464|title=Years After Blueprint Ditched, Some Lament Missed Chance|first=Jessica|last=Bachman|work=The Hoya|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061239/http://www.thehoya.com/years-after-blueprint-ditched-some-lament-missed-chance-1.1881464|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}

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Georgetown's undergraduate and medical school campuses are situated on an elevated site above the Potomac River overlooking Northern Virginia. Because of this, Georgetown University is often referred to as "The Hilltop". The main gates, known as the Healy Gates, are located at the intersection of 37th and O Streets NW, and lead directly to the heart of campus. The main campus is relatively compact, being {{convert|104|acre|km2|1}} in area, but includes fifty-four buildings, student residences and apartments capable of accommodating 80% of undergraduates, and various athletic facilities.{{cite web|url=http://www.georgetown.edu/about/key-facts/index.html|title=Georgetown Key Facts|work=Georgetown University|year=2011|access-date=February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524200107/http://www.georgetown.edu/about/key-facts/index.html|archive-date=May 24, 2012}} Most buildings employ collegiate Gothic architecture and Georgian brick architecture. Campus green areas include fountains, a cemetery, large clusters of flowers, groves of trees, and open quadrangles.{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=25425|title=Georgetown Goes Greener|date=July 5, 2007|work=Blue & Gray|access-date=July 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715181913/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=25425|archive-date=July 15, 2007}} New buildings and major renovations are required to meet LEED Silver criteria,{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/georgetown-university|title=Georgetown University|work=College Sustainability Report Card|year=2011|access-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902093445/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/georgetown-university|archive-date=September 2, 2012|url-status=live}} and the campus was nominated for the District Sustainability People's Choice Award in 2018.{{cite news |url= http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-nominated-sustainability-award/ |title= Georgetown Nominated for Sustainability Award |first= Noah |last= Berman |newspaper= The Hoya |date= February 22, 2018 |access-date= May 8, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180509075731/http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-nominated-sustainability-award/ |archive-date= May 9, 2018 |url-status= live }}

Healy Hall, designed by Paul J. Pelz in Neo-Medieval style and built from 1877 to 1879, is the architectural gem of Georgetown's campus, and is a National Historic Landmark.{{cite journal|title=Georgetown University's Healy Building|first=Hardy|last=George|journal=The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|volume=31|issue=3|date=October 1972|pages=208–216|doi=10.2307/988766|jstor=988766|publisher=Society of Architectural Historians|url=http://jsah.ucpress.edu/content/31/3/208.full.pdf}} Within Healy Hall are a number of notable rooms including Gaston Hall, Riggs Library, and the Bioethics Library Hirst Reading Room.{{cite web|url = http://maps.georgetown.edu/healyhall/|title = Map of Healy Hall|access-date = August 13, 2015|website = Georgetown University|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150904183520/http://maps.georgetown.edu/healyhall/|archive-date = September 4, 2015|url-status = live}} Both Healy Hall and the Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory, built in 1844, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|url=http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/Landmarks+and+Districts/Inventory+of+Historic+Sites/Alphabetical+Edition |format=PDF |title=District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites |date=September 28, 2009 |publisher=District of Columbia: Office of Planning |access-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701155451/http://www.planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic%2BPreservation/Maps%2Band%2BInformation/Landmarks%2Band%2BDistricts/Inventory%2Bof%2BHistoric%2BSites/Alphabetical%2BEdition |archive-date=July 1, 2011 }}

In addition to the front lawn, the main campus has traditionally centered on Dahlgren Quadrangle behind Healy Hall, which is home to Dahlgren Chapel; however, in recent decades, Red Square has replaced the Dahlgren Quadrangle as the focus of student life.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoya.com/eg/campus/locations/redsquare.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401134136/http://thehoya.com/eg/campus/locations/redsquare.cfm|archive-date=April 1, 2004|title=Red Square|work=The Hoya|access-date=July 24, 2007|first=Bernadette|last=Simpao}} North of Red Square is an extended pathway that is home to buildings such as the Intercultural Center (ICC), the Reiss Science building, the newly constructed dormitory named after Pedro Arrupe, and the large Leavey Student Center.{{cite web|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/pedro-arrupe-hall-fall-2016|title=Georgetown's Newest Residence Hall Named for Society of Jesus Leader|website=www.georgetown.edu|date=August 11, 2016|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904154546/https://www.georgetown.edu/pedro-arrupe-hall-fall-2016|archive-date=September 4, 2017|url-status=live}}

The medical school is located in the northwestern part of the main campus on Reservoir Road. It is integrated with Georgetown University Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://maps.georgetown.edu/directory/|title=Georgetown Map Directory|publisher=Georgetown University|year=2011|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608071531/http://maps.georgetown.edu/directory/|archive-date=June 8, 2011|url-status=live}}

In the 21st-century, the West side of the Hilltop has emerged as a newly developing area of the main campus. The university completed the Southwest Quadrangle Project in late 2003 and brought a new 907-bed upperclassmen residence hall, the Leo J. O'Donovan dining hall, a large underground parking facility, and a new Jesuit Residence to the campus.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/082203/news1.cfm|title=From Hole to Home, Southwest Quad Completed|work=The Hoya|first=Nick|last=Timiraos|date=August 22, 2003|access-date=May 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024043935/http://www.thehoya.com/news/082203/news1.cfm|archive-date=October 24, 2007}} The school's first performing arts center, named for Royden B. Davis, was completed in November 2005. The new business school headquarters, named for Rafik Hariri, opened in Fall 2009, and Regents Hall, the new science building, opened in Fall 2012. Along with the adjacent Leavey Student Center, these two large buildings have become popular study spaces and overlook a newly developed scenic lawn space.{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/42565/|title=$20 Million Gift to Benefit New MSB Building|work=Office of Communications|publisher=Georgetown University|date=July 10, 2009|access-date=July 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613031520/http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/42565/|archive-date=June 13, 2011}}

In the fall of 2014, the university opened a new student center, the Healey Family Student Center (HFSC) to complement the longstanding Leavey Center. The Healey Family Student Center is located on the first floor of New South Hall, a space that functioned as the university's main dining facility until the Leo J. O'Donovan dining hall opening in 2003. It features over 43,000 square feet including several study spaces, conference rooms, dance, and music studios, as well as a pub called Bulldog Tavern and a salad store Hilltoss, which is operated by The Corp.{{cite news|last1=Richardson|first1=Katherine|title=HFSC Opens to Students|url=http://www.thehoya.com/hfsc-opens-to-students/|access-date=April 13, 2015|newspaper=The Hoya|date=September 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427223148/http://www.thehoya.com/hfsc-opens-to-students/|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=live}}

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As a location, Georgetown was ranked nationally as the second-best college town by The Princeton Review in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2011/08/02/georgetown-no-2-best-college-town-most-political-student-body-yay/|title=Princeton Review justifies its existence, ranks colleges|work=The Georgetown Voice|first=Ryan|last=Bellmore|date=August 2, 2011|access-date=August 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916083703/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2011/08/02/georgetown-no-2-best-college-town-most-political-student-body-yay/|archive-date=September 16, 2011}} The Georgetown neighborhood west of Wisconsin Avenue NW is dominated by the presence of university students. Students have easy access to the M Street commercial area, the Georgetown Waterfront, and numerous trails that lead to the National Mall and other parks. Despite this, "town and gown" relations between the university communities and other Georgetown residents are often strained by facilities construction, enlargement of the student body, as well as noise and alcohol violations.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/node/15453|title=Not Always a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood|first=Ah-Hyun|last=Cho|date=February 21, 2008|access-date=August 12, 2008|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301003222/http://www.thehoya.com/node/15453|archive-date=March 1, 2008}} Several groups of neighborhood residents have attempted to slow University growth in Georgetown, creating friction between students and the surrounding neighborhood. Despite the relative safety of the neighborhood, crime is a persistent issue, with campus security responding to 257 crimes in 2008, the majority of which were petty crimes.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/campus-crime-rose-7-in-2008-dps-report-says-1.1895317|title=Campus Crime Rose 7% in 2008, DPS Report Says|work=The Hoya|first=Brian|last=Burke|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194011/http://www.thehoya.com/campus-crime-rose-7-in-2008-dps-report-says-1.1895317|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Georgetown University Law Center}}

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The Law Center campus is located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on New Jersey Avenue, near Washington Union Station, and consists of five buildings. First-year students at the Law Center can live in the single on-campus dormitory, the Gewirz Student Center.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/oncampus/faq.html#3|title=Frequently Asked Questions|website=Georgetown University Law Center – On-Campus Housing|date=January 10, 2007|access-date=August 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702103810/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/oncampus/faq.html#3|archive-date=July 2, 2007}} Most second- and third-year students, as well as some first-year students, live off-campus. As there is little housing near the Law Center, most are spread throughout the Washington metropolitan area.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/offcampus/Washington.htm|title=Washington Neighborhoods|department=Office of Housing and Residential Life|website=Georgetown University Law Center|date=May 3, 2007|access-date=August 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706144804/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/offcampus/Washington.htm|archive-date=July 6, 2007}}

The Campus Completion Project, finished in 2005, saw the addition of the Hotung International Building and the Sport and Fitness Center. G Street and F Street are closed off between 1st and 2nd Streets to create open lawns flanking McDonough Hall, the main building on the campus.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/ccp/notes.html|title=Construction Notes|first=Wally|last=Mlyniec|website=Georgetown University Law Center – Campus Completion Project|date=October 26, 2004|access-date=July 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703113625/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/ccp/notes.html|archive-date=July 3, 2007}} In 2019, the university purchased $70 million of a building at 500 First St. NW to add to the Georgetown University Law Center. Opening in 2020, the 130,000-square-foot edifice will provide classrooms and offices for researchers in health, technology, law and other fields.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgetown-university-is-building-more-student-housing--but-not-in-georgetown/2019/11/29/4b999908-1096-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html|title=Georgetown University is building more student housing — but not in Georgetown|last=Anderson|first=Nick|date=November 29, 2019|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214090223/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgetown-university-is-building-more-student-housing--but-not-in-georgetown/2019/11/29/4b999908-1096-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html|archive-date=December 14, 2019|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies}}

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The School of Continuing Studies (SCS) campus is located in a 95,000 square foot, state-of-the-art building in downtown Washington, D.C. The campus currently serves as the home for Georgetown's graduate programs in fields such as Applied Intelligence, Journalism, Public Relations, Real Estate, Sports Industry Management, and Urban & Regional Planning.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The current building, which was completed in 2013, includes 30 classrooms, a 125-person auditorium, a digital media lab, a broadcast studio, an interfaith chapel, and a dedicated library. It is located in the Chinatown neighborhood of the city and is considered to be one of the most accessible locations in town, with a Transit Score of 100 and a Walk Score of 98. It is also located just a few blocks away from the Capital One Arena, the home court of the men's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=https://scs.georgetown.edu/about/our-campus/|title=Our Campus | Georgetown SCS|website=scs.georgetown.edu|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053855/https://scs.georgetown.edu/about/our-campus/|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Georgetown University in Qatar}}

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In 2002, the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development presented the School of Foreign Service with the resources and space to open a campus in Education City in Al Rayyan, Qatar.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/sfs-to-establish-qatar-campus-1.1881423|title=SFS to Establish Qatar Campus|first=Robert|last=Heberle|work=The Hoya|date=May 20, 2005|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118161606/http://www.thehoya.com/sfs-to-establish-qatar-campus-1.1881423|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} SFS-Qatar opened in 2005 as a liberal arts and international affairs undergraduate school for regional students.{{cite web|url=http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/qatar/academics/ |title=Studying International Affairs |department=School of Foreign Service in Qatar|website=Georgetown University |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710190630/http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/qatar/academics/ |archive-date=July 10, 2007 }} It offers the same Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) as the main campus, in addition to three certificates. Apart from language courses, including Arabic and French, all courses are taught in English and the curriculum and course materials in the specified majors are identical to those offered at Georgetown's main campus in Washington D.C.{{Cite web |title=Why GU-Q |url=https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/admissions/why-gu-q/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Georgetown University in Qatar |language=en-US}}

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In December 1979, the Marquesa Margaret Rockefeller de Larrain, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, gave the Villa Le Balze to Georgetown University.{{cite web|url=http://www11.georgetown.edu/oip/os/villalebalze/villahome.html |title=Welcome to the Villa |date=April 23, 2008 |website=Georgetown University – Villa le Balze |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207222354/http://www11.georgetown.edu/oip/os/villalebalze/villahome.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }} The Villa is in Fiesole, Italy, on a hill above the city of Florence. The Villa is used year-round for study abroad programs focused on specialized interdisciplinary study of Italian culture and civilization.{{cite web|url=http://www11.georgetown.edu/oip/os/villalebalze/undergraduate.html |title=Study Abroad in Italy |date=April 23, 2008 |website=Georgetown University – Villa le Balze |access-date=August 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207201511/http://www11.georgetown.edu/oip/os/villalebalze/undergraduate.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}

The main facility for the McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies was donated to Georgetown in 1989 by alumnus and former United States Ambassador to Turkey George C. McGhee.{{cite web |url=http://mcgheecenter.georgetown.edu |title=About |department=McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies |website=Georgetown University |date=December 18, 2007 |access-date=April 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207172428/http://mcgheecenter.georgetown.edu/ |archive-date=December 7, 2008}} The school is in the town of Alanya, Turkey within the Seljuq-era Alanya Castle, on the Mediterranean. The center operates study abroad programs one semester each year, concentrating on Turkish language, architectural history, and Islamic studies.{{cite web|url=http://mcgheecenter.georgetown.edu/fallprograms.html |title=Fall 2008: Semester Abroad |department=McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies |website=Georgetown University |date=February 22, 2008 |access-date=April 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207201719/http://mcgheecenter.georgetown.edu/fallprograms.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}

In December 2007, Georgetown opened a liaison office in Shanghai, China to coordinate with Fudan University and others.{{cite web|url=http://provost.georgetown.edu/initiatives/international/nav/liaisonoffice/ |title=乔治敦大学联络办公室 Georgetown University Liaison Office |year=2009 |work=Georgetown University Office of the Provost |access-date=February 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705135532/http://provost.georgetown.edu/initiatives/international/nav/liaisonoffice/ |archive-date=July 5, 2008 }} In 2008, the Georgetown University Law Center in conjunction with an international consortium of law schools established the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London, England.{{cite news|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/webstory/10.28.08.html|title=The Center for Transnational Legal Studies Kicks off in London|date=November 3, 2008|first=Ann W.|last=Parks|work=Georgetown University Law Center|access-date=July 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316233108/https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/webstory/10.28.08.html|archive-date=March 16, 2009}}

In November 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced Georgetown plans to open a satellite campus of the School of Foreign Service in Jakarta that will offer degree programs for present and future policymakers in the United States and Southeast Asia.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Georgetown to Open Campus in Indonesia |url=https://thehoya.com/georgetown-to-open-campus-in-indonesia/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2023-11-12 |title=Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the Bilateral Engagement of President Biden and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/11/12/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-previewing-the-bilateral-engagement-of-president-biden-and-president-joko-widodo-of-indonesia/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2023-11-14 |title=Joint Statement from the Leaders of the United States and the Republic of Indonesia: Elevating Relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/11/13/joint-statement-from-the-leaders-of-the-united-states-and-the-republic-of-indonesia-elevating-relations-to-a-comprehensive-strategic-partnership/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=antaranews.com |title=Georgetown University planning Indonesian campus: ministry |url=https://en.antaranews.com/news/298860/georgetown-university-planning-indonesian-campus-ministry |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Antara News|date=November 16, 2023 }} The campus, known as Georgetown SFS Asia-Pacific (GSAP), was launched in January 2025.{{Cite web |title=Executive Master in Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA) – Asia-Pacific |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/academics/executive-education/emdia-asia-pacific/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-01-16 |title=SFS Launches Asia Pacific Program and Opens New Location in Indonesia |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/sfs-launches-asia-pacific-program-and-opens-new-location-in-indonesia/#:~:text=SFS%20Launches%20Asia%20Pacific%20Program%20and%20Opens%20New%20Location%20in%20Indonesia,-January%2016,%202025&text=The%20School%20of%20Foreign%20Service,new%20facility%20in%20Jakarta,%20Indonesia. |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}

{{See also|Housing at Georgetown University}}

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The Georgetown undergraduate student body, at 6,926 {{As of|2016|lc=on}}, is composed primarily of students from outside the District of Columbia area, with 33% of new 2016 students coming from the Mid-Atlantic states, 11% being international students, and the remainder coming from other areas of the U.S.{{cite web|url=https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/xani81o0z2iq0anudhge|title=GU Student Profile 2017|department=Office of Undergraduate Admissions|website=Georgetown University|year=2017|access-date=April 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130020632/https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/xani81o0z2iq0anudhge|archive-date=January 30, 2016|url-status=live}} The student body also represented 129 countries, with 11% being international,{{cite magazine|title=Most International Students: National Universities|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/most-international/page+2|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509101300/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/most-international/page+2|archive-date=May 9, 2015|url-status=live}} including over 330 undergraduate and 1,050 graduate students who chose to come to Georgetown as a study abroad destination in 2009–10.{{cite web|url=http://oip.georgetown.edu/isss/stats.htm |title=Statistics on Georgetown's International Community |publisher=Georgetown University |work=Office of International Programs |date=June 30, 2010 |access-date=May 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609043543/http://oip.georgetown.edu/isss/stats.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2010 }} In 2014–2015, the racial diversity of the undergraduate student body was 57.0% white, 8.8% Asian, 6.2% black, and 7.5% Hispanic. The median family income of Georgetown students is $229,100, with 51% of students coming from the top 5% highest-earning families and 13.5% from the bottom 60%.{{cite news |last1=Aisch |first1=Gregor |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Cox |first3=Amanda |last4=Quealy |first4=Kevin |title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Georgetown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/georgetown-university |access-date=August 9, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2017}} 55.1% of undergraduates are female.{{cite web|title=Georgetown University 2014–2015|url=http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/col_info_popup.asp?ID=131496|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109032253/http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/col_info_popup.asp?ID=131496|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=live}}

Although it is a Jesuit university, only 41% of the student body identify as Catholic, while 22% identify as Protestant {{As of|2009|lc=on}}.{{cite web |date=January 2009 |title=Final Report and Recommendations |url=http://www.studentcommissionforunity.org/scu-resources/student-commission-for-unity-publications/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408112708/http://www.studentcommissionforunity.org/scu-resources/student-commission-for-unity-publications/ |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=December 2, 2009 |work=Student Commission for Unity |publisher=Georgetown University}} Georgetown employs a full-time rabbi, as 6.5% of undergraduates are Jewish. It was the first U.S. college to have a full-time imam, to serve the over four hundred Muslims on campus,{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0538697520070709|title=U.S. imam questions if "American" Islam exists|first=Tom|last=Heneghan|work=Reuters|date=July 9, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711222542/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0538697520070709|archive-date=July 11, 2007|url-status=live}} and in 2014, they appointed their first Hindu priest to serve a weekly community of around one hundred.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/georgetown-university-appoints-first-hindu-priest/article6480874.ece|title=Georgetown University appoints first Hindu priest|date=October 8, 2014|access-date=October 14, 2014|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008161005/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/georgetown-university-appoints-first-hindu-priest/article6480874.ece|archive-date=October 8, 2014|url-status=live}} Georgetown also sponsors student groups for Baháʼí, Buddhist, and Mormon traditions.{{cite web|url=http://campusministry.georgetown.edu/traditions/other/ |title=Other Traditions |department=Campus Ministry |website=Georgetown University |access-date=August 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718000800/http://campusministry.georgetown.edu/traditions/other/ |archive-date=July 18, 2010 }} The student body consists of both religious and non-religious students, and more than four-hundred freshmen and transfer students attend a nonreligious Ignatian retreat, called ESCAPE, annually.{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=738&PageTemplateID=52|title=Volunteerism and Service at Georgetown|website=Georgetown University – Georgetown Facts |date=June 16, 2005|access-date=July 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214103343/http://communications.georgetown.edu/facts.html|archive-date=February 14, 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?DocumentID=13138|title=Georgetown's Great Escape|department=Georgetown Magazine |website=Georgetown University |date=February 27, 2006|access-date=July 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825124358/http://communications.georgetown.edu/magazine.html|archive-date=August 25, 2007}}

A 2007 survey of undergraduates also suggests that 62.8% are sexually active, while 6.2% identify as LGBTQ.{{cite news|url=http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2007-04-26/feature/suggestive-figures-grading-on-curves-georgetown-gets-down|title=Suggestive figures, Grading on curves, Georgetown gets down|first=Chris|last=Norton|work=The Georgetown Voice|date=April 26, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085637/http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2007-04-26/feature/suggestive-figures-grading-on-curves-georgetown-gets-down|archive-date=September 28, 2007}} Three quarters of a 2009 survey considered homophobia a campus problem.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/scu-report-prescribes-change-inclusion-1.1894361 |title=SCU Report Prescribes Change, Inclusion |first=Anna |last=Salinas |date=January 30, 2009 |work=The Hoya |access-date=May 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119092713/http://www.thehoya.com/scu-report-prescribes-change-inclusion-1.1894361 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 }} Newsweek, however, rated Georgetown among its top "Gay-Friendly Schools" in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/16/newsweek-ranks-georgetown-among-the-nations-most-diverse-and-lgbtq-friendly-schools/|title=Newsweek ranks Georgetown among the nation's most diverse and LGBTQ-friendly schools|work=The Georgetown Voice|date=September 16, 2010|access-date=September 16, 2010|first=Chris|last=Heller|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221013/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/16/newsweek-ranks-georgetown-among-the-nations-most-diverse-and-lgbtq-friendly-schools/|archive-date=October 4, 2011}}

A survey by the school in 2016 showed that 31% of females undergraduates reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact, and 86% of LGBTQ students reported some form of sexual harassment at the college.{{cite news |url= http://dcist.com/2016/06/georgetown_sexual_assault_survey.php |title= Survey: Three In 10 Female Georgetown Undergrads Report Non-Consensual Sexual Contact |first= Rachel |last= Kurzius |website= DCist.com |date= June 17, 2016 |access-date= June 19, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160620135825/http://dcist.com/2016/06/georgetown_sexual_assault_survey.php |archive-date= June 20, 2016 }} In 2011, College Magazine ranked Georgetown as the tenth most hipster U.S. college,{{cite news|url=http://www.collegemagazine.com/editorial/1911/The-10-Most-Hipster-Campuses|title=The 10 Most Hipster Campuses|work=College Magazine|first=Emily|last=Farra|date=December 8, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107175523/http://www.collegemagazine.com/editorial/1911/The-10-Most-Hipster-Campuses|archive-date=January 7, 2012}} while People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals considered it the third most vegan friendly small U.S. school.{{cite web|url=http://features.peta2.com/Vegan-Colleges-2011/|title=Most Vegan-Friendly College Contest 2011|date=December 2011|access-date=December 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205115333/http://features.peta2.com/Vegan-Colleges-2011/|archive-date=December 5, 2011|url-status=live}}

Almost all undergraduates attend full-time.{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/|title=COOL: College Opportunities Online Locator|year=2005|access-date=July 11, 2007|website=National Center for Education Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925033138/http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/|archive-date=September 25, 2007|url-status=live}} A majority of undergraduates, 76%, live on-campus in several dormitories and apartment complexes, including all underclassmen.{{cite news|url=http://www.gwhatchet.com/2011/06/13/neighbors-ask-georgetown-to-house-all-students-on-campus/|title=Neighbors ask Georgetown to house all students on campus|first=Gabrielle|last=Marush|date=June 13, 2011|work=The GW Hatchet|access-date=October 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609145709/http://www.gwhatchet.com/2011/06/13/neighbors-ask-georgetown-to-house-all-students-on-campus/|archive-date=June 9, 2012|url-status=live}} {{As of|2011}}, 1255 undergraduates and 339 graduate students live off-campus, mostly in the Georgetown, Glover Park, Burleith, and Foxhall neighborhoods.{{cite web|url=http://offcampus.georgetown.edu/uploadedfiles/OCSL%20Spring%202011%20Semester%20Report.pdf|title=Spring 2011 Semester Report|department=Off Campus Student Life|website=Georgetown University|date=June 13, 2011|access-date=October 3, 2011|first=Anne Y.|last=Koester|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201085449/http://offcampus.georgetown.edu/uploadedfiles/OCSL%20Spring%202011%20Semester%20Report.pdf|archive-date=December 1, 2011|url-status=live}} Since Fall 2022, housing is available for on-campus graduate students at 55 H St. NW, which is 30 minute from the Hilltop campus via the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle (GUTS).{{Cite web |title=Housing at 55 H St. |url=https://grad.georgetown.edu/grad_housing/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Graduate School of Arts & Sciences |language=en-US}} Students at the Law Center are accommodated at the Gewirz Student Center. All students in the Medical School live off-campus, most in the surrounding neighborhoods, with some in Northern Virginia and elsewhere through the DMV region.{{cite web|url=http://som.georgetown.edu/about/prospectus/studentlife/|title=Student Life|work=Georgetown University School of Medicine|year=2009|access-date=July 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628080813/http://som.georgetown.edu/about/prospectus/studentlife/|archive-date=June 28, 2009}}

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{{As of|2012}}, 92.9% of Georgetown University undergraduates are involved in at least one of the 179 registered student organizations which cover a variety of interests: student government, club sports, media and publications, performing arts, religion, and volunteer and service.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/83223691/Student-Life-Report-2012|format=PDF|title=Student Life Report 2012|publisher=Georgetown University Student Association|date=February 24, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509211210/http://www.scribd.com/doc/83223691/Student-Life-Report-2012|archive-date=May 9, 2013|url-status=live}} Students also operate campus stores, banks, and medical services. Students often find their interests at the Student Activities Commission Club Fair, where both official and unofficial organizations set up tables.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/news/092199/news6.htm|title=SAC Fair Is Opportunity for Most, Exclusion for Some|first=Ian|last=Palko|date=September 21, 1999|access-date=July 27, 2007|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024043950/http://www.thehoya.com/news/092199/news6.htm|archive-date=October 24, 2007}} The Georgetown University Student Association is the student government organization for undergraduates. There are also elected student representatives within the schools that serve on Academic councils, as well as to the university Board of Directors, and, since 1996, to the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/support-your-neighborhood-vote-in-d-c-1.1892339|title=Support Your Neighborhood, Vote in D.C.|first=Adam|last=Giblin|work=The Hoya|date=October 1, 2002|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118220656/http://www.thehoya.com/support-your-neighborhood-vote-in-d-c-1.1892339|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}

Georgetown's student organizations include one of the nation's oldest debating clubs, the Philodemic Society, founded in 1830,{{cite web|url=http://philodemic.georgetown.edu/ |title=Philodemic Society |publisher=Georgetown University |date=March 19, 2007 |access-date=May 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320112313/http://philodemic.georgetown.edu/ |archive-date=March 20, 2007 }} and the oldest university theater group, the Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehoya.com/countrys-oldest-theater-troupe-shines/ |title=Country's Oldest Theater Troupe Shines |work=The Hoya |first=Nicole |last=Jarvis |date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125081340/http://www.thehoya.com/countrys-oldest-theater-troupe-shines/ |archive-date=January 25, 2016 |url-status=live }} Nomadic Theatre was founded in 1982 as an alternative troupe without an on-campus home.{{cite web|url=http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/nomadic/?Action=About|title=About Us|work=Nomadic Theatre|publisher=Georgetown University|year=2008|access-date=April 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207233700/http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/nomadic/?Action=About|archive-date=December 7, 2008|url-status=live}} The Georgetown Improv Association, founded in 1995, performs improvisational shows on-campus at Bulldog Alley in addition to hosting "Improvfest", one of the oldest improv festivals in the country.{{cite web|url=https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/improv/about/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805231934/https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/improv/about/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2012|title=About|work=The Georgetown Improv Association|publisher=Georgetown University|year=2010|access-date=June 20, 2010}}

The Model United Nations team that is run by the Georgetown International Relations Club, the largest club on campus, and its affiliate, Georgetown International Relations Association, has attained the status of best in the world on several occasions.{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Maddy|title=Model UN Wins Award|url=http://www.thehoya.com/model-un-wins-award/|access-date=April 23, 2015|newspaper=The Hoya|issue=March 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904101211/http://www.thehoya.com/model-un-wins-award/|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live}}

There are seven a cappella groups on campus, including The Georgetown Saxatones, The Georgetown Chimes, the Phantoms, Superfood, The GraceNotes, the Chamber Singers, Essence, Harmony, and the Capitol G's.{{cite web|url=http://www.collegiate-acappella.com/CA-DirectoryA-G.html|title=Collegiate-Acappella Directory of College A Cappella Groups A–G|publisher=Collegiate-acappella.com|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175402/http://www.collegiate-acappella.com/CA-DirectoryA-G.html|archive-date=July 8, 2011|url-status=live}} These groups perform annually at the "D.C. A Cappella Festival", held since 1991; the "Cherry Tree Massacre" concert series, held since 1974; and "Spring Sing", held since 2011.{{cite news|url=http://media.www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/media/storage/paper136/news/2003/11/05/ArtsAndEntertainment/A.Capella.Abounds.At.Dcaf-548840.shtml|title=A capella abounds at DCAF|first=Michael|last=Bayer|work=The Georgetown Independent|date=November 5, 2003|access-date=August 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203646/http://media.www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/media/storage/paper136/news/2003/11/05/ArtsAndEntertainment/A.Capella.Abounds.At.Dcaf-548840.shtml|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.georgetownchimes.org/history.shtml|title=History of The Chimes|date=August 5, 2008|access-date=August 12, 2008|work=Georgetown Chimes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515042605/http://www.georgetownchimes.org/history.shtml|archive-date=May 15, 2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2011/04/01/spring-sing-returns-to-gaston-hall-tomorrow/|title=Spring Sing returns to Gaston Hall tomorrow {{!}} Vox Populi|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325224838/https://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2011/04/01/spring-sing-returns-to-gaston-hall-tomorrow/|url-status=dead}} The Georgetown University Band is composed of the Georgetown Pep Band and the Georgetown Wind Ensemble, and performs on campus, in Washington, D.C., and at post-season basketball tournaments.{{cite web|url=http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/pepband/?Action=About|title=Pep Band Homepage|work=Georgetown University|year=2008|access-date=February 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207223049/http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/pepband/?Action=About|archive-date=December 7, 2008|url-status=live}}

In addition to student organizations and clubs, Georgetown University is home to one of the nation's largest entirely student-owned and -operated corporations, Students of Georgetown, Inc. Founded in 1972, "The Corp" operates three coffee shops, two grocery stores, the Hilltoss, a concept similar to Sweetgreen, catering services, and seasonal storage for students.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecorp.org/f_about.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629023824/http://thecorp.org/f_about.htm|archive-date=June 29, 2007|title=About The Corp|work=The Corp|date=April 29, 2007|access-date=July 9, 2007}} The business has annual revenues of about $5 million,{{cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=guidestar&npoId=551262|title=Non-profit report for Students of Georgetown, Inc.|publisher=GuideStar USA|access-date=June 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016154925/http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=guidestar&npoId=551262|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=live}} and surpluses are directly re-invested into the Georgetown student body through Corp Philanthropy, which gave out over $85,000 in scholarships and donations to Georgetown groups in 2014–2015.{{cite news|last1=Riley|first1=Anna|title=The Corp Adds Social Impact Chair to Board|url=http://www.thehoya.com/the-corp-adds-social-impact-chair-to-board/|access-date=April 16, 2015|publisher=The Hoya|date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415075332/http://www.thehoya.com/the-corp-adds-social-impact-chair-to-board/|archive-date=April 15, 2015|url-status=live}} Georgetown University Alumni & Student Federal Credit Union is the largest all student-run credit union in the United States, with over $17 million in assets and 12,000 members.{{cite news|last1=Cauterucci|first1=Christina|title=GUASFCU Celebrates 30th Anniversary|url=http://alumni.georgetown.edu/newsevents/newsevents_434.html|access-date=April 16, 2015|work=Online Magazine|publisher=Georgetown Alumni Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416114206/http://alumni.georgetown.edu/newsevents/newsevents_434.html|archive-date=April 16, 2015}} The Georgetown University Student Investment Fund is one of a few undergraduate-run investment funds in the United States, and hosted CNBC's Jim Cramer to tape Mad Money in September 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gu-goes-mad-for-financial-advice-1.1881412|title=GU Goes 'Mad' for Financial Advice|first=John|last=Swan|work=The Hoya|date=October 3, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118175747/http://www.thehoya.com/gu-goes-mad-for-financial-advice-1.1881412|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Hilltop Consultants is a student-run nonprofit consulting agency that works with local and international organizations including Teach For America, Habitat for Humanity, and Special Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hilltopconsultants.org/our-clients|title=» Our Clients|website=hilltopconsultants.org|access-date=May 13, 2020}} The Hilltop Microfinance Initiative is a student-run micro-finance organization, aiming to empower underserved communities in DC, Maryland, and Virginia through small business loans and financial coaching.{{Cite web|url=https://hilltopmfi.org/about-us/|title=» About Us|website=hilltopmfi.org|access-date=March 25, 2020}}

Another student-run group, the Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service, "GERMS", is an all-volunteer ambulance service founded in 1982 that serves campus and the surrounding communities.{{Cite web|title=About – GERMS|url=http://www.georgetownems.org/about/|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506034208/http://www.georgetownems.org/about/|url-status=dead}} Georgetown's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit, the Hoya Battalion, is the oldest military unit native to the District of Columbia,{{cite web|url=http://rotc.georgetown.edu/about/history/|title=Battalion History|work=The HOYA Battalion|date=August 4, 2010|access-date=December 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828065549/http://rotc.georgetown.edu/about/history/|archive-date=August 28, 2010|url-status=live}} and was awarded the top ranking among ROTC programs in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/02/27/rotc-ranked-nations-best/|title=ROTC ranked nation's best|first=Roxanne|last=Goldberg|work=GW Hatchet|date=February 27, 2012|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508172318/http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/02/27/rotc-ranked-nations-best/|archive-date=May 8, 2012|url-status=live}} The proportion of ROTC students at Georgetown was the 79th highest among universities in the United States {{As of|2010|lc=on}}.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/national_university_rank.php|title=National University Rankings 2010|magazine=Washington Monthly|year=2010|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501050017/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/national_university_rank.php|archive-date=May 1, 2011}} GUGS, the Georgetown University Grilling Society, has been a Georgetown tradition since 2002, selling half-pound hamburgers in Red Square on most Fridays.{{cite web|url=http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/gugs/?Action=About|title=Georgetown University Grilling Society (GUGS): About|publisher=Studentorgs.georgetown.edu|date=February 20, 2003|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719203534/http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/gugs/?Action=About|archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=live}}

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Georgetown University student organizations include a diverse array of groups focused on social justice issues, including organizations run through both Student Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, & Service (CSJ). The latter organization, founded in 2001, works to integrate into their education Georgetown's founding mission of education in service for justice and the common good.{{Cite web |title=About the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) |url=https://csj.georgetown.edu/about/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service |language=en}}

Oriented against gender violence, Take Back the Night coordinates an annual rally and march to protest against rape and other forms of violence against women.{{cite news|url=http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2001-11-08/news/events-educate-gu-on-violence-against-women|title=Events educate GU on violence against women|first=Leslie|last=Baldwin|date=November 8, 2001|work=The Georgetown Voice|access-date=July 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085530/http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2001-11-08/news/events-educate-gu-on-violence-against-women|archive-date=September 28, 2007}} Georgetown Solidarity Committee is a workers' rights organization whose successes include ending use of sweatshops in producing Georgetown-logoed apparel, and garnering pay raises for both university cleaning staff and police.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/compromise-reached-1.1887842|title=Compromise Reached|first=Andy|last=Amend|date=February 9, 1999|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118211505/http://www.thehoya.com/compromise-reached-1.1887842|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Georgetown Students for Fair Trade successfully advocated for all coffee in campus cafeterias to be Fair Trade Certified.{{cite news|url=http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2003-03-06/news/cafeterias-to-offer-only-fair-trade-coffee|title=Cafeterias to offer only Fair Trade coffee|first=Bailey|last=Somers|date=March 6, 2003|work=The Georgetown Voice|access-date=July 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085628/http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2003-03-06/news/cafeterias-to-offer-only-fair-trade-coffee|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}

Georgetown has many additional groups representing national, ethnic, and linguistic interests. Georgetown has the second-most politically active student body in the United States according to The Princeton Review. Groups based on local, national, and international issues are popular, and political speech is protected on campus. Student political organizations are active on campus and engage their many members in local and national politics. The Georgetown University College Republicans represent their party, while the Georgetown University College Democrats, the largest student organization on campus in 2008, represent theirs.{{cite web|first=Bryan|last=Toporek|title=Georgetown Students Struggle to Endorse Candidates|url=http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/english/writing/journalism/bryantoporek.html|department=Georgetown Journalism|website=Georgetown University|location=Washington, D.C.|date=May 2008|access-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215035539/http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/english/writing/journalism/bryantoporek.html|archive-date=December 15, 2012}}

As a Catholic university, the pro-life organization Georgetown University Right to Life is officially recognized by the university.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Gimme-an-O-/15916|title=Gimme an 'O'!|date=May 12, 2006|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131958/https://www.chronicle.com/article/Gimme-an-O-/15916|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}} In 1981, Right to Life students helped found The Northwest Center, one of two crisis pregnancy centers in Washington. Every year, the organization sends a delegation to the March for Life to show support for the national pro-life movement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/abortion-foes-compete-womens-march-turnout.html|title=Abortion Foes Aim to Compete With Turnout for Women's March|last1=Goodstein|first1=Laurie|date=2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 21, 2017|last2=Hartocollis|first2=Anemona|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044258/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/abortion-foes-compete-womens-march-turnout.html|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}} In addition, every January since 2000 the club has organized the Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life. It is the largest student-organized pro-life conference in the United States.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/anti-abortion-activists-convene-for-conference/|title=Anti-Abortion Activists Convene for Conference|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031006/http://www.thehoya.com/anti-abortion-activists-convene-for-conference/|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}

The pro-abortion organization H*yas for Choice is not officially recognized by the university as its positions on abortion are in opposition to university policy, including supporting late-term abortion as is still legal in Washington, D.C., prompting the asterisk in "H*yas".{{cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i36/36a00602.htm|first=Anne K.|last=Walters|title=Gimme an 'O'!|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=May 12, 2006|access-date=December 13, 2010}} While not financially supported by the school, the organization is permitted to meet and table in university spaces.{{cite news|url=http://marquettetribune.org/2003/11/06/news/jesuit-colleges-lack-pro-choice-groups|title=Jesuit colleges lack pro-choice groups|date=November 6, 2003|first=Andrew|last=Johnson|work=Marquette Tribune|access-date=April 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727072658/http://marquettetribune.org/2003/11/06/news/jesuit-colleges-lack-pro-choice-groups/|archive-date=July 27, 2011}}

Georgetown is also home to a number of student organizations focused on sustainability and environmentalism.{{Cite web|title=Student Organizations and Campus Life|url=https://sustainability.georgetown.edu/student-groups/|access-date=2021-10-28|website=Sustainability at Georgetown University}} GREEN, the Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network, is the largest of these groups. Another student group, GU Fossil Free, was founded in 2013, and aimed to pressure the university to divest its endowment from fossil fuels.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-19|title=GUFF Reflects on GU's Journey to Divestment|url=https://thehoya.com/guff-reflects-on-gus-journey-to-divestment/|access-date=2021-10-28}} Georgetown is a member of the Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium, through which it has committed to best-practice sharing and the ongoing exchange of campus sustainability solutions along with the other member institutions; it hosted the annual Ivy Plus summit in 2019.{{cite web|title=Partnerships|url=https://sustain.princeton.edu/about/partnerships|access-date=November 18, 2023|publisher=Princeton Office of Sustainability}}{{cite web|title=Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium|url= https://sustainability.brown.edu/ivy-plus-sustainability-consortium|access-date=November 18, 2023|publisher=Brown University}} The university announced that it would fully divest its endowment from fossil fuels in February 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-07|title=University Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment Plans After Years of Student Advocacy|url=https://thehoya.com/university-announces-fossil-fuel-divestment-plans-after-years-of-student-advocacy/|access-date=2021-10-28}}

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Georgetown University has several student-run newspapers and academic journals. The Hoya is the university's oldest newspaper. It has been in print since 1920, and since 1987, has been published twice weekly.{{cite web|url=http://www.library.georgetown.edu/digital/about-georgetown/hoya-history|title=The Hoya: A Brief History|work=Digital Georgetown|access-date=March 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611073212/http://www.library.georgetown.edu/digital/about-georgetown/hoya-history|archive-date=June 11, 2010|url-status=live}} The Georgetown Voice, known for its weekly cover stories, is a newsmagazine that was founded in March 1969 to focus more attention on citywide and national issues.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/how-georgetown-found-a-different-voice-1.1886552|title=How Georgetown Found a Different Voice|first=Josh|last=Zumbrun|work=The Hoya|access-date=May 1, 2011|date=January 14, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061103/http://www.thehoya.com/how-georgetown-found-a-different-voice-1.1886552|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}} The Georgetown Independent is a monthly journal of news, commentary and the arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/about-the-georgetown-independent-1.901777|title=About The Georgetown Independent|date=November 10, 2008|access-date=March 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316040612/http://www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/about-the-georgetown-independent-1.901777|archive-date=March 16, 2010}} Founded in 1966, the Georgetown Law Weekly is the student-run paper on the Law Center campus, and is a three-time winner of the American Bar Association's Best Newspaper award.{{cite news|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/releases/october.21.2004.html|title=Georgetown Law Weekly Wins ABA's Best Newspaper Award Three Years Running|date=October 21, 2004|access-date=November 25, 2009|work=Georgetown University Law Center|first=Elissa|last=Free|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117085415/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/releases/october.21.2004.html|archive-date=January 17, 2010}} Established in 1995, the Georgetown Public Policy Review is a student-run journal based out of the McCourt School of Public Policy that publishes online articles and a peer-reviewed spring edition.{{Cite news|url=http://gppreview.com/about/|title=About – Georgetown Public Policy Review|work=Georgetown Public Policy Review|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616044627/http://gppreview.com/about/|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=live}} The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, established in 2000, is a student-managed, peer-reviewed journal that publishes perspectives on current affairs and international relations from experts such as heads of states and renowned professors; it is the official journal of the School of Foreign Service and published by Johns Hopkins University Press.{{cite web |url= http://journal.georgetown.edu/about-us/about-the-journal/ |title= About the Journal |work= Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |access-date= November 7, 2013 |year= 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131026183308/http://journal.georgetown.edu/about-us/about-the-journal/ |archive-date= October 26, 2013 }}

The Georgetown Academy, restarted in 2008 after a hiatus, targets traditionalist Catholic readers, while the Georgetown Review, founded in 2016, aims to bring a conservative and libertarian viewpoint to campus.{{cite news|url=http://georgetownvoice.com/2008-10-23/feature/controversial-catholics-and-the-third-coming-of-the-georgetown-academy|title=Controversial Catholics...and the third coming of The Georgetown Academy|first=Molly|last=Redden|work=The Georgetown Voice|date=October 23, 2008|access-date=October 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026052502/http://georgetownvoice.com/2008-10-23/feature/controversial-catholics-and-the-third-coming-of-the-georgetown-academy|archive-date=October 26, 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/conservative-blog-to-launch/|title=Conservative Blog To Launch|last=Jubber|first=Eric|date=October 18, 2016|work=The Hoya|access-date=January 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165059/http://www.thehoya.com/conservative-blog-to-launch/|archive-date=January 3, 2017|url-status=live}} Other political publications include the Georgetown Progressive, an online publication run by the Georgetown University College Democrats, and Counterpoint Magazine, a liberal monthly founded in the spring of 2011.{{cite web|url=http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2011/03/30/students-start-progressive-political-magazine/|title=Students start progressive political magazine|publisher=Georgetown Voice|date=March 30, 2011|access-date=June 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221529/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2011/03/30/students-start-progressive-political-magazine/|archive-date=October 4, 2011}} The Fire This Time is Georgetown's minority news source.{{cite web|url=http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/firethistime/?Action=About|title=The Fire This Time|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=April 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620013242/http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/firethistime/?Action=About|archive-date=June 20, 2010|url-status=live}} The Georgetown Heckler is a humor magazine founded on the Internet in 2003 by Georgetown students, releasing its first print issue in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.georgetownheckler.com|title=The Georgetown Heckler|access-date=April 19, 2007|date=January 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419191604/http://georgetownheckler.com/|archive-date=April 19, 2007|url-status=live}}

The university has a campus-wide television station, GUTV, which began broadcasting in 1999. The station hosts an annual student film festival in April for campus filmmakers.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/the-revolution-will-betelevised-1.1882078|title=The Revolution Will Be Televised|first=Ah-Hyun|last=Cho|work=The Hoya|date=January 27, 2006|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118210451/http://www.thehoya.com/the-revolution-will-betelevised-1.1882078|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} WGTB, Georgetown's radio station, is available as a webcast and on 92.3 FM in certain dormitories. The station was founded in 1946, and broadcast on 90.1 FM from 1960 to 1979, when university president Timothy S. Healy gave away the frequency and broadcast capabilities to the University of the District of Columbia because of WGTB's far left political orientation. The station now broadcasts through the Internet in its headquarters in the Leavey Center.{{cite news|url=http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2002-10-17/feature/finding-a-place-for-campus-radio|title=Finding a Place for Campus Radio|first=Liam|last=Dillon|work=The Georgetown Voice|date=October 17, 2002|access-date=August 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085545/http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2002-10-17/feature/finding-a-place-for-campus-radio|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}

Many Jesuit schools choose to disassociate from Greek systems, and Georgetown University officially recognizes and funds only one of the many Greek organizations on campus, Alpha Phi Omega, the national co-ed community service fraternity. Other Greek organizations exist on campus, although none require members to live in Greek housing.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/features/091900/features2.htm|title=Greek Life: Alive and Well At Georgetown|first=Suma|last=Singh|work=The Hoya|date=September 19, 2000|access-date=March 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122232547/http://www.thehoya.com/features/091900/features2.htm|archive-date=November 22, 2005}} Additionally, Georgetown University students are affiliated, in some cases, with fraternities at other nearby universities and colleges.{{cite web|url=http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Other_Fraternities.html|title=The Other Georgetown Fraternities|first=Terrence|last=Boyle|work=Delta Phi Epsilon|date=December 2, 2007|access-date=December 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106022327/http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Other_Fraternities.html|archive-date=January 6, 2009|url-status=live}}

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About 10 percent of undergraduate students participate in Greek life, a ratio lower than at many other colleges and universities.{{cite web |url=https://georgetownvoice.com/2019/04/12/its-all-greek-to-me-fraternities-and-sororities-on-the-hilltop/ |title=It's All Greek to Me: Fraternities and Sororities on the Hilltop |last=Townsend |first=Jack |work=The Georgetown Voice |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=July 20, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Barshay |first1=Jill |title=New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism |url=https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-new-poll-points-to-college-and-career-benefits-of-greek-life-despite-criticism/ |publisher=The Hechinger Report |date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021}}

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Annual events on campus celebrate Georgetown traditions, culture, alumni, sports, and politics. In late April, Georgetown University celebrates Georgetown Day.{{cite web|url=http://provost.georgetown.edu/guday/nav/events/ |title=Schedule of Events |work=Georgetown Day|access-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428093501/http://provost.georgetown.edu/guday/nav/events/ |archive-date=April 28, 2009 }}

Homecoming coincides with a home football game, and festivities such as tailgating and a formal dance are sponsored by the Alumni Association to draw past graduates back to campus.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoya.com/parties-pageantry-mark-homecoming-1.1882295|title=Parties, Pageantry Mark Homecoming|first=Sarah|last=Mellott|work=The Hoya|date=October 25, 2005|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119022506/http://www.thehoya.com/parties-pageantry-mark-homecoming-1.1882295|archive-date=January 19, 2012}} The largest planned sports related celebration is the first basketball practice of the season. Dubbed Midnight Madness, this event introduces the men's and women's basketball teams shortly after midnight on the first day the teams are allowed by NCAA rules to formally practice together. The festivities include a dunk contest, a 3-point contest, a scrimmage, and a musical act.{{cite news|url=http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2004-10-21/sports/clock-strikes-midnight-basketball-stars-come-out|title=Clock strikes midnight, basketball stars come out|first=George|last=Tarnow|work=The Georgetown Voice|date=October 21, 2004|access-date=July 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085620/http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2004-10-21/sports/clock-strikes-midnight-basketball-stars-come-out|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}

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Georgetown fields 23 varsity athletic teams and an additional 23 athletic club teams. The university's varsity teams participate in the NCAA's Division I. The school competes in the Big East Conference in most sports. Exceptions include the football team, which competes in Division I FCS' Patriot League, the sailing team, which competes in the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, and the rowing teams, which competes in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In March 2002, U.S. News & World Report listed Georgetown's athletics program among the 20 best in the nation.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020363.htm |title=Why they're not just about winning and losing anymore |author=Witkin, Gordon and Jodi Schneider |work=U.S. News & World Report |date=March 10, 2002 |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507164916/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020363.htm |archive-date=May 7, 2005 }} Georgetown's student athletes have a 94% graduation success rate,{{cite web|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/inst2011/251.pdf|title=Graduation Rates Report|work=NCAA|date=October 21, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130120315/https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/inst2011/251.pdf|archive-date=November 30, 2012|url-status=live}} and over 100 have gone on to play at some level of professional athletics.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/features/012304/features3.cfm|title=Glory Days|work=The Hoya|first=Jon|last=Shoup-Mendizabal|date=January 23, 2004|access-date=August 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314091240/http://www.thehoya.com/features/012304/features3.cfm|archive-date=March 14, 2007}}

The school's teams are called "Hoyas", which originated sometime prior to 1893, when students invented the mixed Greek and Latin chant of "Hoya Saxa", translating roughly as "what (or such) rocks". The school's baseball team, then called the Stonewalls, began in 1870, and football began in 1874; the chant likely refers to one of these teams.{{harvnb|O'Neill|Williams|2003|pp=54, 62–63}} By the 1920s, the term "Hoyas" was used to describe groups on campus, and by 1928, campus sports writers started using it instead of the older team name, the "Hilltoppers".{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/hoia.htm |title=What's A Hoya? |work=HoyaSaxa.com |date=August 17, 2005 |access-date=April 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227101708/http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/hoia.htm |archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/dogs.htm|title=The Dogs of Georgetown|work=Georgetown Magazine|date=September–October 1983|first=Jon K.|last=Reynolds|publisher=Georgetown University Library|access-date=June 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517075540/http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/dogs.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2008|url-status=live}}

The men's basketball team, which won the NCAA championship in 1984 under coach John Thompson, is among the university's most successful athletic programs. The team holds the record for the most Big East conference tournament titles with eight, and has made thirty NCAA tournament appearances.{{cite news|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270690046|title=Hoyas claim their first Big East tourney title since 1989|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|access-date=July 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323020437/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270690046|archive-date=March 23, 2007|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.9news.com/news/article/188150/613/Rams-hope-to-charge-past-Hoyas-in-Southwest-Regional-clash|title=Rams hope to charge past Hoyas in Southwest Regional clash|work=9news|date=March 18, 2011|access-date=May 1, 2011|agency=The Sports Network|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716222822/http://www.9news.com/news/article/188150/613/Rams-hope-to-charge-past-Hoyas-in-Southwest-Regional-clash|archive-date=July 16, 2012}} Georgetown's NBA alumni are collectively among the highest earners from a single program.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204136404577209391406607120|title=Basketball's Alumni Loot Index|date=February 8, 2012|access-date=February 7, 2012|first=Jared|last=Diamond|work=Wall Street Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109090154/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204136404577209391406607120|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=live}}

The sailing team has won 14 national championships and one world championship in match racing since 2001.{{cite news |url= http://wearegeorgetown.com/a-national-championship/ |title= A National Championship |date= November 13, 2013 |access-date= August 11, 2014 |work= We Are Georgetown |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203036/http://wearegeorgetown.com/a-national-championship/ |archive-date= August 12, 2014 |url-status= live }}{{cite news |url= http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/05/georgetown-wins-world-university-match-racing-championships/ |title= Georgetown wins World University Match Racing Championships |date= July 5, 2014 |access-date= July 7, 2014 |work= Scuttlebutt Sailing News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124223/http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/05/georgetown-wins-world-university-match-racing-championships/ |archive-date= July 14, 2014 |url-status= live }} Over this time, the sailing team has graduated 79 All-Americans and six College Sailors of the year.

Georgetown has been nationally successful in both cross country and track and field.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-s-track-program-quietly-dominates-1.1890913|title=Georgetown's Track Program Quietly Dominates|first=Nicolas|last=Jammet|date=November 23, 2004|work=The Hoya|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118212303/http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-s-track-program-quietly-dominates-1.1890913|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} In 2011, the women's cross country team won Georgetown's second team NCAA championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2011-11-21/wisconsin-georgetown-cross-country-championshpis/51338198/1|title=Wisconsin men, Georgetown women earn cross country titles|first=Matt|last=Owings|work=USA Today|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107091734/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2011-11-21/wisconsin-georgetown-cross-country-championshpis/51338198/1|archive-date=January 7, 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/experience-leadership-and-vision-propel-hoya-crew-to-national-prominence-1.1882929|title=Experience, Leadership and Vision Propel Hoya Crew to National Prominence|first=Moises|last=Mendoza|work=The Hoya|date=May 20, 2005|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119064613/http://www.thehoya.com/experience-leadership-and-vision-propel-hoya-crew-to-national-prominence-1.1882929|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}

The men's and women's lacrosse teams have both been ranked in the top ten nationally,{{cite web|url=http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/042407aaa.html|title=Georgetown Men's Lacrosse Moves Up to No. 4 in National Rankings|work=Georgetown University Official Athletic Site|date=April 24, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210205338/http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/042407aaa.html|archive-date=December 10, 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/ford-hubschmann-lead-gu-to-big-east-crown-1.1894877|title=Ford, Hubschmann Lead GU to Big East Crown|first=Samantha|last=Bohbot|date=April 21, 2009|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023302/http://www.thehoya.com/ford-hubschmann-lead-gu-to-big-east-crown-1.1894877|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}} as have both soccer teams, with the men winning Georgetown's third team national championship in 2019,{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/georgetown-wins-ncaa-title-beating-virginia-on-penalty-kick/2019/12/15/4fde43ea-1fac-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |title= College Cup soccer: Georgetown outlasts Virginia in penalty kicks to win its first NCAA title |newspaper= The Washington Post |first= Steven |last= Goff |date= December 15, 2019 |access-date= December 16, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/georgetown-wins-ncaa-title-beating-virginia-on-penalty-kick/2019/12/15/4fde43ea-1fac-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |archive-date= December 17, 2019 }} and the women making the national quarterfinals in 2010{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/25/AR2010112502732.html |title=Georgetown women's soccer has reached new heights |first=Tarik |last=El-Bashir |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124064455/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/25/AR2010112502732.html |archive-date=January 24, 2011 |url-status=live }} and the semifinals in 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2016-womens-college-cup:-preview_aid41104|title=2016 Women's College Cup: Preview {{!}} College Soccer|work=TopDrawerSoccer.com|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034515/https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2016-womens-college-cup:-preview_aid41104|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}

The rugby club team made it to the Division II Final Four in 2005 and 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/hoyas-finish-off-undefeated-season-1.1895609|title=Hoyas Finish Off Undefeated Season|first=Dave|last=Finn|date=November 17, 2009|access-date=February 10, 2012|work=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227081917/http://www.thehoya.com/hoyas-finish-off-undefeated-season-1.1895609|archive-date=February 27, 2014|url-status=live}} In 2019, Georgetown won the women's team championship at the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association national tournament held at Syracuse University.{{cite web |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4595780-grand-forks-woman-wins-boxing-title-georgetown |title=Grand Forks woman wins boxing title for Georgetown |date=April 6, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825221348/https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4595780-grand-forks-woman-wins-boxing-title-georgetown |archive-date=August 25, 2019 |url-status=live }}

Former Georgetown tennis coach Gordon "Gordie" Ernst, one of several people implicated in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, is alleged to have facilitated the admission to Georgetown of as many as 12 students through fraudulent means while accepting bribes of up to $950,000.{{Cite web |url= https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/03/13/marthas-vineyard-tie-college-admissions-scandal/ |title= Martha's Vineyard tie to college admissions scandal |last= Brennan |first= George |date= March 13, 2019 |website=The Martha's Vineyard Times |access-date=March 13, 2019}} Ernst had relocated to the University of Rhode Island, where he was placed on administrative leave after he was charged and arrested. He later pled guilty to conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, three counts of federal programs bribery, and to filing false tax returns for failing to report many of the bribery payments.{{cite news|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2021/10/25/ri-tennis-legend-gordon-ernst-pleads-guilty-varsity-blues-scandal/6175908001/|title=RI tennis legend 'Gordie' Ernst pleads guilty in Varsity Blues college admissions scandal|first=Mark|last=Reynolds|publisher=Providence Journal|date=October 25, 2021|access-date=November 6, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/15/georgetown-tennis-coach-plead-guilty/|title=Former Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty following college admissions scandal|first=Lauren|last=Lumpkin|newspaper=Washington Post|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 21, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/us/georgetown-tennis-coach-guilty-varsity-blues.html|title=Former Georgetown Tennis Coach Agrees to Plead Guilty in Admissions Scandal|first=Anemona|last=Hartocollis|work=The New York Times|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 21, 2021}}

While about 73% of graduates enter the workforce immediately following graduation, many pursue advanced degrees in law, medicine, business, and other fields.{{cite news|title=2017 First Destination Report: Consulting, Finance Top Industries|date=November 2, 2018|first=Chelsea|last=Hafer|url=https://thehoya.com/2017-first-destination-report-consulting-finance-top-industries/|newspaper=The Hoya|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410135849/https://thehoya.com/2017-first-destination-report-consulting-finance-top-industries/|url-status=dead}} Georgetown alumni pursuing graduate study have been recipients of 32 Rhodes Scholarships,{{cite news |url= https://thehoya.com/senior-becomes-1st-rhodes-scholar-in-nhs-history/ |title= Senior Becomes 1st RhodesScholar in NHS History |first= Curran |last= Stockton |date= December 6, 2019 |access-date= July 30, 2019 |newspaper= The Hoya }} 46 Marshall Scholarships,{{Cite web|title=Statistics and Resources – Marshall Scholarships|url=https://www.marshallscholarship.org/the-scholarship/statistics-and-resources|access-date=January 5, 2021|website=www.marshallscholarship.org}} 33 Truman Scholarships,{{cite web |url=https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=Georgetown%20University |title=Truman Scholars from Georgetown University |publisher=Truman.gov |date=October 15, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2019 }} 15 Mitchell Scholarships,{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetown.edu/news/wardah-athar-mitchell-scholar.html |title=Georgetown Student Wins Mitchell Scholarship to Study in Ireland |work=Georgetown University |date=November 17, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202153424/http://www.georgetown.edu/news/wardah-athar-mitchell-scholar.html |archive-date=December 2, 2012 |url-status=live }} and 12 Gates Cambridge Scholarships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars/find-scholar|title=Find a scholar|last=alex.corr|date=October 19, 2014|website=Gates Cambridge|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074930/https://www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars/find-scholar|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=live}} Georgetown is among the nation's top producers of Fulbright Scholars, with 565 over its history, and produced more than any other institution in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.{{cite web |title=Georgetown Is No. 1 Producer of U.S. Fulbright Student Scholars |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-is-no-1-producer-of-u-s-fulbright-student-scholars/ |website=Georgetown University |date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Grantee Directory |url=https://us.fulbrightonline.org/alumni/grantee-directory?name=&us_institution%5B%5D=6913&sort= |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=us.fulbrightonline.org}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-02-25 |title=Georgetown Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Students in 2024-2025 |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-named-a-top-producer-of-fulbright-students-in-2024-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-02-10 |title=Georgetown Named No. 1 Producer of Fulbright Student Scholars in the U.S. |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-named-no-1-producer-of-fulbright-student-scholars-in-the-u-s/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}} It is also one of the top-ten yearly producers of Peace Corps volunteers {{As of|2016|lc=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/georgetown-peace-corps-volunteers-2016|title=Georgetown Alumni Continue Strong Tradition of Peace Corps Service|date=March 18, 2016|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=August 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605225643/https://www.georgetown.edu/georgetown-peace-corps-volunteers-2016|archive-date=June 5, 2019|url-status=live}} Georgetown ranks among the top ten U.S. colleges for median graduate income,{{Cite news |last1=Bui |first1=Quoctrung |last2=Ma |first2=Jessia |date=2023-03-27 |title=Opinion {{!}} Build Your Own College Rankings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/27/opinion/build-your-own-college-rankings.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=McNair |first=Kamaron |date=2023-04-06 |title=Top 10 colleges to attend if you want to make a lot of money—Harvard and Yale didn't make the list |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/06/top-10-colleges-if-you-want-to-make-the-most-money.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=CNBC |language=en}} with graduates of the McDonough School of Business having the highest average starting salaries, at $100,859;{{Cite web |last=Krause |first=Samantha |date=2024-02-08 |title=Undergraduate Class of 2023 Achieves Record Employment Outcomes |url=https://msb.georgetown.edu/news-story/career/undergraduate-class-of-2023-achieves-record-employment-outcomes/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=McDonough School of Business |language=en}} Georgetown alumni in general have a median starting salary of $87,100 with a median mid-career salary of $179,300, as of 2023-2024.{{cite web |title=Salaries for Georgetown University - Washington D.C. Graduates |url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=Georgetown_University_-_Washington_D.C./Salary |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Payscale}}

Government and international relations are the two most popular undergraduate majors at Georgetown, and many students go on to careers in politics and diplomacy.{{cite news |date=2019 |title=Academics at Georgetown University |url=https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/georgetown-university/academic-life/ |access-date=November 6, 2020 |website=College Factual}} Over 450 alumni currently serve as members and staffers on Capitol Hill.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-09-26 |title=Georgetown Celebrates 450+ Alumni Serving in U.S. Congress at Hoyas on the Hill Event |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-celebrates-450-alumni-serving-in-u-s-congress-at-hoyas-on-the-hill-event/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}} Georgetown educated more U.S. diplomats than any other university as of 2015, including at least 92 alumni that have attained the rank of U.S. Ambassador.{{cite web |last=McClain |first=Buzz |year=2015 |title=Mason Ranks Seventh in Country for Placing Foreign Service Officers |url=https://schar.gmu.edu/mason-ranks-seventh-country-placing-foreign-service-officers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803215233/https://schar.gmu.edu/mason-ranks-seventh-country-placing-foreign-service-officers |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |publisher=George Mason University}} Twelve foreign heads of state and government have graduated from Georgetown.{{Cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/mission/prominent-alumni/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Notable Georgetown Alumni |url=https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/admissions/notable-georgetown-alumni/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Georgetown University in Qatar |language=en-US}} Georgetown alumni have served as foreign ministers in a dozen countries.{{Cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/mission/prominent-alumni/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=SFS – School of Foreign Service – Georgetown University |language=en-US}}

Finance and economics are the third and fourth-most popular undergraduate majors, and 40% of graduates start careers at consulting or financial services firms. The university is among the top ten alma maters reported by current Wall Street banking employees {{as of|2020|June|lc=on}}, according to LinkedIn surveys.{{cite news |last=Long |first=Heather |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Want a job on Wall Street? Go to UPenn or Georgetown |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/02/investing/investment-banking-job-linkedin-upenn-georgetown-yale/index.html |access-date=November 6, 2020 |website=CNN Money}} Several graduates have gone on take research and leadership positions in many monetary authorities and international financial institutions, including Chair of the Federal Reserve and President of the World Bank.{{Cite web |title=Recent Placements |url=https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/alumni/recent-placements/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Department of Economics |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Alumni List |url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/alumni.htm |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.federalreserve.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=William J. McDonough |url=https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/orgchart/mcdonough.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Federal Reserve Bank of New York}}{{Cite news |last=Riding |first=Alan |date=1982-09-08 |title=Man in the News: Director of Mexico's Central Bank |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/08/business/man-in-the-news-director-of-mexico-s-central-bank.html |work=New York Times |page=1, section D}}

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Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, is a 1968 graduate of the School of Foreign Service. Former officials of the United States Cabinet include 59th Secretary of State and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen. Alexander Haig; 22nd Secretary of Defense and former CIA Director Robert Gates; 5th Secretary of Homeland Security and retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly; and 76th Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew. Other cabinet-level and senior executive branch officials include former Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, former CIA Director George Tenet, 16th Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, Director General of the Foreign Service Marcia Bernicat, and seven White House Chiefs of Staff that include Ron Klain, Denis McDonough, and John Podesta.{{Cite web |title=Marcia S. Bernicat |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/marcia-bernicat/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Remarks by Chair Powell at the Georgetown University Law Center commencement ceremony |url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20240519a.htm |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |language=en}} Former President of the World Bank David Malpass and former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus are both affiliated with the School of Foreign Service, where they completed academic fellowships.{{Cite web |last=Cary |first=Dakota |date=2019-12-03 |title=GSSR Reports: World Bank President David Malpass on the Global Economy and Development |url=https://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2019/12/03/gssr-reports-world-bank-president-david-malpass-on-the-global-economy-and-development/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Georgetown Security Studies Review |language=en-US}} Notable non-graduate alumni include 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson and the 13th and 21st Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, each of whom studied law at the Georgetown University Law Center but left without a degree.{{Cite web |last=Tzatzev |first=Aleksi |title=Six Law School Dropouts Who Went On To Become President |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/six-presidents-who-dropped-out-of-law-school-2012-9 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Curt |date=2021-06-30 |title=Donald Rumsfeld, Nixon Republican Turned Iraq War Salesman, Dead at 88 |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/donald-rumsfeld-nixon-republican-turned-iraq-war-salesman-dead-at-88/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}

In addition to high ranking diplomatic posts, Georgetown alumni have participated in significant historical events of the 20th century. Alumnus and longtime faculty member Jan Karski was a World War II resistance fighter and courier for the Polish government-in-exile, where he was among the first to reveal the atrocities of the Holocaust to the world.{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Michael T. |date=2000-07-15 |title=Jan Karski Dies at 86; Warned West About Holocaust |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/15/world/jan-karski-dies-at-86-warned-west-about-holocaust.html?searchResultPosition=3 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Alumnus, Jesuit, career diplomat and founder of the School of Foreign Service Edmund A. Walsh also played a role in the investigations of the Nuremberg trials and Soviet war crimes.{{Cite book |last=MacNamara |first=Patrick J. |title=The Argument of Strength Justly and Righteously Employed: Edmund A. Walsh, Catholic Anticommunism, and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1952 |publisher=Catholic Historian |year=2004}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |date=1956-11-01 |title=REV. E. A. WALSH OF GEORGETOWN U.; Founder of School of Foreign Service in 1919 Dies--Was Authority on Soviet Led Fight on Communism Headed Papal Mission |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/11/01/archives/rev-e-a-walsh-of-georgetown-u-founder-of-school-of-foreign-service.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In the 119th U.S. Congress, alumni Hakeem Jeffries, John Barrasso, and Dick Durbin hold party leadership positions, serving among a total of seven alumni in the United States Senate and 21 alumni and faculty in the House of Representatives.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-01-03 |title=28 Georgetown Alumni and Faculty Sworn Into 119th U.S. Congress |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/28-georgetown-alumni-and-faculty-sworn-into-119th-u-s-congress/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}} In total, 116 alumni have served in Congress and 26 have served as state governors, including Terry McAuliffe and Pat Quinn. On the U.S. Supreme Court, alumni include the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and former Chief Justice Edward Douglass White.{{Cite web |last=Pongsajapan |first=Robert |date=2016-02-16 |title=Georgetown Remembers Alumnus and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-remembers-alumnus-and-u-s-supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |date=1891 |title=Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |url=https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/554705 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Georgetown University Library |language=en}} Alumnus and former Solicitor General of the United States Paul Clement remains affiliated with the university as a member of the faculties of law and government.

The Hoya Battalion, the school's Army ROTC program, was ranked as the best in the country in 2012 for preparing cadets for military service,{{cite news |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/02/27/rotc-ranked-nations-best/ |title=ROTC ranked nation's best |newspaper=The GW Hatchet |first=Roxanne |last=Goldberg |date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=November 7, 2020}} and its graduates, such as former Chief of Staff of the United States Army George W. Casey Jr., have gone on to serve at every rank, including four-star general. Georgetown alumni include at least 23 officers promoted to general or flag rank across the joint service, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. John J. Sheehan.{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetown.edu/content/1242663807265.html |title=Civic Engagement and National Service |publisher=Georgetown University |work=Quarterly Reports |date=Spring 2009 |access-date=August 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225015040/http://www.georgetown.edu/content/1242663807265.html |archive-date=December 25, 2010}}{{Cite web |title=General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. |url=https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Biography/Article/621329/general-joseph-f-dunford-jr/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}{{Cite web |title=General John J. Sheehan |url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Scannell-Upshur/General-John-J-Sheehan/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=United States Marine Corps}}

Twelve foreign heads of state and government have graduated from Georgetown, including King Felipe VI of Spain, King Abdullah II of JordanEilers, Marlene (1997) Queen Victoria's Daughters. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden. {{ISBN|91-630-5964-9}}{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&pg=PA25 |title=The Encyclopedia of the Arab–Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History |last2=Roberts |first2=Priscilla |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2008 |isbn=9781851098422 |page=25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206071126/https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&pg=PA25 |archive-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=live}} presidents Alfonso López Michelsen and Iván Duque of Colombia,{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Alfonso López Michelsen: President of Colombia |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-Lopez-Michelsen}}{{Cite web |title=Ivan Duque Marquez |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Duque |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}} Galo Plaza of Ecuador,{{Cite book |last=Eilers |first=Marlene |title=Queen Victoria's Descendants |date=1998 |publisher=Rosvall Royal Books |isbn=91-630-5964-9 |edition=2nd |location=Falkoping, Sweden |pages=33, 130, 132, 159}} Ricardo Arias of Panama,{{Cite web |last=Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs |date=January 17, 1955 |title=United States Department of State / Foreign relations of the United States, 1955–1957. American republics: Central and South America (1955–1957) |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=turn&id=FRUS.FRUS195557v07&entity=FRUS.FRUS195557v07.p0282&isize=text |website=University of Wisconsin Digital Collections |publisher=University of Wisconsin}} Alfredo Cristiani of El Salvador,{{Cite news |last=Gruson |first=Lindsey |date=March 21, 1989 |title=Man in the News; The New Face of the Right: Alfredo Cristiani |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/21/world/man-in-the-news-the-new-face-of-the-right-alfredo-cristiani.html |work=The New York Times}} Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica,{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Chrissie |date=February 8, 2010 |title=Costa Rica elects first woman president, inspiring the region |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0208/Costa-Rica-elects-first-woman-president-inspiring-the-region |work=The Christian Science Monitor}} Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines,{{Cite web |title=Gloria Arroyo |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/1YDI.html |website=100 Most Powerful Women |publisher=Forbes}} Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri,{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Saad al-Hariri: Prime minister of Lebanon |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Saad-al-Hariri}} Prime Minister of Portugal and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso,{{Cite web |title=José Manuel Barroso Curriculum Vitae |url=http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/pdf/cv_2009_president_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521074402/http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/pdf/cv_2009_president_en.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2009 |access-date=}} and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšić.{{Cite web |last=Wurth |first=Julie |date=October 1, 2013 |title=Bosnian leader calls for end to ethnic divisions |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-10-01/bosnian-leader-calls-end-ethnic-divisions.html |publisher=The News Gazette}}

In business, Georgetown billionaire alumni include real estate developer and sports team owner Frank McCourt, sports entrepreneur Ted Leonsis, venture capital investor Chris Sacca, Ipsen heir Henri Beaufour, private equity investor Antonio Gracias, Swedish heir Marcus Wallenberg, founder of Kroll Inc. Jules Kroll, Hong Kong financier Eric Hotung, and MBNA founder Charles Cawley.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=2015-11-25 |title=Charles M. Cawley, Credit Card Pioneer, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/business/charles-m-cawley-founder-of-mbna-corp-dies-at-75.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Henri Beaufour |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/henri-beaufour/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Antonio Gracias |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/antonio-gracias/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Frank McCourt |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/frank-mccourt/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Theodore Leonsis |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/theodore-leonsis/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Chris Sacca |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/chris-sacca/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Chloe |date=2019-07-26 |title=Protectionism is leading the world in completely the wrong direction, Swedish billionaire says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/swedish-billionaire-protectionism-leading-world-in-wrong-direction.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=CNBC |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=The man from MBNA |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/12/12/the-man-from-mbna |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}} Other prominent alumni in business include JPMorgan Chase executive Mary Callahan Erdoes, former Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff, investor Paul Pelosi and executives Laurence Tosi, Gary Perlin, David Wehner, Patricia Russo, and Charles Prince.

Georgetown alumni in journalism have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Edward R. Murrow Award, and Peabody Awards for their reporting.{{Cite news|last=Pincus|first=Walter|date=May 27, 2013|title=Circling the media wagons|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/circling-the-media-wagons/2013/05/27/4f80aeec-c4aa-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html|access-date=August 29, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|title=Lulu Garcia-Navarro|url=https://www.npr.org/people/4462099/lourdes-garcia-navarro|access-date=August 29, 2020|website=NPR.org}} Pulitzer Prize winners include Walter Pincus, John Bersia, and Megan Twohey. Joan Biskupic was a Pulitzer finalist for her coverage of the Supreme Court.{{Cite web |last= |title=Pulitzer Prizes 2015 |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2015 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en}}

Alumni in the arts include Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist William Peter Blatty, whose novel The Exorcist and its film adaptation are set on the Georgetown campus, where the film was shot on location.{{Cite news |last=Vitello |first=Paul |date=2017-01-13 |title=William Peter Blatty, Author of ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/books/william-peter-blatty-author-of-the-exorcist-dies-at-89.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Filmmaker Bradley Cooper has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards as a producer, writer, and actor.{{Cite news |last=Polus |first=Sarah |date=2018-09-12 |title=Bradley Cooper talks ‘A Star is Born,’ swaps college stories and snaps a selfie at Georgetown talk |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/09/12/bradley-cooper-talks-a-star-is-born-swaps-college-stories-and-snaps-selfies-at-georgetown-talk/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} Screenwriter Jonathan Nolan is known for the films Interstellar and The Dark Knight, as well as the Academy Award-nominated Memento.{{Cite news |last=Bacic |first=Ryan |date=2017-12-02 |title=His class is famously tough. ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Westworld’ wouldn’t exist without it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/meet-the-tough-professor-who-inspired-jonathan-nolan-and-john-mulaney/2017/11/30/5f94d35c-be52-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} Other Academy Award-nominated alumni include Golden Globe winner Andrew Morrison and writer-director RaMell Ross.{{Cite web |last=Djajapranata |first=Cliff |date=2025-02-26 |title=Two Georgetown Alumni Nominated for Best Picture at 97th Academy Awards |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/alumni-nominated-for-best-picture-97th-academy-awards/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}} Tony Award-winning alumni include John Guare and Jack Hofsiss.{{Cite news |date=1992 |title=John Guare, The Art of Theater No. 9 |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1993/the-art-of-theater-no-9-john-guare |access-date=2025-04-11 |language=en |volume=Winter 1992 |issue=125 |issn=0031-2037}}{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=David |date=1997-08-31 |title=THE FALL AND RISE OF JACK HOFSISS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/08/31/the-fall-and-rise-of-jack-hofsiss/ea31f99e-13f6-4f1b-a543-57cfd44fc99e/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

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{{efn|name=motto|{{lang|la|Utraque Unum}} is Latin from Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians 2:14. See [http://www.georgetown.edu/about/ official explanation]. [http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-14.htm Other translations available].}}

{{efn|name=healy|While Patrick Francis Healy inherited African ancestry from his mother and was consequently classified as racially black according to the "one-drop rule" of 19th-century American society, he self-identified racially as white and ethnically as Irish American.}}

{{efn|name=undergraduates|The Traditional Undergraduate Student Population is defined as undergraduate students taking at least one course at Georgetown's main campus, excluding non-degree students and students returning for a second degree in nursing but including students studying abroad. This number is required by the 2010 Campus Plan not to exceed 6,675 students and was 6,684 students in Fall 2013. See [https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/azy8mza256afmrydotangxjnkxki6ysf 2013–2014 Compliance Report for the 2010 Campus Plan, p. 14]}}

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