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{{short description|School of international affairs at Georgetown University}}
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 | name                   = Walsh School of Foreign Service
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 | established            = {{start date and age|1919}}<ref name="infobox">{{cite web |work= Georgetown University |title= Georgetown Key Facts |url= https://www.georgetown.edu/about/key-facts }}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[nonprofit]] [[List of schools of international relations in the United States|school of international relations]]
 | religious_affiliation  = {{nowrap|[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] ([[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]])}}
 | founder                = [[Edmund A. Walsh]]
 | parent                 = [[Georgetown University]]
 | dean                   = [[Joel Hellman]]
 | faculty                = 134 (main campus)
 | students               = 2,273<ref name="infobox"/>
 | undergrad              = 1,423<ref name="infobox"/>
 | postgrad               = 850<ref name="infobox"/>
 | city                   = [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
 | state                  = [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
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 | campus                 = Urban
 | academic_affiliations  = [[Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs|APSIA]]
 | website                = {{URL|http://sfs.georgetown.edu/}}
 | image_alt              = The capital letters SFS in a sans-serif font in a sky blue color above a navy dividing bar, below which has Georgetown University spelled in all capitals, a swash serif font, and navy color.
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The '''Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service''' ('''SFS''') is the school of [[international relations]] at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] It grants degrees at both [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] levels. Founded in 1919, SFS is the oldest continuously operating [[International relations#Emergence as academic discipline|school for international affairs]] in the United States,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Georgetown University|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/georgetown-university/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Oren|first=Ido|date=2020-12-14|title=Schools of international affairs in the United States: a historical sketch|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2020.1855630|journal=Cambridge Review of International Affairs|volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=328–351|doi=10.1080/09557571.2020.1855630|s2cid=230562181|issn=0955-7571|url-access=subscription}}</ref> predating the [[United States Foreign Service|U.S. Foreign Service]] by six years. 

SFS was established by [[Edmund A. Walsh]] with the goal of preparing Americans for various international professions in the wake of expanding U.S. involvement in world affairs after [[World War I]]. Today, the school hosts a student body of approximately 2,250 from over 100 nations each year. It offers an undergraduate program based in the [[liberal arts]], which leads to the [[Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service]] (BSFS) degree, as well as eight [[Interdisciplinarity|interdisciplinary]] graduate programs.<ref name="infobox" /> 

Based in Washington, D.C., the school also maintains campuses in [[Georgetown University in Qatar|Doha, Qatar]], and [[Georgetown SFS Asia-Pacific|Jakarta, Indonesia]]. SFS is a founding member of the [[the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs|Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs]] (APSIA), a consortium of the world's leading public policy, public administration, and international affairs schools.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2016 |title=Member Directory |url=https://apsia.org/graduate-schools-programs/member-directory/ |access-date=29 March 2020 |website=Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs}}</ref>

==History==
===20th century===
[[File:Edmund A. Walsh and Gen. MacArthur, Tokyo, 1948.jpg|thumb|[[Edmund A. Walsh]], the founder and first dean of the school, with General [[Douglas MacArthur]] in 1946]]
With the help of Georgetown University president [[John B. Creeden|Fr. John B. Creeden, S.J.]], Fr. Walsh spearheaded the founding of the School of Foreign Service and its establishment was announced on November 25, 1919.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The school's use of the name “Foreign Service” preceded the formal establishment of the U.S. Foreign Service by six years. The school was envisioned by Fr. Walsh to prepare students for all major forms of foreign representation from [[Business studies|commercial]], [[Finance|financial]], [[Consul (representative)|consular]] to [[Diplomatics|diplomatic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Legacy of Service |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/mission/legacy/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1921, it graduated its first class of [[Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service]] (BSFS) undergraduate students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The first class of undergraduates is granted degrees. |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/the-first-class-of-undergraduates-is-granted-degrees/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> The following year, the school began to offer the first international relations graduate program in the United States, the [[Master of Science in Foreign Service]] (MSFS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master of Science in Foreign Service / Master of Public Policy (MSFS/MPP) |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/georgetown-university/postgrad/master-science-foreign-service-master-public-policy-msfs-mpp |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Quacquarelli Symonds}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=First master's degrees are granted. |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/first-masters-degrees-are-granted/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>

In August 1932, the SFS was moved to the [[Healy Hall]], a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The School of Foreign Service moves to Healy Hall. |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/the-school-of-foreign-service-moves-to-healy-hall/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1958, two years after the death of Fr. Walsh, the school was renamed after him<ref name="mcnamara13">{{Cite book |last=McNamara |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYWwAzFh9dwC&pg=PA13 |title=A Catholic Cold War: Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and the Politics of American Anticommunism |publisher=[[Fordham University Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=0-8232-2459-7 |location=New York |pages=13 |access-date=September 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917020953/https://books.google.com/books?id=zYWwAzFh9dwC&pg=PA13 |archive-date=September 17, 2019 |url-status=live |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> and moved to the Walsh Building in a ceremony dedicated by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Eisenhower]] in honor of Fr. Walsh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Eisenhower dedicates the Walsh Building in honor of Father Walsh |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/president-eisenhower-dedicates-the-walsh-building-in-honor-of-father-walsh/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1936, the SFS Division of Business and Public Administration launched the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree. In 1957, under the leadership of Fr. Joseph Sebes, S.J, the division was [[Spin-off (corporate)|spun off]] from the SFS, becoming the School of Business Administration — later renamed [[McDonough School of Business]] in honor of Robert Emmett McDonough (SFS'49).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> When [[Henry Kissinger]] retired from his position as U.S. Secretary of State in 1977, he declined offers of [[professorship]] from [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Yale University|Yale]], [[University of Pennsylvania|Penn]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], and [[Oxford University|Oxford]], and decided to teach at Georgetown SFS instead, making CSIS the base for his Washington operations.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Kissinger">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> In 1986, the university's [[board of directors]] voted to sever all ties with CSIS.<ref name="sever">Jordan, Mary. "GU Severs Ties With Think Tank: Center's Academics, Conservatism Cited". ''The Washington Post''. 18 October 1986. p. B1.</ref>
[[File:Intercultural Center 08 2009 Georgetown U 6992.jpg|thumb|The SFS is housed in the [[Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center|Intercultural Center]] on Georgetown's main campus.]]Since 1982, the school has been housed in the [[Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center]] (ICC) on Georgetown's [[Campuses of Georgetown University|main campus]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/contact/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intercultural Center Becomes New Home for MSFS |url=https://msfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/intercultural-center-becomes-new-home-for-msfs/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=MSFS |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1989, the Salaam Intercultural Resource Center, which is located on the top floor of the ICC, was opened in a ceremony presided by President [[Jimmy Carter]]. The center is a gift by [[Hany M. Sala'am]] and has housed the school's MSFS program since 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intercultural Center Becomes New Home for MSFS |url=https://msfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/intercultural-center-becomes-new-home-for-msfs/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=School of Foreign Service |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Opening of The Salaam Intercultural Resource Center.jpg|thumb|U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] opened the Salaam Intercultural Resource Center, which has housed Georgetown's [[Master of Science in Foreign Service]] (MSFS) program since 1989.]]In 1975, the [[Center for Contemporary Arab Studies]] (CCAS) was launched as the first academic institution in the United States to focusing exclusively on the [[Arab world]]. CCAS is a [[National Resource Center]] on the [[Middle East and North Africa]] (NRC-MENA) and funded by [[Title VI grant|Title VI grants]] from the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Resource Center - MENA |url=https://ccas.georgetown.edu/about/national-resource-center-mena/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=CCAS |language=en-US}}</ref> in addition to donation from [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] (GCC) governments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuwait Endows $1 Million Chair {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1980/9/20/kuwait-endows-1-million-chair-pwashington/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Feinberg |first=Lawrence |date=1980-05-12 |title=United Arab Emirates Gives GU $750,000 for A Chair in Arab Studies |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 |newspaper=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{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=9780674971578 |location=Cambridge, MA}}</ref> In 1999, [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II of Jordan]] (MSFS'87)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simio |first=Molly |title=Amid Regional Instability, Jordan Remains Secure |url=https://thehoya.com/news/amid-regional-instability-jordan-remains-secure/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=The Hoya}}</ref> dedicated a new facility for the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=King Abdullah of Jordan Dedicates Arab Center |url=https://thehoya.com/uncategorized/king-abdullah-of-jordan-dedicates-arab-center/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=The Hoya}}</ref>

In 1978, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) was founded to bring together diplomats, practitioners and scholars to study [[Power (international relations)|diplomatic statecraft]] theory and practice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About ISD |url=https://isd.georgetown.edu/about/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Institute for the Study of Diplomacy |language=en-US}}</ref> Past ISD fellows include Georgian deputy prime minister [[Giorgi Baramidze]]<ref name=":2" /> and Chinese foreign minister [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-02-26 |title=A Century of the School of Foreign Service and China |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/a-century-of-the-school-of-foreign-service-and-china/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> From 1975 until 2016, the ISD also awarded the ''Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting<!--Q117254987-->'' to journalists in recognition of their distinguished reporting on foreign policy and diplomacy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting |url=https://isd.georgetown.edu/programs/awards-lectures/weintal-prize/ |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=2024-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Weintal of U. S.I. A., Ex‐Newsweek Writer, 71, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/25/archives/edward-weintal-of-us-i-a-exnewsweek-writer-71-dies.html |date=January 25, 1973| publisher=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2024-09-13}}</ref>

In 1992, following the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|collapse of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Revolutions of 1989|Eastern Bloc]], the SFS launched the Pew Economic Freedom Fellows Program to train future leaders of [[Transition economy|transitional states]] from Eastern Europe and [[Post-Soviet states|post-Soviet countries]]. Notable fellows include Latvian finance minister [[Uldis Osis]], Kazhastan deputy prime minister [[Kairat Kelimbetov]], and Lithuania president [[Dalia Grybauskaitė|Dalia Grybauskaite]], who was later awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] degree by Georgetown University in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pew Economic Freedom Fellows Program begins to train future leaders of democratizing states at the SFS. |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/pew-economic-freedom-fellows-program-begins-to-train-future-leaders-of-democratizing-states-at-the-sfs/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1995, the Security Studies Program (SSP), which was founded in 1977 as the National Security Studies Program (NSSP) and hosted at the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] headquarters in [[the Pentagon]], was moved to Georgetown's main campus and incorporated into the SFS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Security Studies Program is incorporated into the SFS, moving from the Pentagon. |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/the-security-studies-program-is-incorporated-into-the-sfs-moving-from-the-pentagon/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>

===21st century===
In 2002, the school studied the feasibility of opening a campus in [[Qatar Foundation|Qatar Foundation's]] [[Education City]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]. In 2005, the [[Georgetown University in Qatar|School of Foreign Service in Qatar]] (SFS-Q) was officially opened and welcomed its first class of undergraduate students.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schiwietz |first=Christine |url=https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Higher-Education-Goes-Global/dp/154452966X |title=America's Higher Education Goes Global |date=2022-06-07}}</ref> In 2015, the school was renamed to Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) as it broadened its remit to include executive masters and professional programs.

In 2005, [[House of Saud|Saudi prince]] [[Al-Waleed bin Talal]] gave $20 million to the school's [[Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding]] to promote [[Interfaith dialogue|interfaith understanding]] and the study of the [[Muslim world]]. The gift was the second-largest ever given to Georgetown at that point, and the center was renamed in his honor.<ref name="Murphy">Caryle Murphy, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200591.html Saudi Gives $20 Million to Georgetown], ''Washington Post'' (December 13, 2005).</ref><ref name="Rafferty">{{cite news |last=Rafferty |first=Steve |date=January 12, 2006 |title=Saudi Prince Gives GU $20M |url=http://www.thehoya.com/saudi-prince-gives-gu-20m/ |work=[[The Hoya]] |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020105929/https://thehoya.com/saudi-prince-gives-gu-20m/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011, following the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325]], U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] launched the [[Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security]] (GIWPS) and served as its founding chair.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pongsajapan |first=Robert |date=2011-12-19 |title=Clinton Kicks Off National Action Plan for Women |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/clinton-kicks-off-national-action-plan-for-women/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Founding Story |url=https://giwps.georgetown.edu/founding-story/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=GIWPS |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:President Bill Clinton and Secretary Madeleine Albright talk during the plenary session of the Wye River Conference on the Middle East at Wye Mills, Maryland.jpg|thumb|SFS Professor [[Madeleine Albright]], who served as [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] under President [[Bill Clinton]] (SFS'68), was a frequent winner of the school’s Outstanding Professor Award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Rosemary |date=2022-03-23 |title=Georgetown Honors Beloved Professor and Human Rights Advocate Madeleine Albright |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-honors-beloved-professor-and-human-rights-advocate-madeleine-k-albright/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>]]
In June 2023, the administrators announced the plan to rename the school in honor of the late [[Madeleine Albright]], who served as a professor at SFS both before and after [[Madeleine Albright#Secretary of State|her tenure as U.S. secretary of state]]. It attracted criticism due to [[Madeleine Albright#Controversies|Albright's controversial legacy]] and the lack of consultation with the school's community members.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arlis |first=Angelena Bougiamas, Ninabella |date=2023-07-12 |title=Faculty concerns stall plans to rename SFS after Madeleine Albright, spark debate |url=https://georgetownvoice.com/2023/07/11/faculty-concerns-stall-plans-to-rename-sfs-after-madeleine-albright-spark-debate/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=The Georgetown Voice |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Soloman |first=Lukas |date=2023-06-25 |title=Georgetown honouring Madeleine Albright endangers Arabs |url=https://www.newarab.com/opinion/georgetown-honouring-madeleine-albright-endangers-arabs |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=The New Arab |language=en}}</ref> In October 2023, Georgetown announced that it was no longer considering renaming the school after Albright.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kincade |first=Clayton |title=School of Foreign Service to Not Rename After Madeleine Albright |url=https://thehoya.com/news/school-of-foreign-service-to-not-rename-after-madeleine-albright/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=The Hoya}}</ref>

In November 2023, [[President of Indonesia|Indonesian president]] [[Joko Widodo]] announced Georgetown's partnership with the [[Government of Indonesia|Indonesian government]] to open a satellite campus in the country.<ref name=":5">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> In January 2025, [[Georgetown SFS Asia-Pacific]] (GSAP) campus was launched in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], to offer graduate masters and [[Study abroad in the United States|visiting student]] programs.<ref name=":3">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Exchange Programs |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/academics/global-experience/exchange-programs/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{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}}</ref>

==Academics==

===Undergraduate program===
The '''Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service''' ('''BSFS''') degree is offered by the School of Foreign Service. The degree is rooted in the liberal arts. Following completion of the core requirements, students declare one of the following interdisciplinary majors:
* Culture and Politics (CULP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/culp#_ga=1.260184586.683932198.1423808401|title=Culture and Politics Major - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University|date=1 November 2015}}</ref>
* Global Business (GBUS)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/gbus |title=Global Business Major &#124; Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162055/http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/gbus#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* International Economics (IECO)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ieco |title=International Economics &#124; Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323093436/http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ieco#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401 |archive-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* International History (IHIS)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ihis#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401 |title=International History &#124; Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service &#124; Georgetown University |access-date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=November 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113080630/http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ihis#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* International Political Economy (IPEC)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ipec |title=International Political Economy &#124; Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305104749/http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ipec#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401 |archive-date=2015-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* International Politics (IPOL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/ipol#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401|title=International Politics Major - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University|date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
* Regional and Comparative Studies (RCST)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/rcst |title=Regional and Comparative Studies &#124; Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305104805/http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/rcst#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401 |archive-date=2015-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Science, Technology, & International Affairs (STIA) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/majors/stia#_ga=1.226613530.683932198.1423808401|title=Science, Technology and International Affairs Major - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University|date=24 October 2015}}</ref>

There is also a joint degree — Bachelor of Science in Business and Global Affairs — offered in partnership with the [[McDonough School of Business]] (MSB).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-31 |title=B.S. in Business and Global Affairs |url=https://bga.georgetown.edu/#_ga=2.145143988.1670559628.1609386899-2088116339.1585106750 |website=bga.georgetown.edu}}</ref>

===Graduate program===
Graduate students can pursue eight interdisciplinary graduate degrees in the school:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sfs.georgetown.edu/graduate/ |title=Graduate Programs |website=sfs.georgetown.edu}}</ref>
* [[Master of Science in Foreign Service]] (MSFS) with concentrations in:
** Global Business, Finance & Society (GBFS)
** Global Politics & Security (GPS)
** International Development (IDEV)
** Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)
* [[Master of Arts]] in Security Studies (SSP)
* Master of Global Human Development (GHD)
* Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS)
* Master of Arts in [[Asian studies|Asian Studies]] (MASIA)
* Master of Arts in German and [[European studies|European Studies]] (MAGES)
* Master of Arts in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (MAERES)
* Master of Arts in [[Latin American Studies]] (CLAS)
There are two joint executive degrees offered in partnership with Georgetown's [[McDonough School of Business]]: the Global Executive MBA offered in collaboration with the [[ESADE Business School]] in Spain and the [[INCAE Business School]] in Costa Rica, and the MA in International Business and Policy (MA-IBP). The school's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy also offers the Executive Master in Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA) at the SFS campuses in [[Doha|Doha, Qatar]], and [[Jakarta|Jakarta, Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Education |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/academics/executive-education/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> SFS is a member of the [[Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs]] (APSIA), a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs.<ref name=":10" />

Additionally, exceptional undergraduate SFS students can apply for the accelerated bachelor’s/master’s [[Dual degree|dual-degree]] program, which allows enrollment in one of the graduate programs (e.g. BSFS/MSFS, BSFS/MASIA, etc.) during the final undergraduate year and completion of both degrees in approximately five years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Majors, Certificates/Minors and Accelerated Degree programs |url=https://bulletin.georgetown.edu/schools-programs/sfs/majors-and-certificates/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Degree Options |url=https://msfs.georgetown.edu/academics/msfs/degree-options/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Georgetown University - Master of Science in Foreign Service |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Certificates===
Georgetown offers a number of undergraduate and graduate certificate programs: [[African studies]], [[Arab studies]], [[Asian studies]], [[Australian studies|Australian]] & [[New Zealand studies]], [[German studies|German]] and [[European studies]], [[Economic diplomacy|international business diplomacy]] ([[Honors colleges and programs|honors program]]),<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Certificate in International Business Diplomacy |url=https://global.georgetown.edu/activities/certificate-in-international-business-diplomacy |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement |language=en}}</ref> [[international development]], [[Christianity and Islam|Muslim-Christian understanding]], [[Jewish culture|Jewish civilization]], [[Peace and conflict studies|justice & peace studies]], [[Latin American studies]], [[medieval studies]], [[Russian studies|Russian]] & [[Slavic studies|East European studies]], [[Political philosophy|social & political thought]], and [[Women's studies|women's and gender studies]].

== Rankings ==
Georgetown's programs in international relations have consistently ranked among the best in the world in [[Inside the Ivory Tower|surveys]] of the field's academics that have been published biennially since 2005 by ''[[Foreign Policy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu/projects/trip/publications.php |title=Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations &#124; Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) |access-date=2012-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205022903/http://irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu/projects/trip/publications.php |archive-date=2012-02-05 }}</ref> In 2014 and in 2018 ''Foreign Policy'' ranked Georgetown's master's programs first in the world and its bachelor's programs fourth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/03/top-twenty-five-schools-international-relations/|title=The Best International Relations Schools in the World|via=Foreign Policy}}</ref> In 2024, Georgetown's master's programs were ranked first by all three groups of respondents: international relations faculty, policymakers, and [[think tank]] staffers. Its bachelor's programs were ranked first by policymakers and think tank staffers and third by international relations faculty.<ref name=":7">{{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}}</ref>

In a [[Inside the Beltway|''Pipeline to the Beltway'']] survey of makers of American foreign-policy from 2011, Georgetown ranked second overall in the quality of preparation for a career in the U.S. government, regardless of degree earned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/01/03/pipeline-to-the-beltway/|title=Pipeline to the Beltway?|via=Foreign Policy}}</ref> In 2023, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Georgetown fifth for graduate studies in global policy and administration.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Best Global Policy and Administration Programs |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/international-global-policy-rankings |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> In 2024, ''[[Niche (company)|Niche]]'' ranked Georgetown first in the United States for international relations.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=2024 Best Colleges for International Relations |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-international-relations/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Niche |language=en |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424194923/https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-international-relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Student life==
{{Main|Georgetown University#Student groups}}
There are a vast array of [[Georgetown University#Student groups|clubs and student organizations]] at Georgetown that students from the SFS join. The elected representative organization of the SFS is the SFS Academic Council (SFSAC), which advocates for the SFS student body and works with the Dean's Office to address student concerns, spearhead new initiatives, and coordinate events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Organizations |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/life/georgetown/student-organizations/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref> The School of Foreign Service also sponsors a flagship [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] academic publication, the ''[[Georgetown Journal of International Affairs]]'' (GJIA), which is published by [[Johns Hopkins University Press]] and run by undergraduate and graduate students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |url=https://gjia.georgetown.edu/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Campuses==
{{main|Campuses of Georgetown University}}
{{see also|Georgetown University in Qatar|Georgetown SFS Asia-Pacific}}
[[File:Georgetown_Riverview.jpg|alt=A panorama of numerous buildings, particularly the tall clocktower, above a stretch of brightly colored autumn trees all reflected in a river.|thumb|Georgetown's main campus in Washington, D.C., is built on a rise above the [[Potomac River]].]]
The School of Foreign Service main campus, which is part of the main campus of [[Georgetown University]], is located in the [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] neighborhood in [[Northwest (Washington, D.C.)|Northwest]] [[Washington, D.C.]] In 2005, it opened another campus, the [[Georgetown University in Qatar|School of Foreign Service in Qatar]] (also known as SFS-Q or GU-Q), in [[Qatar Foundation|Qatar Foundation's]] [[Education City]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]. In 2025, the school opened a facility in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, known as [[Georgetown SFS Asia-Pacific]] (GSAP), in partnership with the [[Government of Indonesia|Indonesian government]].<ref name=":6">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> Many SFS undergraduates spend a minimum of one semester or a summer [[Study abroad in the United States|abroad]], choosing from direct matriculation programs around the globe as well as programs of other universities and those run by Georgetown, including SFS-Q, GSAP and [[Villa Le Balze]].

== List of deans ==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|Deans}}
|-
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Years
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}}
|-
| align="center" |1
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Edmund A.|Walsh}} {{post-nominals|unlinked=[[Society of Jesus|SJ]]}}
| align="center" |1919–1921
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404">{{Harvnb|Curran|2010a|p=404|loc=Appendix I: Deans of the School of Foreign Service, 1919–66|last1=|year=}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Roy S.|MacElwee|nolink=1}}
| align="center" |1921–1923
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |3
! scope="row" |{{sortname|W. F.|Notz|nolink=1}}
| align="center" |1923–1935
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |4
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Thomas H.|Healy|nolink=1}}
| align="center" |1935–1943
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |5
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Edmund A.|Walsh}} {{post-nominals|unlinked=SJ}}
| align="center" |1945–1950
|''Acting dean''
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |6
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Frank L.|Fadner|nolink=1}} {{post-nominals|unlinked=SJ}}
| align="center" |1950–1958
|''Acting dean''
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |7
! scope="row" |{{sortname|John F.|Parr|nolink=1}}
| align="center" |1958–1962
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |8
! scope="row" |{{sortname|William E.|Moran, Jr.|nolink=1}}
| align="center" |1962–1966
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-2-404" />
|-
| align="center" |9
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Joseph S.|Sebes|nolink=1}} {{post-nominals|unlinked=SJ}}
| align="center" |1966–1968
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-3-297">{{Harvnb|Curran|2010b|p=297|loc=Appendix I: Deans of the School of Foreign Service, 1962–2010|last1=|year=}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |10
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Jesse|Mann}}
| align="center" |1968–1970
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-3-297" />
|-
| align="center" |11
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Peter F.|Krogh}}
| align="center" |1970–1995
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-3-297" />
|-
| align="center" |12
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Robert|Gallucci}}
| align="center" |1995–2009
|
| align="center" |<ref name="curran-3-297" />
|-
| align="center" |13
! scope="row" |[[Carol Lancaster]]
| align="center" |2010–2013
|
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=November 1, 2014 |title=Carol J. Lancaster, dean of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, dies at 72 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/carol-j-lancaster-dean-of-georgetowns-school-of-foreign-service-dies-at-72/2014/11/01/171be4c6-5fb4-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003020021/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/carol-j-lancaster-dean-of-georgetowns-school-of-foreign-service-dies-at-72/2014/11/01/171be4c6-5fb4-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html |archive-date=October 3, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |-
! scope="row" |{{sortname|James|Reardon-Anderson|}}
| align="center" |2013–2015
| ''Interim dean''
| align="center" |<ref name="georgetown.edu">{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2015 |title=World Bank Global Crisis Expert to Become Next SFS Dean |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/world-bank-global-crisis-expert-to-become-next-sfs-dean/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313200621/https://www.georgetown.edu/news/world-bank-global-crisis-expert-to-become-next-sfs-dean/ |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Georgetown University}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |14
! scope="row" |{{sortname|Joel|Hellman}}
| align="center" |2015–{{sort|{{currentyear}}|present}}
|
| align="center" |<ref name="georgetown.edu"/>
|}

== Notable people ==

=== Notable faculty ===

* [[Jan Karski]], Polish Catholic nobleman, diplomat and military officer
* [[Henry Kissinger]], Professor of Diplomacy, 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Kissinger appointed professor |url=https://msfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/henry-kissinger-appointed-professor/ |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=MSFS |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Madeleine Albright|Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright]], the Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy<ref>{{Cite web |last=Engagement |first=Office of the Vice President for Global |title=Madeleine Albright |url=https://global.georgetown.edu/people/madeleine-albright |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=global.georgetown.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* [[George Tenet|George John Tenet]], Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy
* [[Victor Cha]], Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs
* [[David M. Edelstein]], Vice Provost for Education
* [[Lev Dobriansky]], Professor of Economics
* [[Anwar Ibrahim]], Distinguished Visiting Professor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anwar Ibrahim |url=https://acmcu.georgetown.edu/profile/anwar-ibrahim/ |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=ACMCU |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ishaan Tharoor]], adjunct Professor

=== Notable alumni ===
{{main|List of Georgetown University alumni}}
{{cleanup list|date=April 2021}}
[[File:Clinton at Georgetown 1967.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]], class of 1968, ran for student council president his senior year.|alt=A black and white flier with a photo of a young male student and text above saying A Realistic Approach to Student Government and below saying Bill Clinton, candidate, President of the Student Council.]]
* [[Abdullah II of Jordan]] (1987), King of [[Jordan]]
* [[Moza bint Nasser|Sheikha Moza bint Nasser]], mother of the Emir (King of Qatar), co-founder and chair of the [[Qatar Foundation]]
* [[Adel al-Jubeir]] (1984) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[John R. Allen]], former commander of International Coalition in [[Afghanistan]], President of [[Brookings Institution]]
* [[Steve Bannon]] (1983), White House chief strategist and [[Counselor to the President]] under [[Donald Trump|President Trump]]
* [[José Manuel Barroso|José Durão Barroso]] (1987), [[President of the European Commission]] and former [[Prime Minister of Portugal|prime minister of Portugal]]
* [[Philip Bilden]] (1986), [[United States Secretary of the Navy|U.S. secretary of the Navy]] nominee in the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]]
*[[Jean-Charles Brisard]] (born 1968), French international consultant
* [[Bill Bryant (politician)|Bill Bryant]], [[Port of Seattle|Seattle port commissioner]] from 2008 to 2015
* [[George W. Casey, Jr.|George Casey]] (1970), [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|U.S. Army chief of staff]]
* [[Laura Chinchilla Miranda]] (1959), 46th [[president of Costa Rica]]
* [[Joseph Cirincione]] (1983), former president of the [[Ploughshares Fund]]
* [[Paul Clement]] (1988), [[Solicitor General of the United States|U.S. solicitor general]] and acting [[United States Attorney General|U.S. attorney general]]
* [[Bill Clinton]] (1968), 42nd [[president of the United States]]
* [[Anne Dias-Griffin]] (1993), hedge fund manager
* [[Stéphane Dujarric]] (1988), Spokesman for [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretaries-General]] [[Kofi Annan]], [[Ban Ki-moon]] and [[António Guterres]]
* [[Dick Durbin|Richard Durbin]] (1966), U.S. senator from [[Illinois]], [[Majority Whip of the United States Senate]]
* [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]] (1991), [[Monarchy of Spain|King of Spain]]
* [[Luis Fortuño]] (1982), [[Governor of Puerto Rico]]
* [[Dexter Goei]] (1993), CEO of [[Altice (company)|Altice]]<ref name="Reuters">{{cite web|title=Goei, Dexter|url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=NUME.PA&officerId=2452954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019083508/http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=NUME.PA&officerId=2452954|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2015|website=Reuters|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Grady]], Vice Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
* [[Dalia Grybauskaitė]], President of [[Lithuania]]
* [[Alexander Haig]] (1961), [[US Secretary of State|U.S. secretary of state]] under [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] of [[NATO]] (1974–79)
* [[Daniel Henninger]], [[columnist]], Deputy Editorial Page Editor [[The Wall Street Journal|''The'' ''Wall Street Journal'']]
* [[Mushahid Hussain]], Opposition Leader in Pakistan, candidate for [[President of Pakistan]] in 2008
* [[James Matthew Jones]] (1983), global health expert and philanthropist
* [[James L. Jones]] (1966), [[National Security Advisor (United States)|U.S. national security advisor]] under [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]
* [[Eugen Jurzyca]], Minister of Education of [[Slovakia]]
* [[John F. Kelly (Marine)|John F. Kelly]] (1984), Retired [[Marines|Marine]] general, the 5th [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|U.S. secretary of homeland security]] and [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]] in the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump Administration]]
* [[Kathleen Kingsbury]] (2001) Opinion Editor, New York Times
* [[Željko Komšić]], member of the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Taro Kono]] (1986), [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Foreign Minister of Japan]]
* [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] (1968), [[president of the Philippines]] from 2001 to 2010
* [[David Malpass]] (1982), President of the [[World Bank]]
* [[Denis McDonough]] (1996), [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s [[Chief of Staff|chief of staff]] and former deputy [[National Security Advisor (United States)|national security advisor]], Secretary of Veteran's Affairs in Biden administration 
* [[Kayleigh McEnany]] (2010), [[CNN]] Commentator; [[press secretary]] to President Trump
* [[Maeve Kennedy McKean]] (2009), attorney and U.S. health official
* [[Mick Mulvaney]] (1989), Director of U.S. [[Office of Management and Budget]] and [[White House Chief of Staff]] under [[Donald Trump|President Trump]]
* [[Kirstjen Nielsen]] (1994), [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|U.S. secretary of homeland security]] under [[Donald Trump|President Trump]]
* [[Darcy Olsen]], CEO of the [[Goldwater Institute]]
* [[Jon Ossoff]], (2009), U.S. senator from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
* [[Sandra Oudkirk]], first female director of the [[American Institute in Taiwan]] (AIT)
* [[Armand Peschard-Sverdrup]], [[Mexico|Mexican]] political scientist 
* [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]] (1969), [[Governor of Illinois]]
* [[Carl Reiner]] (1943), actor, [[film producer]], [[film director]], [[Emmy Award]] winner
* [[Tony Ressler]] (1981), billionaire and owner of the [[Atlanta Hawks]]
* [[Matthew A. Reynolds]] (1986), former [[Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs|assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs]] (2008–2009)
* [[Chris Sacca]] (1997), billionaire, Founder of [[Lowercase Capital]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://sfs.georgetown.edu/prominent-alumni/ |access-date=2016-05-02 |website=School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Therese Shaheen]] (1980), Chairman of the American Institute of Taiwan, 2002–2004; businesswoman
*[[Arjun Singh Sethi]] (2003), civil rights writer and lawyer
* [[Debora Spar]] (1984), Former president, [[Barnard College]] at [[Columbia University]], member of the board of directors of [[Goldman Sachs]], first female president of [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]]
* [[Courtney Stadd]]<ref>[[Courtney Stadd]]</ref> (1981), [[NASA]] chief of staff from 2001 to 2003
* [[Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)|Daniel Sullivan]] (1993), U.S. senator from [[Alaska]]
* [[George Tenet]] (1976), [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|Director of the CIA]] from 1997 to 2004
* [[Matthew VanDyke]], freedom fighter and [[Prisoner of war|Prisoner of War (POW)]] in the [[2011 Libyan civil war|2011 Libyan Civil War]]
* [[Marcus Wallenberg (born 1956)|Marcus Wallenberg]], a banker and industrialist
* [[Margaret Weichert]] (1989), deputy director for management in the [[Office of Management and Budget]], Director of the [[United States Office of Personnel Management|U.S. Office of Personnel Management]]
* [[Nawaf Obaid]] (1996), political scientist and former Saudi foreign policy advisor
* [[Igor Danchenko]] (2009), geopolitical analyst known for sourcing the [[Steele dossier]]
* [[Anthony Clark Arend]] (1980), professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University

== References ==

=== Citations ===
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

=== Sources ===

* {{Cite book |last=Curran |first=Robert Emmett |title=A History of Georgetown University: The Quest for Excellence, 1889–1964 |publisher=[[Georgetown University Press]] |year=2010a |isbn=978-1-58901-689-7 |volume=2 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages= |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Curran |first=Robert Emmett |title=A History of Georgetown University: The Rise to Prominence, 1964–1989 |publisher=[[Georgetown University Press]] |year=2010b |isbn=978-1-58901-690-3 |volume=3 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages= |language=en}}

==External links==
* [http://sfs.georgetown.edu/ Official website]

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