Graduate Admissions

Seek something greater. We welcome scholars in the pursuit of deeper knowledge and broader experiences through master’s, Ph.D. degrees, dual programs and certificates. Leave Georgetown poised to be a leader in your field and change-maker in your community.

Each of our graduate and professional programs has its own admissions process and requirements. To see specific requirements, check with the appropriate department or program.

In a continually changing and unpredictable world, we prepare women and men to be creative leaders with a commitment to service and an understanding of the ethical component of global affairs. Our location in DC gives students access to rich resources, influential practitioners and renowned scholars, to help develop you as a leader in government, international and nongovernmental organizations or the private sector.

Named the #1 Master’s Program for International Affairs according to Foreign Policy magazine, the SFS houses two thematic master’s degrees, five regional master’s degrees and two joint degree programs in partnership with the university’s McDonough School of Business.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, over 200 years old, offers a wide variety of doctoral, master’s and certificate programs encompassing both traditional and interdisciplinary studies.  Whether you’re interested in pursuing doctoral research in government or neuroscience, or exploring top-ranking master’s programs such as foreign service or public policy, you are sure to find unique opportunities in our graduate community.

Georgetown Law students don’t just study the law. In D.C., they experience it. Washington, DC is the nation’s capital, a global hub and a lively metropolis. At Georgetown Law, students learn the law in the place where laws are made.

The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown is a top-ranked public policy school located in the center of the policy world in Washington, DC.

Our mission is to teach students to design, analyze and implement smart policies and put them into practice in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, in the U.S. and around the world. The McCourt School flagship degree is the Master in Public Policy. McCourt also offers a Master in International Development Policy, a Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy, a Master in Policy Management, an Executive Master in Policy Leadership, as well as  dual degree and executive programs.

Georgetown McDonough’s graduate programs are designed to prepare you for the global stage with unrivaled access that only DC can offer.

We develop and educate principled leaders with a global mindset to be in service to business and society. Our rigorous curricula, diverse community, vibrant location and commitment to ethics come together to create an educational experience like no other. We offer Full-time and Flex MBAs, an Executive MBA, a Master’s in Management, a Master of Science in Business Analytics, a Master of Science in Finance, an Executive Master’s in Leadership, and a Master of Arts in International Business and Policy, in partnership with the School of Foreign Service.

The School of Continuing Studies inspires you to reimagine what’s possible. Through contemporary, hands-on programs, you’ll be challenged to ask questions, rethink traditional solutions and leave your comfort zone behind. You’ll learn to navigate the professional world with integrity and confidence.

Choose from a variety of full-time and part-time programs, available in on-campus, online and executive formats. Our programs include professional degrees, executive leadership programs, liberal studies, certificates and summer programs.

The School of Nursing builds on a 120-year tradition of educational excellence at the professional, advanced practice, and doctoral levels, while raising the school’s profile in research and scholarship.  As the nation’s largest healthcare profession, nursing represents a fundamental core of the workforce. The School of Nursing offers numerous MS and doctoral degree programs. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a traditional four-year program. A highly regarded faculty provides students with a grounding in clinical skills; knowledge in the biological, physical, and social sciences; and nursing theory. Students have access to diverse health systems and community-based organizations around the Washington region. Georgetown educates nurses who are well prepared for licensure and certification examinations; first-time pass rates are exceptional, when not perfect.

The School of Health, launched in 2022, builds on Georgetown’s 170-year commitment to health and medicine. The school offers graduate and undergraduate studies and provides a home for scholars and students to work collaboratively across disciplines and across the university to address human health and wellbeing from various perspectives — science, health, medicine, policy, law, economics and the humanities — to achieve a deeper understanding of the interconnected threads through the most challenging issues of our time, and to find solutions. The school will reflect the ongoing, urgent need to focus our collective efforts on applied health research and on creating a more equitable, evidence-driven and values-based health care system that can withstand the enormous challenges facing our country.  It is this interdisciplinary spirit of discovery that will best support the needed for evolution in health and health care.  

At the School of Medicine, we train the healers and leaders of tomorrow. We are advancing healthcare by conducting innovative research, training future leaders to be scientifically competent and compassionate providers and serving our local DC community and the nation.

Our school will educate you to become knowledgeable, ethical, skillful and compassionate physicians and scientists  dedicated to the care of others and health needs of our society.