School of Foreign Service - A Premier School of International Affairs in Washington, DC

SFS, founded in 1919, is a premier school of international affairs. At Georgetown’s Washington, D.C. and Qatar campuses, SFS provides a rigorous education combining theory and practice and instills the values of service.

In the Spotlight

Initiative on Women, Peace, Security and Development

SFS Student Is 2012 Rhodes Scholar

Walsh Wire

Dean Lancaster Spoke at Panel “Is Foreign Aid Worth the Cost?”

SFS Professor Andrew Natsios Says Sudan’s Oil Crisis is Only Bashir’s First Problem

North Korea in the News: The World After Kim Jong-il

SFS Alum Nominated for Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

SFS Professor Argues Against War with Iran

BSFS Welcomes Professor Elizabeth Arsenault As Interim Assistant Dean

CPASS Associate Director on Kim Jong Il and Professional Military Education

SFS Alumna Appointed for Chairperson, Public Interest Declassification Board

Welcome

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is the centerpiece of the Georgetown University commitment to educate students for careers in the international arena.

Today, almost a century after its founding, I am proud to lead a school at the forefront of international affairs education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We're glad that you are interested in learning more about SFS.

Carol Lancaster
Dean

Connecting Globally: News from Georgetown

Prize-winning Zimbabwean Author to Read, Teach at Georgetown

Ambassador Talks About Japan’s 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami

Former President of Mexico Receives Jit Trainor Award

Georgia President Talks About Post-Soviet Democracy

DeGioia Represents Georgetown at World Economic Forum

Peace Corps: University is a Top School for Volunteers

Children of Uganda’s Performance Benefits AIDS Orphans

North Korea Expert Says Country's Leadership Won't Hold Up

Georgetown Human Rights Scholar Elected to U.N. Committee

GU Students Help Discover China’s Hidden Nuclear Tunnels

More on Georgetown's Global Perspective »

SFS Ideas

Educating the Whole Person

A hallmark of a Georgetown education is the development of the all dimensions of each person, from spiritual to intellectual.

SFS Profiles

Jean Pierre-Louis
MSFS '02
For the first two days, he immersed himself in his work at the State Department – a Haitian-American doing whatever he could to assist with the U.S. response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010.

Student and Alumni Profiles » Faculty Profiles » Prominent SFS Alumni »

Inside SFS

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Washington, DC 20057 (map)
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Events

Feb 13, 2pm: Establishing a New Political Party in Egypt
Feb 13, 4pm-5:30pm: Equality, Freedom, and Religion
Feb 14, 1pm: Guantanamo: Rule of law or the law of ever changing rules?
Feb 14, 5:30pm-7pm: The Invisible Arab: Marwan Bishara
Feb 15, 12:30pm: Politics of Informality: Power of Public Spheres of Egypt

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From the Georgetown Journal Blog

The Georgetown Journal’s Guide to US-Sudan Relations by Meredith Strike

The Interest Group of the Century: The Internet by Nick Fedyk

About the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs »

Experts Guide

Distinguished SFS faculty members are available to provide insight, analysis and expertise on a wide range of topics and unfolding stories for news organizations. Click through to Georgetown's Experts Guide.

Current issues:
10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Terrorism and al-Qaida
Turmoil in the Middle East

SFS media inquiries:
GU Office of Communications
Rob Mathis, 202/687-4328