Georgetown University

Coordinates: 38 54'26"N, 77 4'22"W Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. With roots extending back to March 25, 1634 and founded in its current form on January 23, 1789 by Father John Carroll, it is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest Jesuit university in the United States, and was the first in the United States to receive a charter from the United States Congress.^[5]

The university has 6,853 full-time and part-time undergraduate students at four schools, 4,490 full-time and part-time graduate students on the Main Campus, 2,017 students at the Law Center and 788 students in the School of Medicine.^[3] The university employs approximately 1,202 full-time and 451 part-time faculty members across its three campuses.^[3] The University is especially noted for its programs in international relations,^[6] law and medicine as well as for its professors and influence on political thought.^[7]...