Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a <a href="/facts/Private_university/KHHzGNID">private</a> <a href="/facts/Jesuit/n0PeYBB8">Jesuit</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States. Founded by Bishop <a href="/facts/John_Carroll_(archbishop_of_Baltimore)/JqFFVzaG">John Carroll</a> in 1789, it is the oldest <a href="/facts/Catholic_higher_education/wUH47FJr">Catholic institution of higher education</a> in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., and the nation's first <a href="/facts/University_charter/TYzq7S8W">federally chartered</a> university.
The university has eleven <a href="/facts/Undergraduate_education/GVvPMLFN">undergraduate</a> and <a href="/facts/Postgraduate_education/VhXDbhBz">graduate</a> schools. Its main campus, located in the <a href="/facts/Georgetown_(Washington%2c_D.C.)/HaTUJkwQ">Georgetown</a> historic neighborhood, is on a hill above the <a href="/facts/Potomac_River/a6pTbEn0">Potomac River</a> and identifiable by <a href="/facts/Healy_Hall/ektIGPpa">Healy Hall</a>, a <a href="/facts/National_Historic_Landmark/gSl4aEdv">National Historic Landmark</a>. It is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among <a href="/facts/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States/09FfyUgE">"R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."</a> The university offers degree programs in forty-eight disciplines, enrolling an average of 7,500 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students from more than 135 countries. The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the <a href="/facts/Georgetown_Hoyas/NS0SPtnK">Hoyas</a> and include a <a href="/facts/Georgetown_Hoyas_men%2527s_basketball/rwg3l9Vz">men's basketball team</a>, which is a member of the <a href="/facts/Big_East_Conference/r7r1c2Lq">Big East Conference</a>.
<a href="/facts/List_of_Georgetown_University_alumni/AtYQYzLT">Notable alumni</a> include 32 <a href="/facts/Rhodes_Scholars/aVf26dt3">Rhodes Scholars</a>, 46 <a href="/facts/Marshall_Scholarship/MRQ8TNua">Marshall Scholars</a>, 33 <a href="/facts/Truman_Scholars/JNAcom54">Truman Scholars</a>, 565 <a href="/facts/Fulbright_Program/94E6ee46">Fulbright Scholars</a>, at least 10 living <a href="/facts/List_of_universities_by_number_of_billionaire_alumni/FprxTfVV">billionaires</a>, 26 <a href="/facts/List_of_current_United_States_governors/w7F2oL5D">U.S. governors</a>, 2 <a href="/facts/List_of_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/czbB3DFA">U.S. Supreme Court justices</a>, 2 <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">U.S. presidents</a>, and 116 members of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a> including 26 <a href="/facts/United_States_Senate/VyzXHE01">senators</a>, as well as international royalty and more than a dozen foreign <a href="/facts/Head_of_state/U2QzdE4a">heads of state</a>. Georgetown has educated more <a href="/facts/United_States_Foreign_Service/yhMD05Lo">U.S. diplomats</a> than any other university including at least 92 <a href="/facts/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States/VHRab8Mg">ambassadors of the United States</a>, as well as a number of American politicians and <a href="/facts/Civil_service/2fqVlLtB">civil servants</a>.

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