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Georgetown University
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private university in Washington, D.C., United States
Georgetown University is a private university located in Washington, D.C., where it educates students across various academic disciplines. As a major institution in the nation's capital, it plays a significant role in preparing leaders and professionals who go on to influence policy, business, law, medicine, and other fields.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1789
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.213910.8 · ISNI 0000 0001 1955 1644
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Catholic university
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington, D.C.
- Area
- 104
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Founded by
- John Carroll
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Industry
- higher education
- Employees
- 3457
- Revenue
- 2087659878
- Location
- Georgetown
- Official website
- www.georgetown.edu
- Image
- Healy Hall Georgetown University.jpg
- Students count
- 17233
- Admission rate
- 0.17
- Motto
- Utraque Unum
Show 23 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Georgetown University
- Commons category
- Georgetown University
- postal code
- 20057-0001
- inception
- 1789-01-23
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Georgetown University alumni
- category of associated people
- Category:Georgetown University people
- color
- grey
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Georgetown University faculty
- social media followers
- 82128
- street address
- 37th and O streets NW, Washington, DC 20057-0001
- API endpoint URL
- shibb-idp.georgetown.edu/idp/shibboleth
- total assets
- 6046074142
- endowment
- 2592048000
- admission yield rate
- 0.45
- official map URL
- commencement.georgetown.edu/sites/commencement/files/documents/georgetown_campus_map1.pdf
- athletics program
- Georgetown Hoyas
- language used
- English language
- academic calendar type
- semester
- P12749
- Sviatoslav Shevchuk
- ranking
- 301
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
- donations
- 548359624
- P8168
- Sedovo
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Encyclopedic overview
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., and the nation's first federally chartered university.
The university has eleven undergraduate and graduate schools. Its main campus, located in the Georgetown historic neighborhood, is on a hill above the Potomac River and identifiable by Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." 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 Hoyas and include a men's basketball team, which is a member of the Big East Conference.
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