Georgetown University is a Catholic ( Jesuit ) private university located in Washington . Georgetown University was founded in 1789 by Catholic Bishop John Carroll and is the oldest Catholic congregation university in the United States. It is the world's leading university (Top 5) in the field of political science and diplomacy. It is located in the Georgetown area of Washington, which until 1871 had the status of a separate city. Georgetown University School of Law is located in the central district of Washington.
| Georgetown University | |
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| Motto | Utraque unum |
| Founded | 1789 |
| Type of | private |
| Location | Washington DC , USA |
| Bachelors | 7 636 |
| Masters and Doctors | 10 213 |
| Teachers | 2 054 |
| Color | Blue / Gray |
| Official site | georgetown.edu |
Georgetown University has branches in Italy, Turkey and Qatar. The university currently teaches about 7,500 [1] college students (undergraduate) and more than 10 thousand graduate students (graduate and doctoral programs). University graduates are known in many areas of world public and state life: among them are 12 heads of state (including former US President Bill Clinton and President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ), 23 state governors (USA), 23 senators (USA), 11 members of the royal families and 79 diplomats with the rank of ambassador.
Student organizations at the university include the largest student owned company in the United States - Students of Georgetown, Inc. Georgetown sports teams called Georgetown Hoyas include the men's basketball team, which won a record number of championships in the Big East, and the national championship in 1984.
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 Ground
- 1.2 Development
- 2 notes
- 3 References
History
Ground
English Catholic settlers arrived in America in 1634, mainly settling in the territory of the then Maryland colony. The defeat of the royalists in the English Civil War (1646) led to the adoption of anti-Catholic legislation in the colony, the expulsion of well-known Jesuits from its territory and the destruction of their school. During most of the colonial period, the Jesuits were forced to conduct classes in Catholic schools illegally. The lifting of the ban on Jesuit education in 1776 (after the start of the American Revolution ) allowed Catholics to create an educational institution on a permanent basis.
On the recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, Pope Pius VI appointed the former Jesuit John Carroll as head of the Roman Catholic Church in America. In 1783, Carroll began meeting with local clergy in the Annapolis settlement (Maryland colony), where they began preparations for the organization of a new university. In 1789, Carroll acquired the necessary territory for the university. Future Congressman William Gaston became the first student at Georgetown University, who began work in early 1792.
Development
In 1851, the Georgetown University School of Medicine was founded, which also included a medical school in 1903.
In 1870, the Faculty of Law was opened, which today is allocated to an independent law school at Georgetown University . The Georgetown University School of Diplomacy (SFS) is the leading educational institution for training diplomats in the United States (opened in 1919 by E. Walsham). Georgetown School of Business was founded in 1957, and in 1998 was named after MacDon.
On April 14, 2009, US President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the university.