Editing Georgetown University (section)

{{Short description|Private Jesuit university in Washington, D.C., US}}
{{For|the liberal arts college in Georgetown, Kentucky|Georgetown College}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Georgetown University
 | image                  = Georgetown University Seal.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | image_alt              = 
 | caption                = 
 | latin_name             = Collegium Georgiopolitanum<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/about/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Efn|<i>Collegium Georgiopolitanum</i> is the Latin [[nominative case]]. On Georgetown diplomas, the name appears in the [[genitive case]] in the phrase <i>Praeses et Professores Collegii Georgiopolitani</i> (tr. "President and Faculty of Georgetown College").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clemens |first=Aaron M. |date=2006-09-01 |title=Dr. of Law |url=https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/letters-312/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=[[The Florida Bar]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-01-22 |title=Georgetown's Diploma Reflects University's Values and Its Place in the World |url=https://scs.georgetown.edu/news-and-events/article/8302/georgetowns-diploma-reflects-universitys-values |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Recognised Academic Qualifications from the United States of America |url=https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/66913.htm |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=immigration.govt.nz |publisher=[[Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment]]}}</ref>}}
 | former_names           = [[Georgetown College (Georgetown University)|Georgetown College]] (1789–1815)
 | motto                  = ''Utraque Unum'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Both into One"{{efn|name=motto}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[University charter#Federal|federally chartered]] [[research university]]
 | established            = {{start date and age|1789|01|23}}<ref name=Nevils/>
 | founder                = [[John Carroll (bishop)|John Carroll]]
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] ([[Jesuit]])
 | endowment              = $3.64 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $1.81 billion (FY2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://georgetown.box.com/s/p4dykc6kw954km39vlx59z5ht1ddrlf3 |title=Consolidated Financial Statements: June 30, 2024 and 2023 with Independent Auditor's Report |date=October 10, 2024 |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=May 22, 2025 }}</ref>
 | president              = [[Robert Groves]] (interim)
 | academic_staff         = Total: 2,610<ref name=factsheet2017/><br />{{bulleted list|1,389 full-time|1,196 part-time}}
 | administrative_staff   = 1,500<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetown.edu/services.html |title=Services and Administration |publisher=Georgetown University |year=2009 |access-date=February 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215224319/http://www.georgetown.edu/services.html |archive-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref>
 | students               = 19,005<ref name=factsheet2017/>
 | undergrad              = 7,463{{efn|name=undergraduates}}
 | postgrad               = 11,542
 | city                   = [[Washington, D.C.]]
 | state                  = 
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|38|54|26|N|77|4|22|W|region:US-DC_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus_type            = Large city
 | campus_size            = {{convert|104|acre|ha}}<ref name=facts>{{cite web |url=http://communications.georgetown.edu/facts/ |title=Georgetown Facts |department=Office of Communications |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=August 24, 2009 |year=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319200307/http://communications.georgetown.edu/facts/ |archive-date=March 19, 2009}}</ref>
 | colors                 = Blue and gray<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgetown University History |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/who-we-are/our-history/ |website=Georgetown.edu |access-date=October 13, 2020|quote=After the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, in 1862, several campus buildings were turned into a temporary hospital, including the former Jesuit Residence. To celebrate the end of the Civil War, Georgetown students selected the colors blue (Union) and gray (Confederate) as the school's official colors in 1876.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Colors|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/visual-identity/#colors |website=Georgetown.edu|access-date=December 25, 2019}}</ref><br />{{color box|#041E42}}&nbsp;{{color box|#63666A}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Georgetown Hoyas|Hoyas]]
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] – [[Big East Conference|Big East]]|[[Patriot League]]|[[Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges|EARC]]|[[Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges|EAWRC]]}}
 | mascot                 = [[Jack the Bulldog]]
 | website                = {{URL|georgetown.edu}}
 | logo                   = Georgetown University Logotype.svg
 | logo_upright           = .9
 | accreditation          = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area|CUWMA]]|[[Consortium on Financing Higher Education|COFHE]]|[[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities|CUMU]]|[[Global University Leaders Forum|GULF]]}}
}}

'''Georgetown University''' is a [[private university|private]] [[Jesuit]] [[research university]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States. Founded by Bishop [[John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore)|John Carroll]] in 1789,{{Efn|as [[Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences|Georgetown College]]}} it is the oldest [[Catholic higher education|Catholic institution of higher education]] in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C.,{{Efn|predating the establishment of the [[District of Columbia]], which annexed the settlement of [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]], then part of [[Maryland]], in 1801.}} and the nation's first [[University charter#Federal|federally chartered]] university.

The university has eleven [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] schools. Its main campus, located in the [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] historic neighborhood, is on a hill above the [[Potomac River]] and identifiable by [[Healy Hall]], a [[National Historic Landmark]]. It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|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 [[Georgetown Hoyas|Hoyas]] and include a [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|men's basketball team]], which is a member of the [[Big East Conference]].

[[List of Georgetown University alumni|Notable alumni]] include 32 [[Rhodes Scholars]], 46 [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]], 33 [[Truman Scholars]], 565 [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholars]], at least 10 living [[List of universities by number of billionaire alumni|billionaires]], 26 [[List of current United States governors|U.S. governors]], 2 [[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court justices]], 2 [[President of the United States|U.S. presidents]], and 116 members of the [[United States Congress]] including 26 [[United States Senate|senators]], as well as international royalty and more than a dozen foreign [[Head of state|heads of state]]. Georgetown has educated more [[United States Foreign Service|U.S. diplomats]] than any other university including at least 92 [[ambassadors of the United States]], as well as a number of American politicians and [[Civil service|civil servants]].