OLD Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

The School of Foreign Service welcomes students from around the world into our six graduate programs. This diverse group of students brings to Georgetown an impressive breadth of prior academic and professional experience, with interests that span many disciplines and include regional and security studies, history and political science, business and economics, and culture and foreign languages.

While admissions decisions are made at the program level—thus ensuring personal consideration of each candidate's unique strengths—the School of Foreign Service as a whole encourages applications from exceptional students committed to careers in the international arena. We seek students with the potential for leadership and we educate them to face the challenges of the century ahead.

General Admission Requirements

Every applicant to our graduate programs completes an online application to the Georgetown University Graduate School and also provides supplementary data required by the individual graduate programs. A typical application package thus includes:

• Online Application
• Supplemental Application Forms
• Statement of Purpose
• Transcripts
• Letters of Recommendation
• Standardized test scores
• Application fee

The various programs may have specific additional requirements. For full details concerning the application requirements of the individual programs, including downloadable forms and mailing addresses visit their individual websites:

• M.A. in Arab Studies
• M.A. in German & European Studies
• M.A. in Latin American Studies
• M.A. Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies
• M.A. in Security Studies
• M.S. in Foreign Service