Walsh School of Foreign Service

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Walsh School of Foreign Service
SFS stacked-01.svg
Type Private
Established1919;105 years ago (1919) [1]
Founder Edmund A. Walsh
Parent institution
 Georgetown University
Religious affiliation
 Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Academic affiliations
 APSIA
Dean Joel Hellman
Academic staff
134 (main campus)
Students2,273 [1]
Undergraduates 1,423 [1]
Postgraduates 850 [1]
Location
Washington
,
D.C.
,
U.S.

38°54′32″N77°4′25″W / 38.90889°N 77.07361°W / 38.90889; -77.07361
CampusUrban
Website sfs.georgetown.edu

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It grants degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Founded in 1919, SFS is the oldest continuously operating school for international affairs in the United States, [2] [3] predating the U.S. Foreign Service by six years; many of its graduates have assumed prominent roles in American and international politics, [4] as well as in journalism, finance and business. [5] [6] [7]

SFS was established by Edmund A. Walsh with the goal of preparing Americans for various international professions in the wake of expanding U.S. involvement in world affairs after World War I. Today, the school hosts a student body of approximately 2,250 from over 100 nations each year. It offers an undergraduate program based in the liberal arts, which leads to the Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree, as well as eight interdisciplinary graduate programs. [1]

History

20th century

The SFS is housed in the Intercultural Center on Georgetown's main campus. Intercultural Center 08 2009 Georgetown U 6992.jpg
The SFS is housed in the Intercultural Center on Georgetown's main campus.

With the help of Georgetown University president Fr. John B. Creeden, S.J., Fr. Walsh spearheaded the founding of the School of Foreign Service and its establishment was announced on November 25, 1919. [2] [3] The school's use of the name “Foreign Service” preceded the formal establishment of the U.S. Foreign Service by six years. The school was envisioned by Fr. Walsh to prepare students for all major forms of foreign representation from commercial, financial, consular to diplomatic. [8]

In 1921, it graduated its first class of Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) undergraduate students. [9] The following year, the school began to offer the first international relations graduate program in the United States, the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS). [10] [11] In August 1932, the SFS was moved to the Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark. [12]

In 1958, two years after the death of Fr. Walsh, the school was renamed after him [13] and moved to the Walsh Building in a ceremony dedicated by President Eisenhower in honor of Fr. Walsh. [14]

Since 1982, the school has been housed in the Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center (ICC) on the main campus. [15] [16]

21st century

In June 2023, the administrators announced the plan to rename the school in honor of the late Madeleine Albright, who served as a professor at SFS both before and after her tenure as U.S. secretary of state. It attracted criticism due to Albright's controversial legacy and the lack of consultation with the school's community members. [17] [18]

Academics

Undergraduate program

The Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree is offered by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. The degree is rooted in the liberal arts. Following completion of the core requirements, students declare one of the following interdisciplinary majors:

There is also a joint degree — Bachelor of Science in Business and Global Affairs — offered in partnership with the McDonough School of Business (MSB). [27]

Graduate program

Graduate students can pursue eight interdisciplinary graduate degrees in the school: [28]

There are also two joint degrees offered in partnership with Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. The first is the Global Executive MBA, which is offered in collaboration with the ESADE Business School in Spain. and the INCAE Business School in Costa Rica. The second is the MA in International Business and Policy (MA-IBP). SFS is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), a group of public policy, public administration, and international affairs schools.

Additionally, exceptional undergraduate SFS students can apply for the accelerated bachelor’s/master’s dual-degree program, which allows enrollment in one of the graduate programs (e.g. BSFS/MSFS, BSFS/MASIA, etc.) during the final undergraduate year and completion of both degrees in approximately five years. [29] [30]

Certificates

Georgetown offers a number of undergraduate certificate programs: African studies, Arab studies, Asian studies, Australian & New Zealand studies, German and European studies, international business diplomacy, international development, Muslim-Christian understanding, Jewish civilization, justice & peace studies, Latin American studies, medieval studies, Russian & East European studies, social & political thought, and women's and gender studies.

Reputation and rankings

Georgetown's programs in international relations have consistently ranked among the best in the world in surveys of the field's academics that have been published biennially since 2005 by Foreign Policy . [31] In 2014 and in 2018 Foreign Policy ranked Georgetown's master's programs first in the world and its bachelor's programs fourth. [32] In a separate survey of makers of American foreign-policy from 2011, Georgetown ranked second overall in the quality of preparation for a career in the U.S. government, regardless of degree earned. [33] In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgetown fifth for graduate studies in global policy and administration. [34] In 2024, Niche ranked Georgetown first in the United States for international relations. [35]

Student life

There are a vast array of clubs and student organizations at Georgetown University that students from the School of Foreign Service join. The elected representative organization of the SFS is the SFS Academic Council, also known as the SFSAC. The SFSAC advocates for the SFS student body and works with the Dean's Office to address student concerns, spearhead new initiatives, and coordinate events. In addition to elected representatives, the SFSAC has several committees, including Community Service and Outreach, Special Events, Professional Development, General Membership, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, and Communications.

Campuses

The School of Foreign Service main campus, which is part of the main campus of Georgetown University, is located in the Georgetown neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. In 2005, it opened another campus, the School of Foreign Service in Qatar (also known as SFS-Q or GU-Q), in Qatar Foundation's Education City in Doha, Qatar. Many SFS undergraduates spend a minimum of one semester or a summer abroad, choosing from direct matriculation programs around the globe as well as programs of other universities and those run by Georgetown, including SFS-Q and Villa Le Balze.

In November 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced the School of Foreign Service planned to partner with the Indonesian government to open a satellite campus in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2024. [36] [37]

List of deans

Deans
No.NameYearsNotesRef.
1 Edmund A. Walsh SJ 1919–1921 [38]
2Roy S. MacElwee1921–1923 [38]
3W. F. Notz1923–1935 [38]
4Thomas H. Healy1935–1943 [38]
5 Edmund A. Walsh SJ1945–1950Acting dean [38]
6Frank L. FadnerSJ1950–1958Acting dean [38]
7John F. Parr1958–1962 [38]
8William E. Moran, Jr.1962–1966 [38]
9Joseph S. SebesSJ1966–1968 [39]
10 Jesse Mann 1968–1970 [39]
11 Peter F. Krogh 1970–1995 [39]
12 Robert Gallucci 1995–2009 [39]
13Carol Lancaster2010–2013 [40]
- James Reardon-Anderson 2013–2015Interim dean [41]
14 Joel Hellman 2015–present [42]

Notable alumni

Bill Clinton, class of 1968, ran for student council president his senior year. Clinton at Georgetown 1967.jpg
Bill Clinton, class of 1968, ran for student council president his senior year.

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