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Georgetown University is home to centers, programs, and activities that relate specifically to North America.

The university houses the American Studies Program and engages in extensive collaborations with universities based in Canada. In addition, Georgetown scholars across disciplines address transnational questions with a particular impact on the United States, such as migration and climate change. The university's Washington, DC, location gives rise to multiple connections with the policy world around global issues.

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Select Centers, Institutes,
and Research Programs

Department of African American Studies

Department of African American Studies Activity

The Department of African American Studies offers undergraduate major and minor opportunities in which students examine the experiences and contributions of people of the African diaspora in the United States and globally.

Georgetown Law

Georgetown Law Georgetown Unit

Founded in 1870, Georgetown Law offers Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Juridical Science, and non-degree programs in the legal field.

American Studies Program

American Studies Program Activity

The American Studies Program in the Georgetown College is an interdisciplinary major that explores the evolution of American society from European colony to the present with a special focus on the intellectual and cultural dimensions of the American…

McCourt School of Public Policy

McCourt School of Public Policy Georgetown Unit

Founded in 2013, the McCourt School of Public Policy seeks to teach students to help design smart policies and put them into practice in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, in the U.S. and around the world.

Certificate in International Migration Studies

Certificate in International Migration Studies Activity

This certificate program is offered by the Institute for the Study of International Migration through the School of Continuing Studies. Participants discuss global migration trends, national and local security conditions, and social issues driving…

Department of Government

Department of Government Georgetown Unit

The Department of Government is an academic department in the College offering graduate and undergraduate programs that seek to provide theoretical and practical knowledge and skills that will be important within and beyond the discipline of…

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American Studies Program

Certificate in International Migration Studies

French Major with Business Coursework

Law Center MBA/LL.M. Dual Degree Program - HEC Paris

Major in American Musical Culture

Major in French

Major in Regional and Comparative Studies

Master of Public Policy

Minor in American Musical Culture

Youth Ambassadors

Center for Applied Legal Studies

Faith and Culture Series

Future of the Humanities Project

Latino Leader Gatherings

Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Programme

U.S.-Afghan Women's Council

Alternative Breaks Program

International Health Interest Group

M.S. in Foreign Service Internship Opportunity with UNICEF

Magis: Kino Border Immersion

Asian American Student Association

Caribbean Culture Circle

Latin American Student Association

Sigma Delta Pi, National Hispanic Honor Society

Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues Faculty Grants

Maeve McKean Women’s Law & Public Policy–O’Neill Institute Fellowship

Charles Abernathy

Rogaia Abusharaf

Robert Bednarzik

Andrew Bickford

Maxwell Gregg Bloche

Jocelyne Cesari

Dionne S. Coker-Appiah

Soyica Diggs Colbert

Dagomar Degroot

Susan Deller Ross

Victor Fernandez-Mallat

Lawrence O. Gostin

Elżbieta Goździak

Toshihiro Higuchi

Charles B. Holmes

Douglas A. Howard

Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza

Maurice Jackson

B. Lindsay Lowell

Emily Mendenhall

Ezequiel Molina

Ferdinando Monte

Irfan Nooruddin

Emilian Papadopoulos

Mehmet Sayilgan

George Shambaugh

Katalin Springel

Elizabeth Stanley

Robynn Stilwell

Shannon Stimson

Michael Umpierre

Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila

William Werpehowski

Anne Marie Whitesell

Edilma Yearwood

African Studies Program

Asian Studies Program

BMW Center for German and European Studies

Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

Bioethics Research Library

Business for Impact

Campus Ministry

Cawley Career Education Center

Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Center for Asian Law

Center for Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Studies

Center for Business and Public Policy

Center for Child and Human Development

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

Center for Democracy and Civil Society

Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies

Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

Center for Global Health Science and Security

Center for Innovation in Global Health

Center for Intercultural Education and Development

Center for Jewish Civilization

Center for Latin American Studies

Center for Legal English

Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship

Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership

Center for Security Studies

Center for Social Impact Communication

Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service

Center for Student Engagement

Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas

Center on Medical Product Access, Safety, and Stewardship

Center on National Security and the Law

Center on Privacy and Technology

Center on Transnational Business and the Law

Collaborative on Global Children's Issues

Communication, Culture, and Technology Program

Comparative Literature Program

Department of African American Studies

Department of Anthropology

Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies

Department of Art and Art History

Department of Biology

Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics

Department of Chemistry

Department of Classics

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Department of Economics

Department of English

Department of Family Medicine

Department of French and Francophone Studies

Department of German

Department of Global Health

Department of Government

Department of History

Department of Italian

Department of Linguistics

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Department of Pediatrics

Department of Performing Arts

Department of Philosophy

Department of Physics

Department of Psychology

Department of Slavic Languages

Department of Sociology

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Film and Media Studies Program

Gender Justice Initiative

Georgetown Climate Center

Georgetown College

Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Program

Georgetown Global Education Institute

Georgetown Institute for Global History

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics

Georgetown Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation

Georgetown University Library on the Main Campus

Georgetown University Medical Center

Georgetown Women's Alliance

Global Business Initiative

Global Health Institute

Global Human Development Program

Global Medieval Studies Program

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Harrison Institute for Public Law

Health Policy Institute

Human Rights Institute

Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Institute for Reproductive Health

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Institute for the Study of International Migration

Institute of International Economic Law

Italian Research Institute

John Main Center for Meditation and Interreligious Dialogue

Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics

Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy

Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice

Latin America Leadership Program

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Master of Science in Foreign Service Program

McCourt School of Public Policy

McDonough School of Business

Mortara Center for International Studies

O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Office of Global Education

Office of Global Services

Office of International Programs - School of Medicine

Office of Transnational Programs

Office of the Dean for Research

Office of the President

Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement

Persian Studies Program

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

Program on Justice and Peace

Program on Science in the Public Interest

Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy

School of Continuing Studies

School of Health

School of Medicine

School of Nursing

Science, Technology and International Affairs Program

Steers Center for Global Real Estate

The Earth Commons

Theater and Performance Studies Program

Turkish Program

University Information Services

Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program

SFS Course Investigates Climate Change-Induced Sea Level Rise

In Institutions We Trust? The Economics of Institutional Change

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