Georgetown Graduate Studies

The 2026 @Georgetown Graduate Studies application is live! Explore your potential in our vibrant #GradHoyas community through top-ranked master’s programs and exceptional doctoral research opportunities. Find admission and application details here: grad.georgetown.edu/admissions/

Dexter Sharp, Ph.D., was the first in his family to attend college. His support networks inspired him to pay that mentorship forward. Now leading graduate enrichment at @Georgetown, Sharp helps thousands of master's and Ph.D. students achieve their goals: bit.ly/4sTdcaI

When Grady McGinnis (G'27) was laid off from USAID in 2025, he determined that grad school was his next step. He landed at the @McCourtSchool for a Master of Public Policy after learning about @Georgetown's federal employee tuition benefit: bit.ly/gufederalworke…

Visitors to Georgetown University Art Galleries have a rare opportunity to view the professional debut of up-and-coming curators, who happen to be grad students in Georgetown's Art & Museum Studies master's program: grad.georgetown.edu/2026/02/25/mas… (📸 : Tony Powell)

Two #GradHoyas, Natalie Delille (G'26) and Xialong (James) Wang (G'26), have been named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars and will attend a one-year master's degree program in China for promising young leaders from around the world: georgetown.edu/news/5-hoyas-w…

After the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) shuttered last year, Grady McGinnis (G’27) faced a competitive and uncertain job market for international development professionals in DC. He decided to pursue a Master of Public Policy: bit.ly/3MINCFM

And with that, the 2025 season comes to an end! As the year winds down, we're reflecting on the many accomplishments of our #GradHoya community in 2025. Join our walk down memory lane via Graduate Studies Wrapped: bit.ly/48PxVE3

Former federal contractor Alisha Bi (G'27) left her job in August to pursue a full-time @McCourtSchool grad program in data science for public policy. @Georgetown's master's tuition scholarship program for federal workers helped make it possible: bit.ly/3MINCFM

Updated link: grad.georgetown.edu/2025/12/09/ken…

Kenyatta Hazlewood (G’28), the director of trauma services at @HowardU Hospital, joined @GtownNursing to deepen her commitment to trauma prevention and intervention efforts and advance health equity through research: bit.ly/4oFKUhm

Swipe for some holiday cheer➡️ Georgetown's annual Christmas Tree Lighting kicked off the holidays on campus with festive lights, hot cocoa and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. DC's first snow of the season made the evening a little more magical. ❄️

Honored to receive the inaugural Cosmos Scholars Prize and to have my research on Machiavelli's 20th-century reception featured in this @GradGeorgetown article: grad.georgetown.edu/2025/11/06/cos…

A team of three current and former @Georgetown graduate students in computational linguistics and computer science has won an international competition in natural language processing and will present their research at @emnlpmeeting this month: bit.ly/4nuxp3H

Georgetown celebrated the opening of its new educational hub at 111 Massachusetts Ave. in downtown Washington, DC, on the university’s Capitol Campus on Oct. 20. bit.ly/47yoXvo

Student Research Day has given generations of @GeorgetownBGE grad students their start in presenting research to peers. The annual biomedical bash, co-hosted by student group @GUMCGSO, celebrated its 40th anniversary this month: bit.ly/4qnH52r

Kelly Grady, associate director of interdisciplinary programs at the Joint Office of Graduate Studies, is a central figure behind the development of innovative grad offerings across @Georgetown. Get to know Grady in the latest Georgetown Faces feature: bit.ly/3Wbjqod

On most Sundays, Fr. Taroh Amédé, S.J., leads Mass on Georgetown's Capitol Campus. During the week, his head is buried in a different topic: emergency and disaster management. bit.ly/46JKWhj

Georgetown joins the nation in celebrating LGBTQIA+ History Month — known at Georgetown as OUTober — honoring the legacies, accomplishments and contributions of our LGBTQIA+ community to Georgetown and the world at large. bit.ly/4nv3fhx

"The limit is past the sky" for @Georgetown Ph.D. student Kenzie Mounir (G'30) as she searches the galaxy for extraterrestrial life. Astrobiologists like her study if the processes and resources that sustain survival on Earth are present on other planets: bit.ly/3W0Ru6x

.@gtownnursing recently welcomed its first cohort of a new Ph.D. in Nursing program that uses a research-centered approach to equip nursing professionals with advanced knowledge to further health equity for all. Meet the scholars: bit.ly/4pvFgjE

What a week! We welcomed our #GradHoyas back to campus with food, friendship and opportunities to find new interests through events including the Graduate Induction Ceremony and the BBQ & Student Organization Fair. Here's to another great year of learning, community and growth.