Modern graduate schools have grown out of two nineteenth-century developments:  the emergence of German research universities, which prized advanced knowledge, and the development of American land-grant universities, which sought serviceable knowledge.  Graduate schools constitute the community where the most lively and rigorous minds of several generations work on the central problems of the time and of the disciplines. READ MORE

"The presence of graduate students at Georgetown is central to our identity. We aspire to relate to them as young colleagues who can strengthen our community through their contributions and example." READ MORE

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES: LOCATION/HOURS » The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and all of its offices and functions are now located in the Car Barn Building (3520 Prospect Street, N.W., about 2 blocks from Healy Circle). 2012 GRADUATE CAREER FORUMS ON 'THE VERSATILE PHD' » All Graduate School students are invited to participate in the online discussion forums about non-academic careers hosted by 'The Versatile PhD' on their website. Upcoming forums for January / February 2012 are listed. REVISED GRADUATE BULLETIN 2011-12 NOW AVAILABLE » The Graduate Bulletin, containing the rules and regulations for Graduate Students (revised January, 2012), is now available for the 2011-12 Academic Year. OVERVIEW OF NEW IRB RESEARCH COMPLIANCE SYSTEM  » Georgetown University Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) invites faculty, staff and student researchers to an overview presentation of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) electronic research and information compliance system (eRIC) on January 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the New Research Building (NRB) Auditorium. 2011 INFORMATION FAIR PARTICIPANTS » Information on participants present at the Information Fair during the Graduate School New Student Orientation. E-SSENTIALS COMPUTER SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY GUIDE » E-ssentials, a guide to technology and computer services and support at Georgetown University, is available for reading or download online. GEORGETOWN GIVING - SUPPORT GRADUATE EDUCATION » Graduate education at Georgetown reflects the Jesuit principle that the pursuit of knowledge and understanding should be combined with a responsibility to contribute to the common good. Graduate students at Georgetown receive world-class training to meet their specific long-term intellectual and career goals... TESSA WEGENER RECEIVES A FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP » Tessa Wegener receives a Fulbright Fellowship for dissertation research in Vienna. DR. SEAN MOORE EARNS DISTINGUISHED BOOK PRIZE » The Graduate School is delighted to share that Dr. Sean D. Moore was awarded the 2010 Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book from the American Conference for Irish Studies for his book entitled, “Swift, the Book, and the Irish Financial Revolution: Satire and Sovereignty in Colonial Ireland.” GRADUATE SCHOOL WELCOMING CONVOCATION, INFO FAIR » The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences welcomes its incoming graduate students with a brief program of information about the Graduate School, its policies, staff services, and an information fair with representatives of campus offices, services, and organizations of interest to Graduate students.