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Georgetown School of Foreign Service

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
A vertical oval-shaped black and white design with a bald eagle whose wings are spread and who is grasping a globe and a cross with its claws. Around the seal are leaves and the numbers 17 and 89 appear on either side.
Seal of Georgetown University
Type Private
Established 1919
Parent institution
Georgetown University
Affiliation Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Dean Joel Hellman
Students 1,900
Undergraduates 1,400
Postgraduates 500
Location Washington, D.C., United States
38°54′32″N 77°4′25″W / 38.90889°N 77.07361°W / 38.90889; -77.07361Coordinates: 38°54′32″N 77°4′25″W / 38.90889°N 77.07361°W / 38.90889; -77.07361
Campus Urban
Affiliations APSIA
Website sfs.georgetown.edu

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (commonly abbreviated as SFS) is a school of international affairs within Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. Recognized as one of the world's leading international relations schools, SFS is sometimes referred to as the "West Point of the U.S. diplomatic corps" due to the large number of SFS graduates who end up being diplomats. Founded in 1919, SFS predates the U.S. Foreign Service by six years.

Despite its reputation for producing top diplomats, SFS is not exclusively a diplomatic academy and its graduates go on to have careers in a diverse set of private and government sectors. The school's most notable alumni include U.S. President Bill Clinton, CIA Director George Tenet, King Felipe VI of Spain, and U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig, among others.

The School of Foreign Service was established in 1919 by a Jesuit priest Edmund A. Walsh. The main purpose of the school's founding was to prepare Americans for various international professions in the wake of expanding U.S. involvement in world affairs after World War I. Today, SFS hosts a student body of approximately 2,100 from 80 nations each year. It offers an undergraduate program based in the liberal arts, which leads to the Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree, as well as eight interdisciplinary graduate programs. Its faculty include many distinguished figures in international affairs, such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and former Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar.

The school has evolved from its original emphasis on diplomacy and law to become a center for research and teaching on global affairs. Faculty are today drawn from disciplines such as political science, history, economics and cultural studies, as well as from business, the non-profit sector and international organizations.


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