Georgetown University is a private Catholic university founded in 1879. The university has about 54 buildings, with a total area of 104 hectares, located near the Potomac River, Washington, DC, USA.
The University offers a variety of degree programs in various fields of study majors. Among them there are about 180 programs in four undergraduate schools, three graduate and professional schools and Several specialized Institutes. Among the majors schools that can be taken by students, there is the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, McCourt School of Public Policy, and McDonough School of Business.
Besides having campuses in the United States, the university also has a campus that is located abroad, namely in Italy, Turkey and Qatar. Meanwhile, one of the faculty at the university, the faculty of law, obtain international recognition as the best law college. It is not because of this faculty has produced many alumni are important and very influential for the United States, and the world. Among them there are former US president, Bill Clinton, and former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright.
In addition to studying, students can also join the various activities of the organization and sororities that have been provided by the university. For example, like The Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society, Campus groups include the nation's oldest student theater group. In addition, the university is also home to the nation's largest states entirely student-owned-and-operated corporation, Students of Georgetown, Inc., as well as the oldest and largest states student-run financial institution, Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union.
Of the non-academic field, one of the university's sports teams have also won a proud achievement. Is the men's basketball team has won 17 Big East championships, played in five Final Fours and won the national championship in 1984. Meanwhile, the Georgetown Hoyas are NCAA Division I athletes and share the Verizon Center with the NBA's Washington Wizards.
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