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Professor Theresa Sabonis-Helf This week, we sat down with our distinguished Chair of the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) Concentration. The STIA Concentration equips students with quantitative skills and…

Professor Shantayanan Devarajan This week, we sat down with our distinguished Chair of the International Development (IDEV) Concentration, Professor Shanta Devarajan. The IDEV Concentration bridges both development theory and practice…

MSFS offers funding to support students’ professional development. First-year MSFS student and STIA-concentrator, Lam Tran, used this opportunity to attend Strait Talk, a multinational dialogue workshop that convenes young…

Professor David Wallis Read our interview with Global Business, Finance & Society Concentration Chair, Professor David Wallis! Professor Wallis answers questions about why finance is important to an international affairs…

Throughout the Fall semester, our Practitioners in Residence (PiRs) hosted seminars covering topics in their area of foreign affairs expertise, from transitions within the Pentagon to crisis messaging…

Applying to grad school is not always about why you pick a certain program- sometimes, it’s about when. We spoke to two MSFS first-year students about why…

MSFS Representatives, or “the Reps”, are elected at the beginning of each academic year and are an integral part of the MSFS community. The Reps organize a variety of events…

MSFS welcomed over 125 members of the Class of 2026 to campus on August 22nd and 23rd. The new first-year students engaged in discussions with their peers, faculty, and second-year…

MSFS Representatives, or “the Reps”, are elected at the beginning of each academic year and are an integral part of the MSFS community. Throughout the year, the Reps facilitate and…

We were happy to see so many familiar faces of our MSFS Alumni Community at the Georgetown Observatory this June. 1 of 13 Next Slide Previous Slide…

In true Hoya spirit, it was great to see so many MSFS Alumni undaunted by the rain back on the Hilltop this August. 1 of…

This Fall, MSFS is excited to welcome five new faculty members. Raoul Delcorde Honorary Ambassador of Belgium Alan Dinerman Department manager at the MITRE…

Jasmin Alsaied (MSFS ’23) reflects on her MSFS experience as a Surface Warfare Officer and shares her advice to current as well as incoming students, including those with…

MSFS is excited to welcome six new members to our advisory board. The new members consist of MSFS alumni as well as the program’s former Associate Director and…

Erik Boris Wemple, MSFS '89, published his editorial piece in the Washington Post this March.

Play Youtube Video Georgetown’s Master of Science in Foreign Service Program (MSFS) capped off its centennial year in December 2022 with a weekend of events bringing alumni, students,…

MSFS started in 1922 — 100 years ago — with a mission: to prepare our students to successfully engage with dynamic global challenges and opportunities. In this video, students and…

The MSFS Centennial Awards recognize a small group of distinguished alumni, thought to have best embodied the program’s guiding principles of leadership, creativity, ethics, service and inclusion.   The MSFS…

This week, campuses around the world are celebrating International Education Week (IEW). IEW is an initiative supported by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of…

Our MSFS student representatives (often affectionately referred to as “the reps”) are an integral part of the MSFS community. Our student reps have been key organizers for coordinating community building…