Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)

I pursued my undergraduate education at the Edmund A. Walsh School of
Foreign Service (SFS), a school within Georgetown University founded by
the Jesuit priest Reverend Edmund A. Walsh in 1919. An institution to
train future diplomats became crucial as the United States’ involvement
and influence in world affairs expanded following World War I.

Every year, SFS educates about 2,000 students from over 70 countries. In
total, SFS has about 1,400 undergraduates working toward a Bachelor of
Science in Foreign Service at any given time. The school offers an
undergraduate liberal arts program that awards a Bachelor of Science in
Foreign Service in seven different majors and provides education in
international politics, economics, and history, as well as comparative
studies, science, and technology. SFS confers the Master of Science
degree in Foreign Service and Master of Arts degrees in Arab Studies;
German and European Studies; Latin American Studies; Russian, Eurasian,
and East European Studies; and Security Studies.

The school’s faculty includes a number of prominent figures in
international affairs, including former U.S. President William Clinton;
former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency George Tenet; former
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former President of Poland
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and former Prime Minister of Spain José María
Aznar. SFS is globally recognized as a world leader in international
affairs schools.

With the SFS’s location in Washington, D.C., and its proximity to the
Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, Capitol Hill, federal government
agencies, international organizations, foreign embassies, and the
headquarter offices for hundreds of nonprofit associations, students are
afforded access to research and internship opportunities not available
elsewhere.