Georgetown University  Georgetown University, Healy Hall,
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.Hoyer2009 private,
coeducational institution of higher learning in Washington,
D.C., U.S. Though it is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the
Roman Catholic church, Georgetown has always been open to people
of all faiths. The university includes the College of Arts and
Sciences, the Graduate School, the Walsh School of Foreign
Service, and the schools of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Business,
and Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown offers undergraduate,
graduate, and professional degree programs. Important facilities
include a seismological observatory, the Woodstock Theological
Center, and the Charles Augustus Strong Center near Florence,
Italy. Total enrollment is approximately 12,000.  Georgetown,
founded in 1789, was the first Roman Catholic college in the
United States. The university received its first charter from
the federal government in 1814. The medical school was founded
in 1849, the law school in 1870. N