Georgetown University – Research and Scholarship 0
Georgetown Mission
The mission of Georgetown University manifests itself in multiple ways that extend beyond the classroom. Our faculty engage in research and scholarship that extends around the globe. By tackling some of the most critical intellectual and social issues of the day, faculty demonstrate Georgetown’s commitment to academic excellence and serving others.
Founded in 1789, the same year the U.S. Constitution took effect, Georgetown 
University is the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. Today, Georgetown is a major international research university that embodies its founding principles in the diversity of our students, faculty, and staff, our commitment to justice and the common good, our intellectual openness, and our international character.
Georgetown’s Catholic and Jesuit Identity
The Beginnings: A Unique Vision
Georgetown University began with the vision of John Carroll, an American-born, European-educated Jesuit priest who returned to the United States in 1773 with the goal of securing the future of American Catholicism through education — in particular, through the establishment of a preeminent Catholic place of higher learning.
As America’s first Catholic bishop and a strong supporter of the American Revolution, Carroll firmly believed that a Catholic institution could make a major contribution to the political, cultural, and educational life of the fledgling nation. In 1789, he acquired the deed to a plot of land overlooking the Potomac River outside the village of George-Town for the "Academy at George-Town." The school was, in the emerging tradition of American religious tolerance, to be open to "every class of citizens" and students of "every religious profession."
Carroll saw Georgetown as an academically rigorous Catholic academy with
The University of Dayton ranks as a top-tier national, doctoral-level university and one of the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.
classroom. Our courses spark curiosity – provide foundations – sharpen intellects – and inspire our faculty and students to dare to be exceptional.
