Student Experience

The Georgetown University School of Medicine is located in a city and a university that share a dynamism that will be part of your Georgetown Education.

Medical, health policy and economic issues are debated daily in many arenas with resolutions that shape the practice of medicine in the United States and abroad. The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland is world renowned for its medical research and sophisticated technological developments.

The cultural and social opportunities of the nation's capital are endless. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery of Art with its striking East Wing, the Holocaust Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution, including such facilities as the Museum of Natural History, the Joseph Hirshhorn Museum, the Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of African Art, and the Sackler and Freer Museums of Asian art, are only a few examples of the resources available in Washington.

Washington also is home to the Redskins football team, the Wizards basketball team, the National Hockey League's Capitals, and Washington Stars and Maryland Bays soccer teams. We also enjoy the success of our neighboring Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore football team, the Ravens. Naturally, the Hoyas, 1984 NCAA National Champions and six time Big East Conference Champions, are a local, as well as a national attraction. 

Recreational opportunities abound within the metropolitan area and both the Appalachian mountains and the Atlantic coast are within a few hours drive of campus.