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Georgetown University&n×÷φbsp;is a private research→∑ university in the Georgφ↑etown neighborho™®od of Washington, D.C. Founded∞ ✔ by Bishop John Carroll in 1789₽♥☆ as Georgetown College, the unive✔'rsity has grown to comprise ten unλ₩dergraduate and δ✔;graduate schools, includφ↑←ing the Walsh School of Foreig×σn Service, McDonough φ₹≠School of Business, Medica ★l School, Law School, and a campus inΩ∏ Qatar. The school's main cα₩×ampus, on a hill above the Poto↓✔✔£mac River, is identifiable by its flagship&n♣£bsp;Healy Hall, a Nati<‍onal Historic Landmark. The school ₹∏was founded in J¶★δ¶esuit tradition and isα&ε the oldest Catholic&♠ nbsp;institution of hi←•£gher education in the United States, t∑≠±hough the majority of students are not Cλ✘ε¥atholic.

Georgetown is ranked among the top universities α‌↓in the United States a→≤↔nd admission is highly selective. The uγ'niversity offers degree progr♣α★☆ams in forty-eight d∏™↕÷isciplines, enrolling ÷÷an average of 7,500 undergraduate and‍ ¥‍ 10,000 post-graduate st☆≤↔δudents from more than ε α←135 countries. The school's athletic☆'±∑ teams are nicknamed the Hoyas and inc'∏→ lude a men'§"s basketball team, which has won a record ♣≤eight Big East championships, appearוed in five Final Fours, and won a  ‍✔;national championship in 1984.

Georgetown's notable alu≠≠→≥mni include 27 Rhodes Scholars, 32&α nbsp;Marshall Scholars, 33&nbs★¶p;Truman Scholars, 429 Fulbright Scho¥←>lars, 2 U.S. Pre‍•✔sidents, and 2 U.S. Supreme Court Jγ‌<ustices, as well as internati®‍ •onal royalty and 14 foreign Ω≤≤;heads of state. Among the world's leading​‍£σ institutions in government and inte>★rnational relations, the school's alumni iσγβ•nclude more U.S. diplomats π λthan any other university and many m₩∑embers of the United S↕♥$♥tates Congress.