Foreign Policy Academy

Hoya Summer High School Information Session Webinar

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 4–5 p.m. ET

This information session will review our three programs: Non-Credit Academies, College Prep, and Summer College. We want to ensure that our prospective students are confident in their choice while planning their summer at Georgetown. We will provide an overview of each program and its respective application processes.

Combining lectures, talks by policymakers, visits to a number of foreign Embassies, crisis simulations, and group discussions, Georgetown's Foreign Policy Academy introduces you to the many components that inform and create U.S. foreign policy. Throughout your time in the program, you'll develop your critical thinking and interpretive skills while examining key international crises and world leaders' responses and policy choices in a global arena. You'll also analyze the factors that affect the decision-making process and the theories and methods used to formulate and implement policies.

By the time you complete the program, you'll have a deeper understanding of American foreign and defense policy, the complexities of terrorism threats, the influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and think tanks, strategies for aid and democracy-building, and the underpinnings of foreign commerce and trade policies.

Program Format & Subject Areas

As a student in the Foreign Policy Academy, you'll spend your time engaged in a combination of class sessions, field trips, hands-on workshops, group discussions, and extracurricular activities. Throughout the program, you'll have the opportunity to explore the following subject areas:

• Theoretical frameworks of foreign policy formulation
• State and USAID Policy
• Think tanks and NGO Influence
• Second-track diplomacy
• Counter-intelligence and terrorism
• World conflicts
• International political economy and trade policy
• Religion and foreign policy
• Careers in foreign policy

In the Foreign Policy Academy, you'll attend academic programming between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. during the weekdays, which will include lectures, guest speakers, hands-on activities, group discussions, and off-site visits. At the end of the day, you'll have opportunities to participate in optional cocurricular events, free time, and residential living activities until curfew.

We’re here to help

Whether you have questions about our programs, events, or general inquiries, you can reach us in the way that works best for you.

Summer Programs for High School Students Office

Office Hours: 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ET, M–F
Email: highschool@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-7087

Admissions Office Mailing Address

Georgetown University
Summer Programs for High School Students
Admissions Office
111 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001

Summer Hoya Office

Office Hours: Sunday–Saturday. 8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m., May through August
Email: summerhoya@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-9786

University Information Services (UIS)

Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
Email: help@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-4949

University Registrar’s Office (OUR)

Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
Email: univregistrar@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-4020

Non-Credit Student Accounts (NCSA)

Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET 
Email: noncreditaccounts@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-7696

Office of Revenue & Receivables

Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET 
Email: studentaccounts@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687-7100