How Will You Impact the World?
At Georgetown McDonough, our mission is to build global business knowledge and inspire principled leaders to serve the common good.
Whatever your professional goals, our school’s vibrant welcoming culture, close-knit community, and worldwide network, along with our focus on each student’s individual journey, will provide the support you need to succeed.
When you earn a Georgetown McDonough MBA, you build a legacy that positively impacts those around you.
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Full-time MBA ranked #20 in the United States —Financial Times, 2024
Flex MBA ranked #9 in the United States U.S. News & World Report, 2023
* Class of 2024 # 9
89% of Full-time MBAs* received an offer within three months of graduation
“We have a wonderful chance to make a difference, but we can only do this if we work together. And this is a chance for us to keep defining ourselves and growing ourselves, even as we make a positive difference in the world.”
Paul Almeida Dean and William R. Berkley Chair Professor of Strategy
Take Your Career Further
When you earn a Georgetown MBA, you mix academic studies with real-world experiences — in D.C. and around the world — that prepare you to address the world's most complex issues.
Become Global Ready
Our curriculum is globally focused. Through signature courses like our Global Business Experience consulting project and Structure of Global Industries course, as well as international student-led career treks, we help you make the right connections with global executives in business, government, and nonprofit organizations. With more than 40 countries represented by our incoming MBA classes, you will join an international community.
Access the World from Washington, D.C.
Our location in Washington, D.C.—at the intersection of business, policy, and international affairs—provides incredible access to the movers and shakers of the world. Whether we’re making an introduction in the halls of the World Bank or on Capitol Hill, attending Georgetown opens up doors across the globe.
Lead With Principled Business Practices
Established in 1789, Georgetown University is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution in the United States. The Jesuit concept of cura personalis, or “care for the whole person,” is integrated throughout the MBA program. While we’re competitive, our community also is collaborative. Since we care about both shareholders and society, we provide an ethical framework that applies in any workplace.
Benefit From Georgetown Expertise
McDonough’s university-wide community includes top schools in numerous other fields, such as foreign service, public policy, law, medicine, and government. The best solutions to many of the world's most important challenges are found at the intersection of disciplines. By offering electives throughout the university, our school puts you in a unique position to address these issues.
Global is in Our DNA
Step Onto the Global Stage
The Global Business Experience pairs groups of students with executives from different organizations, from startups to multinational corporations to Fortune 500 companies, to address complex business challenges. The experience starts on campus, where you spend six to eight weeks as a consultant, applying strategic and analytical theories to develop solutions as you work remotely with your clients. The course and consulting engagement also includes a week-long, incountry residency, where students perform research, present findings, and receive feedback from executives. Many clients tell us they implement our students’ recommendations.
Select Project Topics:
Business Intelligence, E-Commerce, Environmental Tech, Logistics, Market Entry, Market Growth, Product Distribution, Real Estate, Strategy (Business, Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance), Sustainability
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Casablanca, Morocco
Santiago, Chile
Accra, Ghana
Berlin,
Berlin, Germany
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Over 2,200 Global Business Experience consulting projects have been completed across 41 cities and 29 countries.
Estée Lauder Gransolar Gulf Capital
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE
Telefonica
76% of incoming 2024 MBAs speak more than one language
Trek and Study Abroad
MBA students can take treks abroad and have recently traveled to Colombia, Ghana, and Tanzania, where they met with employers, alumni, and even volunteered their time to make a social impact. Additionally, Full-time MBA students can study abroad for a semester through partnerships with seven top business schools: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, London Business School, Esade in Barcelona, HEC Paris, IAE in Buenos Aires, Bocconi University in Milan, and Copenhagen Business School.
62% of incoming 2024 MBAs have lived, worked, or studied abroad
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Tanzania
“ A proud moment for me was planning the career trek to Ghana with my co-president and the emerging markets leadership team. In the spirit of entrepreneurship, we became our own travel agency by organizing every item of our itinerary. We took 34 students across three regions in Ghana for eight days.”
Esther Adusei MBA’23 Consultant, Bain
countries represented by incoming 2024 MBAs
Kilimanjaro Region,
Accra, Ghana
Bogotá, Colombia
Challenge Yourself Academically
Whichever MBA format you choose, Full-time, Flex, or Flex Online, you’ll experience the same rigorous curriculum, taught by the same renowned faculty. Through complex coursework, experiential learning, and indepth case studies, you will learn fundamental business skills and study current trends.
The program opens with two intensive courses designed to be the foundation for your MBA experience.
Leading Teams for Performance and Impact
LTPI is an innovative learning experience designed to help students form high-performing teams that deliver impactful results. You achieve this by working across diverse perspectives and giving and receiving feedback.
Structure of Global Industries
SGI is a highly integrated course focused on understanding global markets, business regulation and policy, and the impact of emerging business and industry trends, including new technology, globalization, and trade. SGI requires students to hone their persuasive communication skills while practicing ethical decision-making. You’ll learn what you don't know, what you want to know, and what you need to know to become a global business leader.
21 months for Full-time MBA
24-60 months for Flex MBA and Flex MBA Online
54 credit hours
Two part-time MBA format options
Nearly 100 electives
Core Courses and Electives
Both Full-time and Flex students will take 31.5 credits of core courses covering a wide range of business topics. For the remaining 22.5 credits of your curriculum, you’ll choose from nearly 100 elective options. A limited number of online electives will be developed from this list for the Flex MBA Online format. Flex MBA Online students who are able to attend electives in-person also have access to join Full-time and Flex MBA students in on-campus electives on a space-available basis.
Intensive Learning Experiences
These one- to two-week elective courses allow you to explore topics outside of the traditional curriculum, such as a data visualization, startup factory, national security, and coaching and leadership, while emphasizing experiential learning, client-centered work, and off-site visits.
Dual Degrees
Full-time students can earn dual degrees with four other Georgetown University schools: the Law Center (JD), the Medical School (MD), the McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP), and the Walsh School of Foreign Service (MSFS).
MBA Advanced Access Program
The MBA Advanced Access Program (MAAP) is a deferred enrollment opportunity for students in their final year of undergraduate or graduate school who have not previously had full-time professional work experience. By being admitted to this program, you have the ability to secure your spot in our Full-time MBA program two to four years into the future. MAAP allows you to gain valuable work experience, knowing you already have secured a spot in a top-ranked MBA program.
“With a values-based approach to business, the Georgetown MBA prepares our students to be well-rounded,, principled leaders who are prepared to make a
Sudipta Dasmohapatra Senior Associate Dean, MBA Programs
Put Your Skills to Work
At McDonough, learning isn’t confined to textbooks. Our MBA offers a wide variety of co-curricular experiential learning opportunities.
Certificate Programs
Business of Healthcare
This certificate equips students with the knowledge and skills to lead at the intersection of business and healthcare and understand the changing dynamics and pressures of the U.S. healthcare system
Consumer Analytics and Insights
In response to a growing interest in leveraging consumer data to help inform business decisions, this certificate prepares you to identify data sources, analyze data, and recognize underlying risks .
Nonmarket Strategy
This certificate taps into the resources of D.C. to explore the nexus of business, economics, and public policy. Experience how business and leadership are shaped by regulatory, political, and social forces.
Sustainable Business
This certificate delivers the tools and experience to incorporate sustainability approaches into all business activities and functions, from supply chains to product design and innovation to human resources.
Global Real Estate
This certificate equips students with the experiences and skills necessary to compete in the commercial real estate job market and make an impact in the field.
STEM Designation
With technology transforming business like never before, we offer a STEM designation within the MBA that prepares students to lead the way in our increasingly digital world and helps graduates demonstrate their skills to employers.
Real Estate Clinic
Through the Steers Center for Global Real Estate, students can participate in the Real Estate Clinic. This hands on experience allows you to engage in high-level investment and financial processes and gain experience in debt and equity investments, such as underwriting live real estate investments being considered by commercial real estate firms.
Exposure to Technology
Get training in tools like Excel, Tableau, SAS, R, and Python through the HoyAlytics organization. The Georgetown FinTech club hosts speakers on topics such as student lending and cryptocurrencies, provides access to hackathons through industry partnerships, and hosts the FinTech Trek to New York, where students visit finance companies to see how they’re leveraging technology today.
Impact Consultants
Consult for D.C.-area nonprofits and gain valuable real-world client experience through this student-run consulting group. Each consulting team is mentored by an alumnus.
Small Business Corps
Consult with small businesses in the greater Washington, D.C. region to provide strategic solutions in tackling challenges like market expansion, financial planning, and operations. This initiative offers students the opportunity to develop critical leadership and problem-solving skills while helping entrepreneurs navigate complex issues to achieve long-term stability and growth.
Case Competitions
Students develop leadership skills, assess problems, and pitch solutions to industry experts through industry-specific case competitions over 24-48 hour periods.
Operation: Cura Personalis
To support our community, we host speakers, events, and activities that align with our "care of the whole person" ethos.
Board Fellows
Students execute a consulting project while serving on the board of a D.C.-based nonprofit.
Building Community
Co-Curricular Opportunities
There are 380 board positions available in 48 clubs.
All programs and activities are open to all Georgetown University students regardless of race, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected under university policy or applicable law.
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Industry Clubs
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Affinity Clubs
Asia Business Student Alliance
Black MBA Association
Georgetown Africa Business Alliance
Georgetown Christians in Business
Georgetown Korean Business Association
European Business Association
Graduate Women in Business
Greater China Business Association
Japan Society
Jewish Business Alliance
Latin American Business Association
McDonough Military Association
Middle East Business Association
Out@MSB
South Asian Business Alliance
Adam Smith Society Business and Government Alliance
Design, Experience, Innovate Emerging Markets Network
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
Finance Club
Georgetown Consulting Club
Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Club
Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance
Georgetown FinTech Club
Georgetown Hospitality and Lodging Club
Georgetown Operations and Management Association
Georgetown Real Estate Society
Graduate Investment Fund
Graduate Marketing Association
Georgetown Retail & Luxury Association
Healthcare Business Alliance
HoyAlytics
Net Impact
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club
Technology Club
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Social Clubs
Beer Appreciation Society
Georgetown Partners and Families
Georgetown Explorers Club
Georgetown Gourmet Society
Georgetown Humor Club
Georgetown Tabletop Games Club
Georgetown Wine Society
Hoyas Playing Tennis
MBA Golf Club
MBA Volunteers
McDonough Mentors and Consultants
McDonough School of Business Soccer Club
Embrace Our Community in Diversity
Building a community in diversity is essential to the Georgetown MBA experience.
From day one, you will work with and learn from peers who bring a variety of professional, personal, and cultural perspectives. To attract and help support the diverse perspectives and experiences that make us stronger, we partner with local and national organizations, host speakers, and offer numerous campus resources, including student clubs.
Through classes like Leading Teams for Performance and Impact and Innovation Through Inclusion, we educate leaders who understand and embody inclusive leadership.
In the following pages, you will find some of the external resources and partnerships available to Georgetown MBA students focused on supporting and increasing diversity in the business field. They are offered to all qualified students without regard to race, ethnicity, sex, gender, or other protected category.
Diverse Communities
Resources and Partnerships
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)
Equips a diverse communities of students with effective tools and guidance to optimize their MBA experience
MBA JumpStart
Connects exceptionally qualified MBA professionals with employers and resources
National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA)
Empowers visionaries intellectually and economically to create a world where inclusion is universal
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
Provides support and resources to MBA candidates that promote a network of inclusion
Toigo MBA Fellowship
Recognizes high-potential MBA students with a passion for finance careers
Career Support
Our students attend national career fairs such as the National Association of Asian MBAs Conference, National Black MBA Association Conference, and Reaching Out MBA Conference.
“ As a Hispanic student veteran I have always felt welcome in McDonough's diverse and collaborative community.” Andres Bravo
MBA-MSFS’23
U.S. Army Veteran
Military
Resources and Partnerships
McDonough Military Association
Works to accelerate the transition of its members from military service to new careers, plus hosts speakers and networking events—contact them at mba-vets@georgetown.edu
Georgetown University
Veterans Office
Helps student veterans navigate the admissions process, apply for scholarships, receive Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, and prepare to re-enter the workforce—contact the office at veteranservices@georgetown.edu
Scholarships and Financial Aid
Yellow Ribbon
Provides $20,000 per year in funding for eligible graduate business students, matched by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Tillman Military Scholarship
Supports military veterans and spouses selected as Tillman Scholars
Women Resources and Partnerships
Georgetown Women in Business (GWiB)
Creates a community of support that connects members to top business executives, and hosts an annual conference
Prospective MBA Women’s Weekend
Gives prospective students an opportunity to meet women leaders and allies within the McDonough community, sit in on an MBA class, and attend a resume workshop
Focus on Family
McDonough supports students with children through our lactation room and organizations like the Georgetown Partners and Families Club
Scholarships and Financial Aid
Forté Foundation
Provides scholarships designed to support careers through access to business education, opportunities, and a community of successful alumni
Dealy Scholarship for Gender Equity
Merit-based award for students whose background or experience demonstrates interest in gender equality in business fields—honoring the late longtime professor John F. Dealy
Patrick Sheridan Endowed MBA Scholarship
Merit-based award to support the enrichment and advancement of McDonough and its community— started by Patrick Sheridan (MBA’09)
Launch Your Career
The Georgetown McDonough Career Center is your lifelong partner in transforming and advancing your career. Whether you are looking to switch careers or take on a leadership role in your current industry, we will connect you to new opportunities from some of the world’s top MBA recruiters and our powerful alumni network.
Equipping you with the tools you need before you take your first class
• Summer Webinar Series
• Industry-based discussions with small groups of your peers
• Personal appointment with your Career Coach
Connecting you to leaders, recruiters, and careers at top global firms
• Treks: Marketing, Finance, Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Silicon Valley, Entertainment/Media
• Conferences: Net Impact (nonprofit), NBMBAA, Reaching Out MBA, Empwr, Consortium OP, Forté, and numerous pre-MBA opportunities
MBA Mentorship Program
Introducing you to Georgetown's vast network of alumni and experts
• Industry-specific career coaches and studentorganized career days every Friday during the fall
• 40+ Second-Year MBA Peer Advisors
• Hoya Gateway digital networking platform and LinkedIn
• Hoyas Helping Hoyas alumni and student networking events
Guiding you through proven curriculum to achieve career results
• Job search
• Promotions and career advancement
• Career clarification
The MBA Mentorship Program pairs MBAs with alumni mentors for professional and life advice.
Expand Your Network
Your membership in the Georgetown McDonough MBA community is not limited to a few years—you are connected to the entire Georgetown Hoya network for life.
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