Deadline:
January 15, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Washington, DC
Overview
Details
Get to Know MSFS
Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service conferred the first graduate degree in international affairs in 1922, pre-dating the U.S. State Department’s adoption of the term “foreign service.” Since then, more than 4,000 students have completed the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree. Graduates have attained notable success in careers with national governments, international organizations, private businesses, and civil society groups.
Our Mission
MSFS Seeks to educate and equip the next generation of international affairs leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. To that end, MSFS offers a multidisciplinary curriculum, emphasizing both theory and practice, drawn from international relations, economics, and history. MSFS encourages the Jesuit values of service, ethics, leadership, creativity, and inclusivity to make a more just, peaceful, prosperous, and free world.
A trailblazer in international affairs, Georgetown’s Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program celebrates 100 years of serving the world. In this video, students and SFS leaders highlight the history, mission, community and far-reaching contributions of MSFS alumni as the world faces a new set of challenges that graduates will encounter in the century to come.
The MSFS Centennial Awards recognize a small group of distinguished alumni, thought to have best embodied the program’s guiding principles of leadership, creativity, ethics, service and inclusion. The MSFS Centennial Gala on December 2, 2022 honored six MSFS alumni: Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir (MSFS’94), Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (MSFS’80), Nicole Bibbins Sedaca (MSFS’97), Raja Karthikeya Gundu (MSFS’09), Michael Samway (SFS’91, MSFS’91) and Paula Gene Loyd (MSFS’04).
What is “foreign service”?
The term Foreign Service refers to service to the world. This includes service to people, governments, private sector organizations, NGOs, and other entities that are engaged in or affected by international affairs. The SFS and MSFS predate the creation of the United States Foreign Service. MSFS is proud to educate future Foreign Service Officers, and professionals across the full scope of international affairs, for the United States and other countries. It is equally proud to educate active global citizens regardless of the sectors or countries they operate in.
What service does MSFS provide?
MSFS provides professional education and training services designed to enable all members of our community and those who interact with us to better understand and address challenges and opportunities in international affairs.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
The scholarship is open to students from all countries. Preference will be given to students who have an interest in working in Asia following graduation from MSFS and a strong interest in working in global trade and students who have 5+ years of work experience. The selected scholarship recipient must agree to engage with the Hinrich Foundation for mentorship and possible job placement support upon graduation. Upon completion of MSFS, the scholarship recipient will gain membership in the Hinrich Foundation Alumni Association.
Dates
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
The scholarship will provide one student admitted into MSFS who has an interest in working in global trade and in Asia with a $15,000 scholarship per year. In addition, the student will engage with the Hinrich Foundation for mentorship and possible job placement support upon graduation.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
