Introduction

These Graduate Regulations establish minimum requirements for admission and for the awarding of degrees. Schools, departments, and programs may set higher standards. Students are responsible for reading and understanding the relevant handbooks, rules, regulations, and procedures of their school or program, and the University-wide policies and procedures enumerated or linked to in this Bulletin. Recipients of merit-based financial aid must adhere to the terms established by their award letters. Ignorance of these rules does not serve as an excuse for infractions of them. 

Exceptions to rules, regulations, and procedures can only be granted through the processes articulated in this Bulletin. No University officials, including faculty members, are authorized to grant exceptions individually, except where that right has been afforded to them by the Bulletin. Any student who is in doubt about how a rule, regulation, or procedure applies to them should seek clarification from their school dean’s office. 

The policies in this Bulletin are established by the University Committee of Graduate Studies (UCGS), under the oversight of the University Office of Graduate Studies (UOGS, or "Graduate Studies"). Graduate Studies provides shared services, support, and oversight for graduate programs across the University. These policies apply to all credit-bearing graduate and professional degree and certificate programs the Medical Doctorate (MD), the Juris Doctorate (JD), the Master of Laws (LLM), and the Doctorate of Juridical Science. 

The University may update its policies, procedures, admissions requirements, curriculum, course offerings and requirements, course delivery modes or methods (including whether virtual or in person), arrangement of courses, academic and semester calendar, schedule, and duration graduation or degree requirements, conditions for eligibility for financial aid, tuition rates and fees, and resources and programming offered to students at any time for any reason. Any updates made to the Bulletin will be communicated to students. It is the responsibility of each student to keep well-informed with respect to the policies and requirements in the University Bulletin and all other policies of the University, school, and program in which they are enrolled. The University Bulletin applies to current students and is not a contract. 

Questions may be addressed to the following University officials, as appropriate: 
http://grad.georgetown.edu/people/ 

Alison Mackey, Ph.D.
Vice President for Graduate Studies
(202) 687-5603
vpgs@georgetown.edu

Eleanor J.B. Daugherty, Ed.D. 
Vice President for Student Affairs
Division of Student Affairs 
(202) 687-8302
ed855@georgetown.edu 

Theresa E. Torres 
Graduate Program Director 
Office of Student Financial Affairs
(202) 687-4547
torrest@georgetown.edu 

Vanessa Meyers 
Director 
Office of Global Services 
(202) 687-5867
vmm8@georgetown.edu 

Annamarie J. Bianco 
University Registrar 
Office of the University Registrar
(202) 687-4020
univregistrar@georgetown.edu 

Maynard Littlejohn, III 
Deputy Director 
Revenue, Receivables, & Payables Department
(202) 687-7100
littlejm@georgetown.edu