Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Studies
The graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Studies is designed for students whose careers demand an understanding of the formulation and implementation of foreign policy and the dynamics of diplomacy as government officials, diplomats, in the NGO world, or the private sector. The certificate’s requirements seek to help students integrate and complement their graduate degree programs, to provide them with the intellectual skills to assess the complexity of issues and actors beyond the student’s own functional or geographic area of concentration, to synthesize a wide range of information sources, to extrapolate from relevant case studies and broad strategic goals, and to devise innovative, yet pragmatic policy implementation steps. ISD welcomes graduate students from across Georgetown University.
The goal is a balance of functional and regional focuses, core and emerging issues, and statecraft skills and competencies tailored to the academic background and career goals of the student. Learn more about Certificate requirements here.
Watch the most recent application information session here.
Click here for the 2026 Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Studies Application, due February 1st, 2026.
Graduate Certificate in Global Health Diplomacy (H-DIP)
The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, in conjunction with the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program, offers a Graduate Certificate in Global Health Diplomacy, designed to prepare students to work in a variety of environments, engaging in multilateral, bilateral, formal and informal efforts to advance health and foreign policy. The certificate will work with students from all SFS graduate programs and disciplinary studies to fill gaps in knowledge and provide the training necessary to operate effectively in the health diplomacy space.
The certificate’s requirements seek to help students integrate and complement their graduate degree programs, to provide them with the skills to assess the complexity of issues and actors in global health diplomacy, to synthesize a wide range of information sources, to extrapolate from relevant case studies and broad strategic goals, and to devise innovative, yet pragmatic policy implementation steps.
Learn more about Certificate requirements here.
The application for the graduate certificate can be accessed here. The submission deadline is February 1, 2026.
Please reach out to Dr. Rebecca Katz at Rebecca.Katz@georgetown.edu for more information.