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GDub Election Hub. Join GW for Decision 2024 as we offer our expertise and insights on what promises to be a truly historic election. The GDub Election Hub is GW's central location for faculty commentary on the election, events focused on elections, and resources for getting involved.
The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 as Washington, D.C.'s first university by the United States Congress.
Whether you want to advance your current career or start on a fresh path, we’re confident you will find what you’re looking for at GW. With more than 240 graduate programs in our schools and colleges, there’s a program here that will fit your interests and lifestyle.
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If you’re still deciding on college and interested in learning in Washington, D.C., we have programs for you from the arts and business to history, STEM and more. You’ll have all the advantages that GW students do during the summer through our on-campus or online pre-college courses.
Our students come to GW for many of these same reasons. They come for passionate faculty, for diverse student groups, for Division I athletics, for once-in-a-lifetime internships, and for inspiring service opportunities. GW, like many universities, provides all of this.
George Washington was determined to have a great national university in the nation’s capital. His hope was that students from all parts of the country would gain a first-hand knowledge of the practice as well as the theory of republican government while being instructed in the arts and sciences.
