Enviro News Asia, Washington DC — A total of 29 Indonesian diplomats and young professionals graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC, United States, on Tuesday (12/5/2026). The graduates completed the Executive Master in Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA) program at the university’s School of Foreign Service through scholarships provided by Lembaga Pengelolaan Dana Pendidikan.
Founded in 1919, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading international relations schools, with more than 29,000 alumni from 120 countries. The institution has repeatedly been ranked as the top graduate program in international relations by Foreign Policy magazine and is known for producing foreign ministers, ambassadors, senior international officials, and global financial leaders.
The 29 graduates came from Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and representatives of the national banking sector. They were part of the second cohort of the executive master’s program supported by LPDP scholarships. The curriculum included academic and policy studies conducted in Indonesia, Doha-Qatar, and Georgetown University in Washington DC, focusing on diplomacy, policy analysis, and contemporary global issues.
Indonesia’s Ambassador to the United States, Indroyono Soesilo, expressed appreciation to the professors at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service for their guidance and dedication in educating Indonesian postgraduate students.
Addressing the graduates, Ambassador Indroyono emphasized that the knowledge, global academic reputation, and international alumni network they gained should become important assets in driving transformation within Indonesia’s ministries and financial sector.
Meanwhile, Dean of the School of Foreign Service, Joel Hellman, praised the Indonesian students for demonstrating outstanding academic performance throughout the program and expressed confidence that they would serve as role models for future Indonesian cohorts.
The EMDIA program is one of two Georgetown programs supported by LPDP. The other initiative is the “3-1-1 Program,” which combines three years of undergraduate study in Indonesia, one year of undergraduate study at Georgetown University, and one year of postgraduate study at Georgetown. The collaboration currently involves Universitas Indonesia and Universitas Bina Nusantara.
Further collaborations are also being explored between Georgetown University’s Department of Computer Science and Universitas Bina Nusantara, as well as between Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute and Universitas Indonesia in environmental science research related to climate change, carbon sequestration, and global carbon markets. (*)
