Washington, D.C.

=== Higher education ===
{{See also|List of colleges and universities in Washington, D.C.}}
[[File:Healy Hall Georgetown University.jpg|thumb|[[Georgetown University]], founded in 1789, is the city's oldest university.]]
The [[University of the District of Columbia]] (UDC) is a public [[land-grant university]] providing undergraduate and graduate education.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/university-of-district-of-columbia-admissions-788152 |title=University of the District of Columbia |website=ThoughtCo |first=Allen |last=Grove |access-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203044757/https://www.thoughtco.com/university-of-district-of-columbia-admissions-788152 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[University charter#Federal|Federally chartered universities]] include [[American University]] (AU), [[Gallaudet University]], [[George Washington University]] (GWU), [[Georgetown University]] (GU), and [[Howard University]] (HU). Other private universities include the [[Catholic University of America]] (CUA), the [[Johns Hopkins University]] [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] (SAIS), and [[Trinity Washington University]]. The [[Corcoran College of Art and Design]], the oldest art school in the capital, was absorbed into the George Washington University in 2014, now serving as its college of arts.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Montgomery |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/corcoran-gallery-of-art-and-college-to-be-taken-over-by-the-national-gallery-of-art-and-george-washington-university/2014/02/19/a236132e-9994-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html |title=Corcoran Gallery of Art and College to split apart, partnering with National Gallery, GWU |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 19, 2014 |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017214354/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/corcoran-gallery-of-art-and-college-to-be-taken-over-by-the-national-gallery-of-art-and-george-washington-university/2014/02/19/a236132e-9994-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city's medical research institutions include [[Washington Hospital Center]] and [[Children's National Medical Center]]. The city is home to three medical schools and associated teaching hospitals: George Washington, Georgetown, and Howard universities.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowman |first=Inci A. |title=Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/intro.html |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805094828/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/intro.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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