The Diplomat Way.
Dig Deeper. Explore Further.
When you become an F&M Diplomat, your influence reaches everywhere鈥攖he classroom and laboratory, the studio and stage, the playing field, the city of Lancaster and beyond. Because each step you take, each choice you make, expands into something greater.
To shape the world, start right where you are. That's the Diplomat way.
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Help Us Raise Our Game
Each October, F&M brings together alumni, families, students and friends for Raise
Our Game, a month-long campaign to support Diplomat Athletics. Our 28 teams count
on your generosity to ensure they have the equipment, training and opportunities to
excel, both in competition and in their own academic and professional goals.
Ready to Be a Diplomat? Apply Early Decision I by November 15.
If F&M is your top-choice school, why not apply early? Our first Early Decision deadline is November 15.
Apply Early Decision 禄Explore, Experience, and Succeed at F&M
Research Possibilities
The cornerstone of the educational experience we offer is students working side-by-side with faculty who want to help them test ideas 鈥 not just talk or read about them. These are not experiences you have to wait until graduate school to pursue. It's a core part of what we do.
A Global Education
Our focus on global education recognizes that, no matter where life takes you after F&M, you will work and live with people with vastly different ways of perceiving our world. A global education helps you begin to understand how to negotiate these differences, strengthening your abilities to successfully live and work in our increasingly global society.
Success Beyond F&M
We鈥檙e a partner in your success on Day 1. Explore how we engage with students across all four class years 鈥 and discover how that commitment helps you land jobs in leading industries and gain admission to high-demand graduate and professional programs around the world.
Our Home: The City of Lancaster
F&M's extraordinary home city is an urban oasis. Lancaster, PA offers a rich mixture of arts and culture filled with experiences for every taste and preference 鈥 all within safe walking distance of campus.
discover the city 禄F&M Stories
October 24, 2024
F&M Poll: Among Likely Voters, Trump and Harris Virtually Tied
With fewer than two weeks before the Nov. 5 election, Republican Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris are virtually tied, 50% to 49%, in Pennsylvania.
October 22, 2024
Open House Gives Glimpse of Campus
F&M鈥檚 annual fall open house provided prospective Diplomats the opportunity to visit academic and social spaces across campus.
October 21, 2024
Success Beyond F&M: A Psychology Major鈥檚 Path to Behavioral Therapy
As a student at F&M, Skye Victor 鈥23 spent her summers working at a preschool for children with autism. This experience helped her discover how to blend her psychology degree with her dream of working with kids. 鈥淚 connected with the kids immediately, so I decided I wanted to go further and become a behavior therapist,鈥 she said.