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.
Welcome, Class of 2029!
Join Us at a Fall Open House
Are you ready to learn the Diplomat way? Join us at a Fall Open House to get a closer look at what it means to be an F&M Diplomat. You鈥檒l hear from F&M students, professors, and staff to uncover how you can create a highly personalized educational journey, connect your academic interests to real-world experiences, and pursue success beyond F&M with confidence, courage and curiosity.
Explore, Experience, and Succeed at F&M
Real-World Learning
Your ideas may start in the classroom, but they won鈥檛 be contained there. At F&M, you can connect the things you care about to meaningful experiences, including research, internships, volunteering, and more.
A Global Campus
We proudly embrace our global identity and commit ourselves to improving our cultural fluency. We demonstrate this commitment by recruiting students from around the world, emphasizing the transformative power of studying abroad, and creating opportunities to engage with a globalized Lancaster.
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 arts, culture, and experiences for every taste and preference and is full of extraordinary opportunities 鈥� all within safe walking distance of campus.
Discover the city 禄F&M Stories
September 17, 2025
鈥楳y Magical Summer in Bath鈥�: Junior Shares U.K. Study Experience
Eleanor Metz '27 did more than study Roman history this summer. She lived it in the 18th-century city of Bath 鈥� one of England鈥檚 most significant cultural sites 鈥� through F&M鈥檚 Advanced Studies in England program.
September 15, 2025
Diplomats Share True Blue Wisdom
We asked our alumni what advice they would share with their first-year selves, and their timeless words of wisdom will resonate with every generation of Diplomats.
September 12, 2025
Leadership the Diplomat Way
Today鈥檚 F&M Diplomats become tomorrow鈥檚 leaders. F&M President Andy Rich joined Caroline Riegel '26, student body president, for a discussion about student leadership to commence the College's fall Common Hour series Sept. 11.