The Diplomat Way.

Dig Deeper. Explore Further.

When you become an F&M Diplomat, your influence reaches everywhere—the 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.

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’ll 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.

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It's Time to Raise Our Game

Each October, Raise Our Game unites student-athletes and their fans as we conduct our annual campaign in support of Diplomat Athletics. Your generosity fuels all 28 teams, providing the resources, equipment and opportunities necessary to compete with the best. Make your gift now and demonstrate your support for today's Diplomats.

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The Biggest Campus Celebration of the Year

More than 2,000 students, parents and alumni filled campus Sept. 19-21 for True Blue Weekend, the combined celebration of the traditional Homecoming & Family Weekend and Alumni Weekend at F&M.

Explore, Experience, and Succeed at F&M

Real-World Learning

Your ideas may start in the classroom, but they won’t 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’re a partner in your success on Day 1. Explore how we engage with students across all four class years — 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 — all within safe walking distance of campus.

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F&M Stories

October 1, 2025

Starstruck in the Land of the Rising Sun

A Diplomat's influence reaches everywhere — even the skies of Japan. This summer, a handful of astrophysics majors and their professor enjoyed a two-week trip to Japan that was “part pulsar science expedition, part cultural exchange related to the NANOStars program at F&M," says Fronefield Crawford, Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy.

September 29, 2025

Students Make Waves as Susquehanna River Watchdogs

Roselyn Ovalles ’26 and Grace Uwezukwe ’26 spent the summer monitoring the Susquehanna River and its many local tributaries as interns with the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association.

September 26, 2025

Experience Lancaster: A Historical City with an Eye on the Future

Are you ready to see why Lancaster is such a great place to live and learn? While you’re here for a Fall Open House, we encourage you to step off campus, explore Lancaster, and start imagining your life as a Diplomat in the city that could be your new home away from home.