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.

The World Needs Diplomats

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

July 24, 2025

Field Research Leads F&M Grad to Hawaiian Wildlife Refuge

Owen Sobel ’24 swapped soccer cleats for hiking boots to pursue a rewarding career in environmental field research and conservation. A former Diplomat midfielder, Sobel is now a U.S. Fish & Wildlife biological technician at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

July 22, 2025

Kelvin Lartey ’27 Computes Postgraduate Future

Researcher, mentor and scientific advocate: Go behind the scenes with Kelvin Lartey ’27 as he spends the summer in Pittsburgh developing a mathematical model to study viral pathogens.

July 18, 2025

F&M Students Launch Global Nutrition Nonprofit

F&M's global community of students brought together Jordan Samuels and Lyla Loria, co-founders of Fuel for Thought, a nonprofit that provides meals and educational resources to students in South Africa.