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.
Discover the city »F&M Stories
August 21, 2025
Darij Kulchyckyj ’24 Maps Blueprint for Success
Darij Kulchyckyj ’24 wanted to merge his passions for math, music and the environment. F&M’s liberal arts approach helped him do just that. Now an environmental consultant at an engineering firm, Kulchyckyj also hit a major milestone in his music career thanks to a grant from F&M.
August 18, 2025
Haunah Thomas '27 Reaches for the Stars in Writing and Research
A love of science fiction inspired Haunah Thomas ’27 to choose a college where she could get hands-on research experience in astrophysics while still pursuing her creative passions.
August 15, 2025
Exploring Ancient Worlds to Shape Her Future
Navigating career exploration with courage and curiosity — that’s the Diplomat way. This summer, Katherine Briggs ’26 dove into her zeal for classical archaeology by interning at the Near Eastern Collections, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.