Johns Hopkins University is a private coeducational institution based in Baltimore. The university consists of 10 divisions: (1) the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, (2) the Whiting School of Engineering, (3) the Carey Business School, (4) the School of Education, (5) the School of Medicine, (6) the Bloomberg School of Public Health, (7) the School of Nursing, (8) the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, (9) the Peabody Institute, and (10) the Applied Physics Laboratory.
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has programs in the natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities. Programs at the Whiting School of Engineering include biomedical engineering. The School of Education offers a number of education specialties, including reading, special education, and gifted education. These schools are centered at the University’s Homewood campus.
The School of Medicine, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing share a campus with the Johns Hopkins Hospital in east Baltimore, a separate but closely associated institution. The School of Medicine is known for research, teaching, and patient care.
The main campus of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (also known as SAIS) is in Washington, D.C. The school offers graduate study and research in international relations. SAIS also has centers in Bologna, Italy, and at Nanjing University in Nanjing, China.
The Carey Business School offers undergraduate and master’s degrees. It has a number of cross-disciplinary programs with other schools at Johns Hopkins. The Peabody Institute is the oldest chartered music school in the United States. It was established in 1857 and became affiliated with Johns Hopkins in 1977. Both of these institutions are in downtown Baltimore.
The Applied Physics Laboratory, in Howard County, Maryland, is devoted entirely to research and development. It is noted for contributions to national security, space exploration, and development of medical devices.
Other programs connected with Johns Hopkins University include the Institute for Policy Studies, the Center for Technology in Education, and the Johns Hopkins University Press. The university is also the home of the Space Telescope Science Institute. The institute is the science ground station for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Upon his death in 1873, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins left a $7-million gift to found a university and hospital. The university, founded in 1876, was originally in downtown Baltimore. In 1916, the nonmedical divisions moved to the Homewood campus.
The university’s website at https://www.jhu.edu/ offers additional information.
