Colleges Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University www.jhu.edu

Johns Hopkins University is a private institution that was founded in 1876. Its setting is urban, and the campus size is 140 acres. Johns Hopkins University is divided into nine schools, five of which serve undergraduate and graduate students. The Homewood Campus, one of the university’s four campuses in and around Baltimore, is the primary campus for undergraduates. Freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus. More than 1,400 students participate in the Greek community. Hopkins also has additional campuses for its School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC; Bologna, Italy; and Nanjing, China. Hopkins’ graduate programs include Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Education, Whiting School of Engineering, School of Medicine and the Peabody Institute for music and dance. Johns Hopkins Hospital is a top-ranked hospital with highly ranked specialties.

Academics

At Johns Hopkins University, students will have the relationships and resources to explore what they care about most—and then dig deeper to make a difference in the world around them. The Homewood campus in Baltimore consists of two undergraduate schools: Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering. With the flexible curriculum, students will have the freedom to discover new interests and make exciting connections across disciplines. The student-faculty ratio at Johns Hopkins is 6:1, and the school has 78% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. Popular majors include Cellular and Molecular Biology, Public Health, Neuroscience, and Computer and Information Sciences.

Special Highlights

Homewood Campus. Most Johns Hopkins undergraduates study at Homewood, the 140-acre North Baltimore campus that has been home to the School of Engineering since 1914 and School of Arts & Sciences since 1916. Homewood is also home to dozens of research labs, two libraries, residence halls, administrative buildings, and athletic and recreation facilities. It’s a traditional college setting in the heart of a big city: Think red-brick buildings and tree-lined pathways, an iconic clock tower, and expansive green quads in a city with a rich history that has blossomed into a hub of social, cultural, and economic activity. The campus is spacious and wooded, like a park. There’s an area called “The Beach,” where students can sit on the grass to read or relax.

Applied Physics Laboratory. Engineering with Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Autonomy. From health care to planetary defense and national security, Johns Hopkins APL continues to make advances in AI to ensure the technology’s capabilities while identifying, minimizing, or eliminating its weaknesses. A Laboratory-wide collaborative community of AI researchers and applied scientists works in domains from beneath the sea to outer space to innovatively incorporate autonomy, computer vision, machine learning, and other AI techniques across the breadth of our programs and projects. Internally funded AI exploration and research help us take bold steps in this realm to continue advancing AI for the good of the nation and the world.

School Mission & Unique Qualities

Johns Hopkins University opened in 1876 with the inauguration of its first president, Daniel Coit Gilman. He guided the opening of the university and other institutions, including the university press, the hospital, and the schools of nursing and medicine. The original academic building on the Homewood campus, Gilman Hall, is named in his honor. JHU’s mission is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for lifelong learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world. Regarded as “America’s first research university,” JHU is a place that has revolutionized higher education in the U.S. and continues to bring knowledge and discoveries to the world.

Student Reviews…

“The academics were challenging without being destructive to student mental health and there were always numerous clubs, involvement opportunities, and events on campus to attend. It was easy to find research opportunities at the hospital and in general, the professors were very supportive.”