Johns Hopkins University

John Hopkins University is the first private research institution in America that was established in the year 1876. It has taken its name from America's first and great entrepreneur, philanthropist and abolitionist, John Hopkins. Daniel Coit Gilman was the first president of the university who aims to transform higher education in the USA by incorporating research and teaching together.

The university has been methodologically categorized into 10 divisions on the campus in Washington D.C. and Maryland with Italy, Singapore, and China as international centers. The Homewood Campus located in the Baltimore's Charles neighborhood has two undergraduate divisions including the Whiting School of Engineering and the Zanvyl Krieger School of the Arts and Sciences. In East Baltimore, there are the medical institutes of the university namely the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the nursing school. The university also comprises of various other departments and facilities including the Applied Physics Laboratory, Peabody Institute, Carey Business School and the Paul H. Niltz School of Advanced International Studies.

John Hopkins University has an enrollment of over 24,000 part and full-time undergraduate and graduate programmes. The university offers bachelors, masters, certificate and doctoral degrees. Over 260 programs are offered to choose from its nine academic categories including humanities, engineering, arts and music, business, natural and social sciences, international studies, health, and education.

• Spring Fair is a student-run festival which has been in tradition since 1972
• According to the 2019 U.S. News & World Report, John Hopkins University stands on the tenth position in undergraduate education among other national universities in the U.S
• For a master's degree, the School of Nursing has been ranked first nationally
• QS Top University rankings have ranked the university on fifth in the field of medicine
• The library has ten divisions on the university's campus that are home to over 3.6 million volumes

Johns Hopkins University is the first research university in the United States, established in 1876.

JHU’s 9 academic divisions and laboratories are spread across 3 continents. The university's 4 campuses in Baltimore enroll over 24,000 students—including 450 international students representing 61 countries.

Approximately 400 programs are offered at Johns Hopkins University.

For admission as an undergraduate, JHU requires a 3.0 GPA on the last two years of secondary school or its equivalent.In addition, Johns Hopkins University requires that its graduate students have at least a 3.0 GPA in their previous undergraduate studies. #JHU