Johns Hopkins University
A private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876, with ten academic divisions spanning medicine, public health, engineering, arts and sciences, music and international studies.
About Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University opened in Baltimore in 1876 under its first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, with an emphasis on research alongside teaching. It has ten academic divisions, including schools of arts and sciences, engineering, medicine, nursing, public health, business, education, and government and policy, as well as the Peabody Institute, a music conservatory founded in 1857, and the School of Advanced International Studies. The Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, is a university-affiliated research centre. The university has four campuses in Baltimore: Homewood, East Baltimore, Peabody and Harbor East. It also has a campus in Washington, D.C., and SAIS sites in Italy and China. It enrols more than 24,000 full-time and part-time students, with students from more than 120 countries.
Schools and faculties
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Covers the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences across 22 departments.
Whiting School of Engineering
Applies mathematics and science to practical problems through teaching and research.
School of Medicine
Combines physician education, clinical practice and medical research.
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Trains public health professionals and conducts population health research in many countries.
School of Nursing
Focuses on nursing education, research and practice.
Carey Business School
Offers business programmes for leadership and lifelong learning from its Harbor East campus.
Peabody Institute
A music conservatory founded in 1857, offering degrees and community music and dance programmes.
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Teaches international economics, relations and regional studies at sites on three continents.
Study options
- Undergraduate degrees
- Graduate degrees
- Online programmes
- Part-time and non-degree programmes
Research
Research at Johns Hopkins is spread across its divisions, with medical research in the School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and national security and space science at the Applied Physics Laboratory. Its researchers' past work includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), corrective surgery for infant heart defects and a technique for deflecting asteroids, and about two-thirds of undergraduates take part in research.
- Rank in United States
- #4 of 25
- Research works
- 522,862
- Citations
- 82 million
- h-index
- 2,308
Research figures from OpenAlex (October 2026). How the directory is made.
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