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Johns Hopkins University is an elite institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland. Among the world's most prestigious schools, the University opened February 22, 1876, with the stated goal of "The encouragement of research ... and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell." The University's first president was visionary educator Daniel Coit Gilman, and its motto is "Veritas vos liberabit" - "The truth shall make you free".
It is named for Johns Hopkins, who left $7,000,000 in his 1867 will for the foundation of The Johns Hopkins University and The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the equivalent of approximately $84,613,640 in the year 2002. Johns Hopkins was the first research university in the United States, founded on the model of German research institutions. As such, it was the first American university to offer an undergraduate major (as opposed to a purely liberal arts curriculum) and the first American university to grant doctoral degrees. The University was an all-male institution until 1970.
Johns Hopkins offers superior undergraduate programs based at the Homewood Campus in Baltimore: The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering, which contribute to Johns Hopkins' reputation as one of the world's preeminent universities. Among the many strong departments at Johns Hopkins are art history, astronomy, biology, biomedical engineering, biophysics, creative writing (Writing Seminars), economics, English, film and media studies, German, history, international studies, Near Eastern studies, political science, and Romance languages. The Biomedical Engineering Department is widely recognized as one of the best in the nation. The French Department is also recognized as a "center of excellence" in the study of French culture and language by the government of France, one of only four in the United States.
The University was designed from the start to marry scholarship and research, and graduate education has always been of key importance. All students at Johns Hopkins are encouraged to pursue original research at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and nearly 80% of Johns Hopkins undergrads produce research by the time of graduation. Johns Hopkins receives more federal research grants than any other university in the United States.
The Milton S. Eisenhower Library (called MSE by students), located on the Homewood Campus, houses over 2.6 million volumes and 21,000 journal subscriptions. The Eisenhower Library is a member of the the University's Sheridan Libraries encompassing collections at the Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room in Gilman Hall, the John Work Garrett Library at Evergreen House, and the George Peabody Library at Mount Vernon Place. Together these collections provide the major research library resources for the University, serving Johns Hopkins academic programs worldwide.
In addition to graduate education at the schools of Arts & Sciences and Engineering, Johns Hopkins also has several prestigious graduate professional schools.
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is very highly revered, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health is renowned for contributions worldwide to preventive medicine and the health of large populations. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (simply referred to as SAIS), located in Washington D.C., is recognized as a world leader in international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and government studies. SAIS has international campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China.
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