Johns Hopkins University

University Profile The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Hopkins or JHU, is a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins also maintains full-time campuses elsewhere in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, and China. The undergraduate studies program is ranked 13th among World Universities by U.S. News and World Report. Johns Hopkins has noted graduate programs in Medicine, Public Health, Music, and International Studies. The University is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities.

The University is named after Johns Hopkins, who left $7 million in his 1873 will for the foundation of the University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. At the time, this was the largest philanthropic bequest in U.S. history, the equivalent of over $131 million in the year 2006. The University opened on 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."

Johns Hopkins was the first university in the United States to emphasize research, applying the German university model developed by Wilhelm von Humboldt and Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher. Johns Hopkins is the first U.S. university to teach through seminars, instead of solely through lectures, as well as the first university in the United States to offer an undergraduate major (as opposed to a purely liberal arts curriculum). As such, Johns Hopkins was a model for most large research universities in the United States, particularly the University of Chicago. According to the National Science Foundation ranking, Johns Hopkins performed $1.55 billion in science, medical and engineering research in fiscal year 2007. NSF ranked the University first among 20 U.S. academic institutions in total Research & Development spending for the 29th year in a row.

General Information:
Address:	3400 North Charles Street
City:	Baltimore, MD
State:	MD
Zip Code:	21218
Phone:	410-516-8341
Campus Housing:	No
Public/Private:	Private
Established:	1876
Website:	www.jhu.edu
Surrounding Area:	City: Large
More Information:
Faculty:	3,100 (full time)
Student/Faculty ratio:	10 / 1
Staff:	15,000 (full time)
Male/Female:	52 / 48
Undergraduates:	4,744
Endowment:	US $2.5 billion (2008)
President:	Ronald J. Daniels
Motto:	Veritas vos liberabit
Motto in English:	The truth will set you free
Majors:	Anthropology, Biological/Life Sciences, Chemistry, Communications, Computer Sciences, Economics, Engineering, English Language and Literature, Health and Clinical Sciences (PreMed and Medical), History, Languages, Literature and Linguistics (Foreign), Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Visual Arts http://apply.jhu.edu/academics/majors.html
Admissions:
Application Deadline:	January 1
SAT Verbal:	680
SAT Math:	710
ACT:	31
Tuition:	$37,700
Room and Board:	$11,092
Applicants:	16,739
Accepted:	4,367
Enrolled:	1,318
Athletics:
Athletics:	NCAA Division III Centennial Conference
Athletics Conference:	Centennial Conference
Colors:	Blue and White
Mascot:	Blue Jay
Sports:	Men: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Water Polo, Wrestling. Women: Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball. Lacrosse teams participate in NCAA Division 1; athletics include men's and women's fencing