The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins maintains campuses in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, China and Singapore.
The university was founded on January 22, 1876 and named for its benefactor, the philanthropist Johns Hopkins. Daniel Coit Gilman was inaugurated as first president on February 22, 1876.
Johns Hopkins pioneered the concept of the modern research university in the United States and has ranked among the world's top such universities throughout its history. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has ranked Johns Hopkins #1 among U.S. academic institutions in total science, medical and engineering research and development spending for 31 consecutive years. As of 2011, thirty-seven Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with Johns Hopkins, and the university's research is among the most cited in the world.
Research centers and institutes
Divisional
- School of Medicine (28)
- School of Public Health (70)
- School of Nursing (2)
- School of Arts and Sciences (27)
- School of Advanced International Studies (17)
- School of Engineering (16)
- School of Education (3)
- Applied Physics Laboratory
Medical
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre
- Howard County General Hospital
- Suburban Hospital
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- All Children's Medical Center
Others
- Center for Biotechnology
- The Center for Language and Speech Processing
- Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies
- The Berman Institute of Bioethics
- Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs
- Center for Talented Youth- Summer institute for gifted students