Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University, sometimes referred to as Hopkins University or JHU, is a prestigious private research institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins University is a private research institution that was established in 1876. It asserts that it is the oldest research university in the United States, and it is often ranked among the most prominent institutions in the world.

The university was given its name in honour of Johns Hopkins, an American industrialist and Quaker philanthropist who was the institution's first patron. The $7 million bequest made by Hopkins to establish the institution was the single greatest charitable donation ever made in the history of the United States up to that point. It was on February 22, 1876, that Daniel Coit Gilman became the first president of Johns Hopkins Institution. Under his leadership, the university revolutionised the system of higher education in the United States by combining research with classroom instruction. In the year 1900, Johns Hopkins University joined the American Association of Universities as one of its founding members. For the last three decades, the institution has maintained its position as the top spender on yearly research among all universities in the United States.

On its campuses in Maryland and Washington, District of Columbia, as well as its foreign locations in Italy and China, Johns Hopkins University is structured into ten distinct divisions. On the Homewood campus, which is situated in the Charles Village district of Baltimore, the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering are the two undergraduate schools that the university offers. On the site of the Medical Institutions in East Baltimore are the medical school, the nursing school, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. In addition, the institution includes the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the Peabody Institute, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the School of Education, the Carey Business School, and a variety of other buildings and resources. Additionally, the institution has graduate campuses in the cities of Italy, China, and Washington, District of Columbia.

As of the month of October 2019, Johns Hopkins University's professors and graduates have been associated with the work of 39 Nobel laureates and one Fields Medalist. Since it was established in 1883, the men's lacrosse team for the Blue Jays has gone on to win 44 national championships. They are now an affiliate member of the Big Ten Conference. The remainder of the university's athletic programmes are members of the Centennial Conference and participate in Division III of the NCAA.