Johns Hopkins University
America's first research university, founded in 1876 in Baltimore, operating across education, research, and healthcare with leading R&D spending nationwide.
Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, holds the distinction of being America's first research university. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, it operates across education, research, and healthcare, with academic programmes spanning medicine, public health, engineering, the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. The university enrolls more than 24,000 full- and part-time students.
Research is central to the institution's identity. Johns Hopkins has led the United States in research and development spending every year since 1979. The university's culture holds that research and teaching are inseparable, fostering what it describes as a vibrant community of scholars, researchers, and innovators.
With deep roots in both the biomedical sciences and a broad liberal arts tradition, the university maintains a commitment to excellence across its departments and affiliated institutions, including its well-known medical school and school of public health. Its dual role as an educator and a major research enterprise makes it one of the largest and most influential academic institutions in the country.