Johns Hopkins University
Facts at a Glance
 The Johns Hopkins University,
founded in Baltimore in 1876, was the first modern research
university in the United States, emphasizing research and the
advancement of knowledge along with teaching of students. Its
establishment began a revolution in U.S. higher education.
The university is named for
its
initial benefactor, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins, whose $7
million bequest -- the largest U.S. philanthropic gift to that
time -- established both the university and The Johns Hopkins
Hospital.
Today, the university enrolls
more than 18,000 full-time and part-time students on three major
campuses in Baltimore, one in Washington, D.C., and facilities
throughout the Baltimore-Washington area and in China and
Italy.
The university's academic
divisions are the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the
Whiting School of Engineering, and the School of Professional
Studies in Business and Education, all on the Homewood campus in
Baltimore; the School of Medicine, the School of Hygiene and
Public Health, and the School of Nursing in East Baltimore; the
Peabody Institute, a music conservatory in downtown Baltimore;
and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in
Washington, D.C. The Applied Physics Laboratory, a research and
development unit, is located between Baltimore and
Washington.
Johns Hopkins has offered
courses for part-time students since its founding, and
established a formal division of continuing education in 1909.
Today, part-time students -- primarily master's degree candidates
-- account for about half of all Hopkins students and about 40
percent of all Hopkins degrees.
The university employs nearly
25,000 people in full-time, part-time and temporary positions. It
is one of Maryland's five largest private employers.
The Johns Hopkins Institutions
-
- the university and The Johns Hopkins Health System, a separate
corporation -- together constitute the state's largest private
employer. In fiscal 1999, spending by the university, the Health
System and their affiliates generated -- directly and indirectly
-- an estimated $5 billion of income in Maryland, roughly one of
every 33 dollars in the state's economy
Johns Hopkins ranks first
among
U.S. universities in receipt of federal research and development
funds. The School of Medicine ranks first among medical schools
in extramural awards from the National Institutes of Health. The
School of Hygiene and Public Health ranks first among all public
health schools in research support from the federal
government.
Office of News and Information
The Johns Hopkins University
January 2000
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