Johns Hopkins University

Profileuniversity.com - Johns Hopkins University is a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The University was founded in 1876 by an American businessman and philanthropist, Johns Hopkins. Besides having a campus located in the US, it also has an international university Campuses in Italy and China and operates an exchange program with Prime University in Malaysia and the National University of Singapore.

Through colleges and schools, including the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Education, Carey Business School, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Whiting School of Engineering, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University offers more than 51 majors and 42 minors.

With its various departments, Johns Hopkins University is best known for its STEM academics. Although studies have provided a wide range of majors, but there are two popular majors at the university are much taken by students, international studies and writing seminars. Early decision is available and 97% of freshmen opt to return for his sophomore year.

To meet the need for a place to stay for the students, the university has also provided boarding / residential campus stands on a land area of ​​140 hectares. And according to information the university, over half of undergraduates live in one of 10 residence halls or apartment buildings.

As one of the best universities, Johns Hopkins University has won many awards interpretation as well as in various fields, including 36 Nobel Prize winners. In addition, the university also has delivered many important alumni and prominent in the world, including former president Woodrow Wilson, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg and singer Tori Amos.

In addition to providing academic activities, through the organization and sororities, the university also provides a wide range of non-academic activities. And with a variety of activities organized by the student organization, over two thirds of the student body participate in at least one volunteer activity.

One of the organizations active in the Johns Hopkins campus is a sports club. Johns Hopkins University has several varsity sports teams are comprised of a team of men and women who are famous team mascot, dubbed the Blue Jay. The Blue Jay compete with sports teams from other universities in the NCAA Division III athletics competitions, except the men and women's lacrosse teams, the which are Division I.

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