Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Johns Hopkins University

Seal of The Johns Hopkins University
Motto	Veritas vos liberabit (Latin)
Motto in English	The Truth Shall Set You Free
Type	Private
Established	1876 (1876)
Academic affiliations	AAU URA NAICU COFHE ORAU
Endowment	$3.381 billion (2016)
President	Ronald J. Daniels
Provost	Sunil Kumar
Undergraduates	5,326
Postgraduates	14,848
Location	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. 39°19′44″N 76°37′13″W / 39.32889°N 76.62028°W / 39.32889; -76.62028Coordinates: 39°19′44″N 76°37′13″W / 39.32889°N 76.62028°W / 39.32889; -76.62028
Colors	Hopkins Blue, White, and Black
Nickname	Blue Jays
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III Centennial Conference NCAA Division I Big Ten
Mascot	Blue Jay
Website	www.jhu.edu

The Johns Hopkins University (commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins) is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named for its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins. His $7 million bequest—of which half financed the establishment of Johns Hopkins Hospital—was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at that time.Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inaugurated as the institution's first president on February 22, 1876, led the university to revolutionize higher education in the U.S. by integrating teaching and research. Adopting the concept of a graduate school from Germany's ancient Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University is considered the first research university in the United States.

Johns Hopkins is organized into 10 divisions on campuses in Maryland and Washington, D.C. with international centers in Italy, China, and Singapore. The two undergraduate divisions, the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering, are located on the Homewood campus in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood. The medical school, the nursing school, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health are located on the Medical Institutions campus in East Baltimore. The university also consists of the Peabody Institute, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the School of Education, the Carey Business School, and various other facilities.