Johns Hopkins University

research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in  the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins.million bequesof which half financed the establishment of The Johns Hopkins Hospita was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at the time. Daniel , who was inaugurated as the institution's first president on February  led the university to revolutionize higher education in the by integrating teaching and research.

Johns Hopkins is organized into ten divisions on campuses in Maryland and Washington, D.C. with international centers in Italy, China, and Singapore.The two undergraduate divisions, the 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 Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the education school, the Carey Business School, and various other facilities.

The first research university in the United States and a founding member of the American Association of Universities, Johns Hopkins has been considered one of the world’s top universities throughout its history. The University stands among the top  in US News' Best National Universities Rankings and top  on a number of international league tables.Over the course of almost y, thirty-six Nobel laureates and a United States president havbeen affiliated with Johns Hopkins.Fouded in he Blue Jays men’s lacrosse team has captured national titles and joined the Big Ten Conference as an affiliate member in