Brief introduction of Johns Hopkins University:
Johns Hopkins University (Hopkins or JHU for short) was founded in 1876. It is a private comprehensive research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It is one of the founding schools of association of american universities (AAU), a North American academic alliance.
In 2023, U.S News ranked seventh among the best universities in the United States. In 2023, American journalism ranked tenth among the best universities in the world. The official mascot is "Blue Bird".
The main campus of Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and the branch campus is located in Washington State, DC, USA. It also has teaching campuses in Nanjing University and Bologna, Italy.
Johns Hopkins University is the first research university in the United States and even in the Western Hemisphere. 1873, when John Hopkins, a banker and Quaker in Baltimore, Maryland, died, he left a huge legacy worth $7 million (equivalent to1600 million in 2006 in terms of purchasing power).
According to his will, his legacy was divided into half and donated to Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital named after him. This was the largest charitable donation in American history at that time. 1875, its property trustee bought the first piece of land on Howard Street in downtown Baltimore as the future university campus.
1876 65438+1On October 22nd, Johns Hopkins University was formally established. On February 22nd of that year, the first principal, Daniel Gilman, took office. 1876 coincides with the 0/00th anniversary of the founding of the United States, and February 22nd is the birthday of George Washington, the founding father of the United States.