Johns Hopkins University. Washington, the capital of the United States. Located in central North America, it borders Canada in the north, the Gulf of Mexico in the south, the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. There is a university in COVID-19, USA, and that is Johns Hopkins University. Established in 1876, this university is a private comprehensive research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It is the first research university in the United States and one of the founding schools of association of american universities (AAU) 14.