Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

America’s First Research University

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Environmental Science

Environmental science introduces you to Earth’s living and nonliving systems and how humans interact with and affect them. You’ll learn how to invoke behavior change to solve environmental and sustainability problems with an emphasis on the natural sciences. 

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Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineers play pivotal roles in bridging the gap between understanding complex scientific concepts and translating them into public policies that affect the environment. Our data-driven approaches to research, cross-disciplinary problem solving, and access to resources and expertise from different departments help prepare you for a career in industry, government, and graduate education. 

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Entrepreneurship and Management

Our undergraduate programs invite students to discover the “great problems,” encourage them to innovate to develop groundbreaking solutions, and inspire them to lead ethically and to think critically and creatively. The Entrepreneurship and Management minor teaches the fundamentals of enterprise and focuses on leadership and management from a multidisciplinary viewpoint with a quantitative emphasis. The […]

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English

The English Department will introduce you to the richness of literature in English and train you in critical analysis of its formal, thematic, and cultural complexities. The program provides a broad sampling of literature from different historical periods and national contexts. Through associated instruction in a foreign language, you’ll get a better understanding of linguistic […]

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Engineering for Sustainable Development

More and more engineers are needed to help find solutions to global problems of poverty, inequality, and social and environmental dislocation. The minor in Engineering for Sustainable Development exposes you to key issues related to development, methods of information-gathering in diverse and difficult settings, and working effectively with non-engineers on complex problems.  

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Energy

The Energy minor addresses the growing need for trained engineers and scientists in the many sectors that develop, manage, and propagate energy technologies. The program will position you to become a leader in the energy field, either directly as an entering professional in industry, government laboratories, and other organizations, or as a graduate student in […]

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Electrical Engineering

We encourage our students to imagine what comes next—and then make it happen. Electrical and computer engineers provide the technologies that are central to our lives, from our computers and cell phones to GPS systems.  You’ll learn the fundamentals of electrical, computer and digital systems, data structures, and circuits, with an emphasis on the hands-on […]

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Economics

The Department of Economics at Hopkins is a leader in economic theory and empirical analysis. We train undergraduates for successful careers in the academy, government, nonprofit, and private sectors. The programs we offer through the Center for Financial Economics are designed to improve your understanding of important economic problems and to provide the tools you’ll need […]

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East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies introduces the knowledge, language skills, and research methods you’ll need to enter various academic and professional paths relating to China, Japan, and Korea. You’ll be submersed in intensive Chinese, Japanese and/or Korean language study through the Center for Language Education and work with faculty on topics like China in the global economy, […]

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Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Sciences is for those interested in the study of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that shape the Earth and other planets. It draws on the disciplines of geology, geochemistry, hydrology, ecology, geobiology, oceanography, and atmospheric science.