At A Glance
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is the core institution of the Johns Hopkins complex of schools, centers, and institutes. Its mission is discovery—the creation of new knowledge through research and scholarship, and the education of our students, undergraduate and graduate alike. The school’s unique character above all derives from its commitment to choose carefully what is worth pursuing and to do so without compromise.
Founded: 1867 by Johns Hopkins
Opened: 1876 by President Daniel Coit Gilman
Dean: Katherine S. Newman
Research Funding in 2009: $65 million
Undergraduate Alumni: 27,735
Graduate Alumni: 18,793
Undergraduate Tuition ’09-’10: $39,150
Students: 3,494 undergraduates; 980 graduate students;
2,054 part-time graduate students (AAP)
Faculty: 273 full-time tenured/tenure track faculty members
Undergraduate Student/Faculty Ratio: 10:1
Degrees Awarded in 2009: 778 bachelor’s degrees;
294 PhDs; 562 AAP master’s degrees
Academic Departments
(offering 37 undergraduate majors)
- Anthropology
- Biology
- Biophysics
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Cognitive Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics
- English
- German & Romance Languages & Literatures
- History
- History of Art
- History of Science & Technology
- Humanities
- Mathematics
- Near Eastern Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics & Astronomy
- Political Science
- Psychological & Brain Sciences
- Sociology
- Writing Seminars
Centers and Programs
- Center for Africana Studies
- Center for Astrophysical Sciences
- Center for Financial Economics
- Center for the Social Organization of Schools
- Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Pre-Modern Europe
- David S. Olton Behavioral Biology Program
- East Asian Studies Program
- Expository Writing Program
- Film and Media Studies Program
- Institute for Biophysical Research
- International Studies Program
- Language Teaching Center
- Latin American Studies Program
- Leonard & Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
- Program in Museums and Society
- Odyssey Program
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
- Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- Program in Theatre Arts & Studies
- Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
- Undergraduate Program in Public Health Studies
- Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Affiliated Institutes
- Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute
- Carnegie Institution (Department of Embryology)
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Space Telescope Science Institute
Professional Master’s Degree Programs
(Advanced Academic Programs)
- Applied Economics
- Bioinformatics
- Bioscience Regulatory Affairs
- Biotechnology (and Biotechnology/MBA)
- Communication (and Communication/MBA)
- Environmental Sciences and Policy
- Global Security Studies
- Government (and Government/MBA)
- Liberal Arts
- Museum Studies
- Writing
Student Groups and Activities
(a sampling of more than 300 organizations)
- A Place to Talk
- Animation Club
- Caribbean Cultural Society
- Chinese Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe
- Film Society
- Foreign Affairs Symposium
- Hopkins Emergency Response Organization
- Pre-Law Society
- Students for Environmental Action
- Ultimate Frisbee
- WJHU Student Radio