At the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, students learn from world-renowned experts, engage in innovative research, realize their entrepreneurial spirit, and expand their knowledge beyond the classroom.
Students in Research
Students contribute to pivotal work in more than 50 labs and research institutes.
Majors and Minors
With no core curriculum, students are provided the freedom to choose the courses that matter most to them.
Faculty Members
Our faculty members hold some of the world’s most esteemed prizes and awards such as the Nobel, Guggenheim, Packard, and Simons.
In Research Funding
JHU has been the top-funded university in federal research and development since 1979.
The undergraduate experience at the Krieger School allows students to build basic abilities that allow them to flourish and learn throughout their life.
Every first-year student at Johns Hopkins enrolls in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) of their choice. These small, intimate, conversation-focused classes cross academic disciplines, and help students build connections that will serve them for the next four years. Each seminar is unique to the faculty teaching it, but all are discussion-based with embedded experiential learning.
Flexible funding from an alum is helping researchers act rapidly for scientific progress
A group of Johns Hopkins undergraduate film students now gets a firsthand glimpse of the entertainment industry, as Southern California–based alumni gather annually to talk about Hollywood
Our new Blue Jays kicked off their JHU journey with an epic outdoor adventure. From backpacking the Appalachian Trail to paddling the Potomac and conquering rock climbs, they learned new skills, made lifelong friends, and connected with the Hopkins community. 🏕️
Outdoor Pursuits continues providing an outdoor experience for students throughout the semester.
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Johns Hopkins ROTC battalion struggles and triumphs together.
Cosmic Visions creates opportunities to probe the history, philosophy, politics, and aesthetics of the humanistic and scientific view of our cosmos.
William E. Connolly, considered a giant in political theory, talks about the discipline as a way to solve the world’s problems.
Krieger School sophomore Alexander Chang co-wrote the recently released Fighting to Belong, a graphic novel about Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history.
The new Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health will address how human health is related to the health of the planet.
The new Hopkins Semester D.C. program gives Krieger School students a chance to work and learn in the nation’s capital.
Christopher S. Celenza, James B. Knapp Dean, discusses how the Krieger School continues to expand our faculty expertise and student experience in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
Students in the Public Health Studies program volunteer at Harriet Lane Clinic.
Assistant Professor Alexandre White discusses his work on Underwriting Souls, a public, digitized archive of documents related to insurance that made the transatlantic slave trade possible.
In her new book, A Free Press, If You Can Keep It: What Natural Language Processing Reveals About Freedom of the Press in Hong Kong, Giovanna Maria Dora Dore, associate teaching professor, looks at the changes in press freedom.
Margaret Johnson’s lab studies dynamical systems in biology, seeking to mathematically quantify how large molecules naturally organize into the complex rudiments for life.
Daniel Schlozman discusses his new book, The Hollow Parties.
Andrew Gordus’s lab uses two model organisms to study the cellular and genetic mechanisms that drive novel and innate behaviors, and how organisms sense and adjust to environmental variability.
Julia Burdick-Will, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, talks about her beekeeping hobby.
Amy Li’s research focuses on student life at Johns Hopkins, especially the coeducation debate that dates back to the founding of Johns Hopkins in 1876.
Ethan Tan’s research on Baltimore’s Chinese community uses first-person stories to investigate how Chinese restaurants have been pivotal to the community.
Daniela Rodriguez ’24 uses textiles to express cognitive concepts, such as memory consolidation, in quilts and other woven structures.
Junior Molly Zhao is studying neuroscience and economics. We spoke with her about her research in stroke recovery.
We asked students about their top hangouts and favorite things to drink while studying and socializing.
Krieger School students network in Hollywood with studio executives, television writers, and more during intersession.
Bill Roche’s Stagecraft class teaches students the hands-on approach to technical and theoretical elements of theater production.
Alumnus Daniel Schlosberg is a Grammy-nominated pianist who has performed throughout the U.S. He has been teaching at the University of Notre Dame since 2005.
Jerry Doctrow ’72 started a blog about retirement to help others navigate the complicated process and living well after retirement.
Anne Chiruvolu ’10 gives her advice, as a small-animal veterinarian, on how to care for your pet and choose a vet.
Art historian Irene Kabala ’01 PhD discusses her collection of between 1,000 and 1,500 artifacts and works of art.
Jennifer Lotz PhD ’03 was recently named director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The School of Arts & Sciences offers a stellar education that positions its students as the best of the best and trains them to be future leaders. Help us ensure that a Hopkins education is attainable to every deserving student, regardless of financial ability
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