Johns Hopkins University was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1876; the university calls it the nation’s first research university. Its first president was Daniel Coit Gilman. Johns Hopkins appointed the first trustees in 1867.
The university’s 10 divisions are spread across nine campuses on three continents. Four are in Baltimore: Homewood, East Baltimore, Peabody and Harbor East. The School of Advanced International Studies is based in Washington, D.C., with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. The Applied Physics Laboratory is in Laurel, Maryland. The pages read do not give a student total. Ronald J. Daniels has been the 14th president since March 2009, and Lainie Rutkow is interim provost.