Sheridan Libraries If the library is the heart of a university, Johns Hopkins has a very big heart. The Milton S. Eisenhower Library is so big it had to be built mostly underground to keep from dwarfing the rest of the buildings on campus. A comprehensive research library, it contains more than 2.8 million volumes; 55,000 print and electronic journals; 700,000 electronic books; 216,000 maps; 10,000 videos and DVDs; and significant rare books, manuscripts, and archival materials. One of the busiest buildings on campus, the MSE Library is open 24/7 during the academic year. Other Sheridan Libraries include the John Work Garret Library at Evergreen Museum, the George Peabody Library at Mt. Vernon Place, and the Albert D. Hutzler Undergraduate Reading Room in Gilman Hall. Johns Hopkins students also have access to other specialized libraries throughout the university.
Computing Krieger Academic Computing Lab the largest computer facility on campus ResNet wired residential network computing available in every residence hall room Residential computer clusters available around the clock in the residence halls Mobile Computing Program lets students purchase discounted laptops with a Johns Hopkins service agreement and compatibility guarantee Digital Media Center offers equipment for graphic design and digital imaging, video, and sound recording Departmental computer labs often feature specialized software and equipment Computer kiosks stations with Internet and e-mail access dot campus Wireless computing available in most areas Johns Hopkins students aboard a NASA training aircraft that simulates weightlessness—fondly nicknamed the “Vomit Comet.”
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Customize Your Experience What do you really want to do? Curate exhibitions at a major museum? Engineer technology to make cars safer, a surgeon’s job easier, a structure’s walls thinner? Fly with NASA astronaut trainers? Go on an archaeological dig in Egypt? Explore the great, wide world? This is what Johns Hopkins students are doing, right now. No matter what their major, they’re active learners, alive and engaged in what they study. It’s an energetic community full of differences––but open to everyone with a thirst for discovery. Whether you’ve known since you were 5 that you want to be a doctor, or you just know that you don’t want college to be boring, you’ll find all the help and encouragement you need to realize your dreams and achieve amazing things.
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How will you learn at Johns Hopkins? Through exploration and investigation. Classes are small here, and the resources are big. That means you get to know your professors and classmates the way you would at a small liberal arts college, but you have all the opportunities of a major research institution with a global reach––right at your fingertips, as an undergraduate. Your options are as vast and dynamic as the place itself. Many students complete independent projects with professors, mentors, and teams. Lots more take advantage of study abroad, internships, semesters in Washington, D.C., and advanced graduate study. Every Johns Hopkins student is different but every story shares the same quality of excitement and adventure.
• Krieger School of Arts & Sciences
The Johns Hopkins Network Arts & Sciences and Engineering undergraduates study primarily at the Homewood campus in Baltimore, although Johns Hopkins itself has schools, centers, and affiliates all over the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area––often linked by free shuttle bus––and across the country and around the world. Cross registration, independent projects, and internships are all encouraged options.
• Whiting School of Engineering • School of Medicine • School of Nursing • Bloomberg School of Public Health • Nitze School of Advanced International Studies • School of Education • Carey Business School • Peabody Institute, Conservatory of Music • Applied Physics Laboratory
Study Abroad During any given year, more than 300 Johns Hopkins students study abroad in nearly 30 countries around the world. Johns Hopkins runs its own center in Bologna, Italy. Other Johns Hopkins programs are offered in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, and Latin America. Cooperative programs and flexible credit transfers with independent programs mean that Johns Hopkins students really get around. If you’d rather stay a little closer to home, a popular semester-long, residential fellowship program lets students take advantage of all the resources of nearby Washington, D.C.