JHU

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JHU
Stands forJohns Hopkins University
CategoriesEducation & Academia

JHU stands for Johns Hopkins University, a university abbreviation.

First American university built on the German research model, founded in Baltimore in 1876. It leads all US universities in federal research spending and is famous for its medical school and hospital.

Example: She is studying public health at JHU's Bloomberg School.

Usage notes

The first name, Johns, comes from founder Johns Hopkins's great-grandmother's maiden name, and the extra "s" is often misspelled. Michael Bloomberg's gifts made admissions need-blind and, from 2024, tuition free for most medical students. The Applied Physics Laboratory is a major defense research center.

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