The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a leading graduate school of international affairs, educating students for professional careers in government, business, journalism, international law and non-profit organizations. Founded in 1943 by Paul Nitze and Christian Herter, SAIS has been a division of The Johns Hopkins University since 1950. DEAN - Jessica P. Einhorn (since 2002)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
(2008 - 2009) - 580
- International students from about 65
countries comprise more than one-third
of the student body.
DEGREES - Master of Arts in International Relations
- Master of International Public Policy (one-year program for mid-career professionals)
- Ph.D.
All M.A. graduates must pass a sequence of four to six international economics courses and achieve proficiency in at least one of 16 foreign languages in addition to completing coursework in their program of concentration. JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS - M.A. - M.B.A.
with Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - M.A. - M.B.A.
with Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College - M.A. - J.D.
with Stanford University Law School - M.A. - J.D.
with University of Virginia School of Law - M.A. - M.H.S.
with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - M.A. - M.P.A.
(concurrent) with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSES - SAIS Bologna Center in Italy
(established 1955)
Approximately 190 American and non-American students study at the center, the only American graduate institution of its kind in Europe. A multi-national faculty teaches courses in international politics and economics, European and other regional studies and foreign languages.
- Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in the People’s Republic of China
(established 1986)
The center, host to as many as 140 Chinese and American students, is administered jointly by Nanjing University and SAIS. Classes for American and other international students are taught in Mandarin by Chinese professors, while Chinese students study in English with American professors.
RESEARCH CENTERS IN WASHINGTON - Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute
- Center for Canadian Studies
- Center for International Business and Public Policy
- Center for Transatlantic Relations
- Center on Politics and Foreign Relations
- Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
- Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
- Global Energy and Environment Initiative
- Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative
- Grassroots China Initiative
- International Reporting Project
- Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies
- Protection Project
- U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS
FACULTY - 65 full-time
- 150 part-time
ALUMNI - 15,000 working in approximately 140 countries
- More than 130 SAIS graduates have become ambassadors throughout the world.
MAIN CAMPUS - Three buildings on Massachusetts Avenue along Washington’s Embassy Row in Dupont Circle
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