Investing in International Leadership In the years since Paul H. Nitze and Christian Herter decided that a school was needed to train men and women in international affairs during the post World War ll era, the world has undergone profound changes. Because of the foresight of these pioneers in diplomacy, the school continues to provide rigorous training in language and economics and systematic exposure to theories of international relations. A problem-solving approach toward the conduct of foreign policy has benefited more than 13,000 alumni who work in the public and private sectors around the world. Trained in the practical skills of economics, and in the language and cultures of foreign nations, they work in the foreign service, international organizations, investment firms, international financial institutions, businesses, teaching, research consulting and journalism. A SAIS Education The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., is one of the nation's leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations. SAIS's founders established three primary goals: - To provide a professional education that simultaneously adheres to the highest standards of scholarship and takes a practical approach to training students for international leadership.
- To conduct scholarly research related to the concerns of public and private institutions of the United States and governments of other countries and disseminate that research to a broad audience concerned with foreign relations.
- To offer mid-career educational opportunities for those already working in international affairs.
SAIS in the Early Years The school was established during World War II by a group of statesmen who sought new methods of preparing men and women to cope with the international responsibilities that would be thrust upon the United States in the postwar world. The founders assembled a faculty of scholars and professionals to teach international relations, international economics and foreign languages to a small group of students. The curriculum was designed to be both scholarly and practical. The natural choice for the location of the school was Washington, D.C., a city where international resources are abundant and where American foreign policy is shaped and set in motion. When the school opened in 1944, 15 students were enrolled. SAIS became a division of The Johns Hopkins University in 1950, gaining access to the facilities and resources of a major academic institution. SAIS students are able to take advantage of these many resources offered at the Hopkins campuses in Baltimore in addition to those available in Washington, D.C. The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, served as the model for many modern American universities by establishing post - graduate research as a major academic function. More than half of the university's 5,500 students are graduate students. By 1963, SAIS outgrew its first quarters on Florida Avenue and moved to one of its two present buildings on Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. The school's 13,000 alumni are now working in more than 140 countries. SAIS Today SAIS enrolls about 550 full-time students (approximately one-third of whom are from overseas) with 300 graduating each year from the two-year Master of Arts program in international relations. The school accepts a small number of candidates in the Doctor of Philosophy program. A one-year course of study leading to the Master of International Public Policy (M.I.P.P.) degree serves mid-career professionals in government and business from the United States and foreign countries. The current dean of SAIS is Jessica P. Einhorn, a former senior World Bank official and a 1970 graduate of the school. SAIS conducts joint programs leading to an M.A. in International Relations from SAIS combined with: - Master of Health Science Degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- Law degree from Stanford University Law School or University of Virginia School of Law.
- Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania or the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
- Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.
The school also offers courses and, from time to time, special programs to non-degree students with special needs and qualifications. Programs at SAIS are multidisciplinary and offer both functional and regional studies. All international issues have an economic component within the curriculum and therefore the school requires all students to take extensive coursework in international economics. The curriculum provides students with a thorough understanding of theory and history as well as superior analytical and practical skills. Students enjoy great leeway in designing their own courses of study, but each must demonstrate a knowledge of the basic, or "core," elements of international affairs and must pass a comprehensive examination in international economics as well as a second field of study, chosen from among regional and functional fields. Because SAIS is deeply committed to the premise that effective professionals in international service must be able to communicate with their foreign counterparts, all M.A. and Ph.D. candidates must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language. SAIS offers languages that include Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi-Urdu, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese. SAIS has been a pioneer in developing regional studies, first offering a Middle East studies program in 1946. Students today can also specialize in the study of Africa, American Foreign Policy, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Russia and Eastern Europe. In addition to its main campus in Washington, D.C., the school manages two centers abroad, one in Bologna, Italy, and the other with Nanjing University in Nanjing, China. |
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