Fact Sheet
www.sais-jhu.edu
GLOBAL CAMPUSES
The Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced
International Studies
1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
202.663.5600
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS) is a leading
graduate school of international relations,
educating students for professional careers in
government, business, international law and
nonprofit organizations. Founded in 1943 by
Paul Nitze and Christian Herter, SAIS has been a
division of the Johns Hopkins University
since 1950.
DEAN
Vali R. Nasr (Since July 2012)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
(2013-14)
675 in Washington, D.C.
200 in Bologna, Italy
180 in Nanjing, China
International students from more than 70
countries comprise about 40 percent of the
student body.
ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS
SAIS in Washington, D.C.
(established 1943)
SAIS is located on Massachusetts Avenue
along Washington, D.C.’s Embassy Row
in Dupont Circle. Areas of concentration
include international policy areas and regions
of the world in addition to core competencies
in international relations, international
economics and languages.
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. - M.B.A. with INSEAD (France and
Singapore)
M.A. - J.D. with Stanford University Law
School
M.A. - J.D. with University of Virginia
School of Law
SAIS Europe in Bologna, Italy
M.A. - M.S.P.H. with the Johns Hopkins
(established 1955)
Approximately half of all SAIS M.A. students University Bloomberg School of Public
Health
begin their studies at the center—the only
M.A. - M.P.A. with the Maxwell School of
American graduate institution of its kind in
Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse
Europe—and most complete their second
year at the Washington campus. The courses, University
M.A.I.A. - M.A.I.S. with the Diplomatic
which parallel Washington’s offerings, are
Academy of Vienna (Bologna)
taught by mix of SAIS and adjunct faculty
M.A.I.A. - Laurea Magistrale with the
from Europe’s major academic institutions,
University of Bologna main and Forlì
providing students a complementary
campuses (Bologna)
perspective to their U.S. experience.
M.A.I.A. - Master’s Degree with Sciences
Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese
Po Lille (Bologna)
and American Studies in the People’s
M.A.I.A. - Master’s Degree with Leiden
Republic of China (established 1986)
University (Netherlands)
The center is a partnership between SAIS
Exchange Program with Tsinghua
and Nanjing University. American and
University’s Department of International
international students are taught mainly
Relations
in Mandarin by Chinese professors while
Chinese students mostly study in English with Students may also create ad hoc dual-degree
programs with other prominent universities.
international professors. The center offers a
one-year certificate and a two-year M.A. in
RESEARCH CENTERS
International Studies, awarded jointly by both
Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute
universities.
Bernard L. Schwartz Globalization
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Initiative
Master of International Public Policy
Bologna Institute for Policy Research
Center for Canadian Studies
Center for Constitutional Studies
Master of Arts in International Economics
Center for International Business
ALUMNI
Master of Arts in International Affairs
16,000 working in approximately 140
countries
Master of Arts in International Studies
Center for Transatlantic Relations
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Cultural Conversations
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East
Ph.D.
Global Leaders Forum on Energy and
GLOBAL FACULTY
94 full-time
183 part-time
More than 130 SAIS graduates have become
ambassadors throughout the world.
Master of Arts in International Relations
(program for experienced professionals)
and Finance
(Bologna-based research-oriented
program)
(Nanjing-based program for Mandarin
speakers)
Certificate in Chinese and American
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Studies (Nanjing-based program for
Mandarin speakers)
Diploma in International Studies
(offered in Bologna)
and Democratic Development
and Public Policy
Asian Studies
Environment
Global Politics and Religion Initiative
Grassroots China Initiative
International Reporting Project
Philip Merrill Center for Strategic
Studies
Protection Project
U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS
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