Housing
Johns Hopkins University does not offer graduate student housing. Prior to or upon arrival, graduate students secure their own independent housing.
The Baltimore City neighborhood immediately surrounding the Homewood campus is called Charles Village. There are lots of other proximal areas in which students may consider living - Hampden, Waverly, Roland Park, Guilford, Remington, Mt. Vernon and others. Johns Hopkins does run a free shuttle service to a few of these neighborhoods.
Temporary Graduate Housing
Incoming graduate students in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering who need housing accommodations while looking for a place to live can contact the Off-Campus Housing Office to obtain information about living in Baltimore. In addition, the Transitional Graduate Housing Program allows students to stay on campus between June and the end of July. This program has very limited availability so students should contact the Office for additional information.
Extensive housing information, rental listings are posted at www.jhu.edu/hds/offcampus. The Off-Campus Housing Office can be reached at offcampus@hd.jhu.edu or call (410) 516-7961.
Handouts from the Off-Campus Housing Office (2009 Packet)
Homewood Area Properties
Short-term Housing List 2009
Find Your New Home
How to Establish a Budget
Checklist for Renters
Security Checklist
Homewood Area Map
Renter's Insurance
Apartment Move-in Checklist
Everything Essential
Being a Good Neighbor
Get to Know Homewood
Get to Know Peabody
Get to Know the Waterfront
Housing resources for Johns Hopkins University graduate students:
- Johns Hopkins Off-Campus Housing Guide
- Daily Jolt
- Baltimore Housing Authority
- The Gazette Newspaper
- Baltimore Craig's List
- Apartments.com (Baltimore)
- Graduate Representative Organization's Guide to Living in Baltimore
- GRO's Housing Information and Forum
- Office of the Ombudsman (BHA)
- Housing Code Enforcement (BHA)
- A Self-help Guide to Fair Housing in the City of Baltimore
Shannon O’Connor, ‘09
Charles R. Westgate Scholar Shannon O’Connor is in her second year in the Whiting School’s Biomedical Engineering program. Shannon is currently in Dr. Kalina Hristova’s material science lab working on membrane proteins, specifically on Western Blot Analysis. “It’s a way to quantify proteins based on their activation and existence.” Apart from her individual research, Shannon also leads a design team on engineering an aerosol tuberculosis detector.
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