<p>See, I'm a man of simple taste. I care not about a university's setting, ranking, or other unimportant factors; I only can about whether I will be able to continue researching in my specific field peacefully and with accessibly. </p>
<p>I hear JHU is excellent for undergraduate research. I was also amazed at the $ JHU had for research. </p>
<p>My question to fellow CCers is as follows: how does JHU undergraduate research (specifically biology/biomedical) compare to other universities like MIT, Duke, Cornell, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, and other top universities? Like how accessible is it (do most get the research position they want)?</p>
<p>Hopkins ranks first (by a very large margin) in the country in research funding, but this is a little bit unfair since this includes the Applied Physics Lab and the Medical School. However, if you’re studying biology I think that you have good access to research at the Medical School. I know that Applied Physics Lab reserves research positions for Hopkins students. </p>
<p>Research is plentiful across all majors, and even though you mentioned you don’t care about rankings, I will note NIH and national science foundation number one rankings for research and research and development. Funding is great I hear and the numbers provided back that up.</p>
<p>Something like 60 to 70 % of undergrads engage in research, could be more though, it’s been a while since I have checked that statistic</p>
<p>Hopkins has a strong emphasis on undergraduate research, both in the hard sciences and engineering as well as in the humanities and social sciences. Like others have said, you have access to the many research groups and labs at the East Baltimore campus (School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Public Health) if you’re interested in biomedical research. </p>
<p>When comparing Hopkins to the other institutions you listed, I think the question is two fold. The schools you listed are all top-notch universities with excellent research programs, and I would be highly surprised if any of them didn’t have some programs for undergraduate research. That said, I think that at Hopkins, you’ll find a larger percentage of students engaging at research that at some of the other institutions. Most students in the hard sciences and many students in the social sciences/humanities get involved in some aspect of research, whether its lab research, clinical research, human subject research, historical analysis etc etc. Funding is available for undergrad research through the Provost’s office as well as through academic departments and from individual research groups (paid research positions/internships)</p>