The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Washington DC)

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. The school is neither a vocational, purely scientific, nor a liberal arts school dedicated to the pursuit of learning for learning's sake. At SAIS, the wisdom of universities, business, and labor merge with the knowledge and expertise of those currently engaged in government, foreign affairs and international economic practice.

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.