The Johns Hopkins University is a research-oriented private university in the United States. The school was founded in 1876 and is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Its school motto is "Veritas vos liberabit". Hopkins University is in a leading position in the fields of medicine, public health and other fields. A total of 37 alumni of the school have won Nobel Prizes. In the 2014 USNEWS American comprehensive university rankings, Hopkins University and Northwestern University were tied for 12th.