Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

based in washington, d.c., the paul h. nitze school of advanced international studies (sais) of the johns hopkins university is one of the world’s leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations. sais’s problem-solving approach toward the conduct of foreign policy has benefited nearly 18,000 alumni around the world. the school’s graduates work in numerous public, private, multisector and nonprofit agencies and organizations in more than 140 countries. founded in 1943 by statesmen paul nitze and christian herter, sais has been a division of the johns hopkins university since 1950.