Career
Career opportunities in Baltimore
While some universities offer courses in order to ease the students’ way to employment, others provide counselling, internships, workshops and other opportunities.
Baltimore, however, was an industrial town that now focuses on a service economy that keeps local economy stable. Downtown Baltimore is the city’s business heart, where technology is growing so fast that Forbes ranked the city as fourth America’s “new tech hot spot”. The main employment providers are two famous institutions: a hospital and a university.
The World Trade Centre Baltimore, located in the harbour is in charge of international commerce, while tourism placed the city on the East Coast map.
Life
Baltimore city life
Baltimore is represented by the famous and spectacular Inner Harbour area, which also includes the National Aquarium. There are also other attractions such as the Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Fort McHenry or the neighbourhoods of Fells Point and Mount Vernon.
If you wish to mix indoor activities with culture, you may visit the Walters Art Museum, the Sports Legends Museums at Camden Yards, Baltimore Museum of Industry and B&O Railroad Museum or Charles Theatre.
Arts and entertainment have their own areas, found in Station North Arts and Entertainment District, Highlandtown Arts District and Bromo Arts & Entertainment District. A famous institution also is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Some of the events that attract visitors are the Artscape and Maryland Film Festival. However, nightlife in Baltimore is active and impressive in some of the city’s neighbourhoods, where you can find bars, taverns, clubs or sports bars.
International atmosphere in Baltimore
Baltimore is a mixed city, when it comes to culture and origins of its inhabitants. Locals are friendly and try to keep a small town atmosphere. You may meet Hispanics, Africans, French and Chinese.
International students appreciate the urban-harbour vibe of this city and are welcomed by locals.
Weather Baltimore
Baltimore’s climate is based on four seasons. Winters are cool and sometimes there are snowfalls, autumns and springs are warm and, sometimes, with precipitations and summers are very warm and humid. Afternoons sometimes bring a pleasant breeze. Average temperatures are of 2.1°C (35.8°F) in January and 27.1°C (80.7°F) in July.
Universities in Baltimore
Coppin State University is a model urban, residential liberal arts university located in the northwest section of the City of Baltimore that provides academic programs in the arts and sciences, teacher education, nursing, graduate studies, and continuing education.
University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is Maryland’s public health, law, and human services university, dedicated to excellence in education, research, clinical care, and public service.
Acknowledged nationally as a premier leader in art and design education, MICA is deliberately cultivating a new generation of artist – one that is capable of seamlessly integrating innovation, entrepreneurship and creative citizenship with contemporary approaches to art, design and media.
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution providing instruction to a multiethnic, multiracial, multinational student body and offering more than 125 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate.