Master's Life Design Hub

MLDH Mission & Vision

The Master’s Life Design Hub is designed to support JHU WSE and KSAS master’s students as they navigate academic, professional, and life transitions. MLDH provides a coordinated, graduate-specific approach to career and life design, one that reflects advanced hiring timelines, global labor market realities, and the needs of international students and working professionals.

The Master’s Life Design Hub empowers master’s students to design confident, connected, and purposeful next steps by providing coordinated support, industry-aligned opportunities, and transparent pathways to career outcomes. We do this by:

  1. Using data and evidence to continuously improve student outcomes
  2. Delivering graduate-specific coaching and programs aligned with advanced hiring cycles
  3. Expanding access to employers, alumni, and professional networks
  4. Supporting international and working professional students through tailored strategies
  5. Coordinating communication, referrals, and employer engagement across campus

Master’s Student Career Development Framework

MLDH anchors its work in the Master’s Student Career Development Framework, which organizes graduate success into three interconnected outcome areas. These outcomes guide all coaching, programs, communications, and assessment. Together, these outcomes form the foundation of MLDH’s signature events, coaching models, and employer engagement strategy

Career Confidence & Clarity: Students develop a clear professional direction, understand hiring practices, and feel confident in their readiness for their post-Hopkins journey.

Social Capital: Students build meaningful professional networks through access to alumni, mentors, faculty, and employers—expanding opportunity, mobility, and belonging, especially for international students.

Career Outcomes: Students secure internships, full-time roles, fellowships, or continuing education aligned with their advanced skills, goals, and global readiness.

Life Design in Action

These moments reflect how the Master’s Life Design Hub brings students, alumni, faculty, and employers together through purposeful programming that builds career confidence, expands professional networks, and supports informed decision-making across diverse pathways.

Contact & Location

Phone
410-516-8400
Address

Imagine Center
113 W. University Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21210

Imagine Center Hours

Monday 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday CLOSED

Winter Break Hours:
12/15-12/18
: 8 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
12/19: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
12/20-21: Closed
12/22: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
12/23: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
University, Homewood campus, closes at 12 p.m.
12/24 -1/1: Closed for holiday break

Intersession Hours:
1/2 -1/25: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Closed on Weekends
1/26: Regular Hours resume to 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Please check the Imagine Center's operating hours before planning your visit.