United States Durham, NC

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Durham, North Carolina 27708

United States

Summary

Duke University traces its roots back to 1838, though the private institution didn’t receive its current name until 1924. Duke’s main location is made up of three contiguous campuses (called East, West and Central) located in Durham, North Carolina. Around 15,000 students attend the university, and more than half of them study at the graduate level. English is the language of instruction. Around 10 percent of undergraduates and nearly a quarter of graduate students are international. Undergraduates are required to live on campus for three years and can also choose to do so during their senior year. On-campus housing is not available for graduate students.

Duke comprises 10 schools and colleges: arts and sciences, law, medicine, nursing, engineering, business, public policy, environment, the divinity school and the graduate school. Some of the most popular undergraduate majors are biology, economics and public policy. Most of the schools at the university use a semester-based academic calendar. Among Duke’s highly ranked graduate programs are the Fuqua School of Business, School of Medicine and the School of Nursing. Duke University Hospital, a teaching hospital, is highly ranked in many specialties. In a recent year, Duke spent more than $1 billion on research, which is organized and conducted across the university at institutes such as the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Population Research Institute. Internationally, Duke has partnered with Wuhan University to create Duke Kunshan University in China – which offers graduate degrees and semesterlong programs for undergrads – and with the National University of Singapore to create the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore.