Duke University - Detailed information - Admission

Ranking	23 17
Country	United States
City	Durham
Bachelor (foreigners)	$47,488/year.
Master (foreigners)	$43,000/year.
Bachelor (citizens)	$20,000/year.
Master (citizens)	$20,000/year.
Cost of living	$790-1343/mon.
Acceptance Rate	15%
Official Website	www.duke.edu

General information

Finance type	Nonprofit
Organization type	Private
Established	1838
Abbreviation	DUKE
Teachers	3,531
Students	14,947
Foreigners	17%
Academic calendar	Semesters
Admission	Based on grades and examinations
Gender limitation	No limits
Colors	Duke blue and white
Campus type	Urban
Housing	Available
Financial aid	Available
Distance learning	Available
Exchange programs	Available
Library	Available
Motto Knowledge and Faith
Accreditation • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Affiliations • 568 Group • Association of American Universities (AAU) • Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Sport affiliations and memberships: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

Rankings

World ranking	23
Country ranking	17
Academic Reputation	44
Employer Reputation	96
Quality of teaching	28
International Students	243
Citations per Faculty	79

Ranking in world by sphere

Arts and Humanities	37
Engineering and Technology	114
Life Sciences and Medicine	18
Natural Science	75
Social Sciences and Management	51

Ranking in world by discipline

Mathematics	20
Physics	51
Chemistry	76
Computer Science	51
Economics & Business	17

Cost of living in Durham, USD/month

Expenses	Min.	Med.
Accommodation	$341	$475
Food	$295	$476
Transportation	$28	$136
Communications and utilities	$91	$116
Clothing	$19	$68
Sports and leisure	$17	$72
Total	$790	$1343

Accommodation in Durham, USD/month

Shared room outside of centre	$344
Shared room in city centre	$480
1 bedroom apartment outside of centre	$623
1 bedroom apartment in city centre	$817

International rankings

UniPage World University Ranking	23
QS World University Rankings	29
ARWU Academic Ranking	31
Webometrics Ranking	20

Alternative title

Russian	Университет Дьюка
Spanish	Universidad de Duke
Chinese	杜克大学
Arabic	جامعة ديوك
French	Université Duke
German	Duke-Universität
Japanese	デューク大学
Korean	듀크대학교
Portuguese	Universidade de Duke

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Duke University (DUKE) - private nonprofit higher education institution in United States.

Duke University - Description

Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then-named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892. In December 1924, the provisions of James B. Duke's indenture created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University. As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both physical and academic expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. East Campus served as home of the Woman's College of Duke University until 1972, when the men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged. Both men and women undergraduates now enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering. In...

Programs - Bachelor

Bachelor	African and African American Studies
Bachelor	Art History
Bachelor	Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Bachelor	Biology
Bachelor	Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Bachelor	Biophysics
Bachelor	Canadian Studies (as a second major)
Bachelor	Chemistry
Bachelor	Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bachelor	Classical Archaeology (minor only)
Bachelor	Classical Civilization
Bachelor	Classical Languages
Bachelor	Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (minor only)
Bachelor	Computer Science
Bachelor	Cultural Anthropology
Bachelor	Dance
Bachelor	Earth and Ocean Sciences
Bachelor	Economics
Bachelor	Education (minor only)
Bachelor	Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Bachelor	English
Bachelor	Environmental Sciences
Bachelor	Environmental Sciences and Policy
Bachelor	Evolutionary Anthropology
Bachelor	Finance (minor only)
Bachelor	French Studies
Bachelor	German
Bachelor	Greek (minor only)
Bachelor	History
Bachelor	Interdepartmental Major
Bachelor	International Comparative Studies
Bachelor	Italian Studies
Bachelor	Latin (minor only)
Bachelor	Linguistics
Bachelor	Literature
Bachelor	Mathematics
Bachelor	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)
Bachelor	Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Bachelor	Music
Bachelor	Neuroscience
Bachelor	Philosophy
Bachelor	Photography (minor only)
Bachelor	Physics
Bachelor	Political Science
Bachelor	Psychology
Bachelor	Public Policy Studies
Bachelor	Religion
Bachelor	Russian
Bachelor	Russian Culture and Language (minor only)
Bachelor	Russian Literature in Translation (minor only)
Bachelor	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Bachelor	Sociology
Bachelor	Spanish
Bachelor	Statistical Science
Bachelor	Theater Studies
Bachelor	Turkish Language and Culture (minor only)
Bachelor	Visual Arts
Bachelor	Visual Studies
Bachelor	Womens Studies Masters Degree Programs
Bachelor	Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor	East Asian Studies
Bachelor	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bachelor	Global Health
Bachelor	Humanities
Bachelor	Liberal Studies
Bachelor	Master of Arts (M.A.) in the Humanities
Bachelor	Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (M.A.L.S.)
Bachelor	Master of Arts in Teaching
Bachelor	Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)
Bachelor	Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts
Bachelor	Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA)
Bachelor	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Bachelor	Medical Physics
Bachelor	Statistical and Economic Modeling Doctoral Programs
Bachelor	Art, Art History and Visual Studies
Bachelor	Biochemistry
Bachelor	Business Administration
Bachelor	Cell Biology
Bachelor	Classical Studies
Bachelor	Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Bachelor	Ecology
Bachelor	Environment
Bachelor	Environmental Policy
Bachelor	Genetics and Genomics
Bachelor	German Studies
Bachelor	Immunology
Bachelor	Marine Science and Conservation
Bachelor	Molecular Cancer Biology
Bachelor	Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Bachelor	Neurobiology
Bachelor	Nursing
Bachelor	Pathology
Bachelor	Pharmacology
Bachelor	Psychology and Neuroscience
Bachelor	Romance Studies

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