In addition to living together on East Campus, you will join other first-year students for a writing and a seminar course to build critical thinking and communications skills needed throughout your undergraduate career. We also offer the Focus Program for first-year students only, letting you jump into clusters of provocative courses on themes designed to cross different disciplines.
The beauty of a Duke liberal arts education is that you gain skills and ways of thinking that will serve you well on any career path. We will teach the skills needed to work in teams and thrive, to think critically and explore different perspectives, to write persuasively, to analyze with precision, and to develop high order reasoning and independent thought. You can take these experiences anywhere. Learn more about where our students go.
Duke students are crazy-smart, creative thinkers determined to make a difference in the world. We make the most of all that potential by offering extraordinary flexibility in our curriculum.
Duke Hospital is the flagship of the broader Duke University Health System, which includes two community hospitals Duke Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital , affiliations with other hospitals in the region, community-based primary care physician practices, home care, infusion services and hospice care. Duke Medicine. Duke Libraries. Its mission is education and research in basic ocean processes, coastal environment management, marine biotechnology and marine biomedicine.
The Duke Marine Laboratory. Bryan Center is the hub of student activity. It serves as an expanded student union and is home to student organizations and the University Union, which oversees student-run cultural and social activities.
The center contains theaters, restaurants, a coffeehouse, book and merchandise stores, an information desk, post office, ATM machines and more. Bryan Center. Duke University Press publishes about new books each year, as well as more than 30 scholarly journals.
The publications are mainly in the humanities and social sciences, but some cover aspects of law, medicine, the sciences and mathematics. Duke University Press. The Richard H. Brodhead Center for Campus Life , which opened in fall , is a gathering spot for informal meetings, relaxing, dining and enjoying artistic performances. West Campus Plaza. University Archives. Tours available. The Duke Lemur Center. Cameron Indoor Stadium is considered the crown jewel of college basketball.
Conceived on the back of a matchbook cover in , Cameron was renovated in the late s and underwent a series of improvements in to enhance the game-day experience. Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke Chapel , an iconic symbol of the university, is at the center of the Gothic West Campus.
Built in , the chapel is dominated by a foot tower housing a bell carillon. Duke Chapel. About 95 per cent of all students graduate within four years of enrolling.
In the entry class, the most popular majors were public policy, economics, biology, biomedical engineering and psychology. Sports and performance art both thrive at Duke University, which competes in athletics and basketball, and hosts more than 60 art events a year.
In , Duke Kunshan University opened in China, with the aim of integrating liberal arts education with Chinese tradition. Duke also has a partnership with the National University of Singapore to collaborate on a joint medical programme, which took its first students in Overall, the university is one of the most competitive to get into.
Unusually, the university requires undergraduates to live on campus for the first three years. The most notable alumnus is Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States. He graduated from Duke University with a law degree in
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