Master of Quantitative Management in Business Analytics 

at Duke University, Durham

The Duke University is named after Washington Duke, a member of the Dukes family in Durham.

Duke was a tobacco manufacturer by profession & played a key part in the development of the institution, with his son: James Duke investing around USD 40 million from the Duke Endowment Fund in 1924, after the death of his father.

As a memorial to Washington Duke & his family's faith, the institute's then president: William Few, decided to rename the institute.

Acceptance rate at Duke Uni is 5%. More than 59,000 students submitted the applications and admitted 2,800+ students for the Class of 2029 at University of Duke. 

Duke University is known for its Business, Medicine, Law, and Nursing courses. The university ranks among the top 100 in the world for many courses by major ranking bodies. Duke University MBA course ranks 23 in the world while Medicine and Nursing rank 17 and 14 respectively by QS in 2024. The below table includes the Duke University course list with their rankings: 

International students must meet the requirements to study in USA. Students must have a required qualification as per the programme and submit the test score during the process. Check below the English language test and additional tests accepted by US Universities:

No, Duke University does not maintain off-campus accommodation facilities. Interested candidates must refer alternative housing portals such as: nearduke.com, DukeList, University Living, & ForRentUniversity among others to find student accommodation in the city.

The university does offer accommodation as part of its multiple residential houses located at walking distance from the university campus, that offer all essential facilities associated with living at Duke such as: bedroom, kicthen with stove & refrigerator, laundry facilities, vending machines, shared bathrooms, etc. 

Yes, the Duke University is not only a tier 1 institute, it also runs a dedicated athletics programme that competes in the United States' premier university sports competition: NCAA Division I.

The Division I is vital, as it includes some of the best student athletes from across the US, going toe-to-toe with each other, & is a very popular scouting destination for some of the country's major league sports teams including: the NBA, MLB & the NFL among others.  

Duke University has more than 200 courses at UG and postgraduate level. Top courses that are opted by Indian students at Duke are Mechanical Engineering, Business, Marketing and History. The top majors offered are Computer Science, Biology, Computer Engineering, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering.

The university does not specify GPA requirements for student athletes, however, as per data curated from unofficial sources, the minimum GPA needed for student-athletes to get into Duke is 3.5. or higher on a 4.0. scale.

The institute conducts a holistic admission process i.e. it's admissions team takes into account both academic & non-academic aspects of a student's application.

According to Fall data 2022, students of this university were 16972. Out of these, highest students with 37.7% are white, 13.4% are Asian, 7.31% are Black, etc. This show that university has students from all over the world.

There are various famous alumni at Duke University. Additionally, Duke University has over 190,000 alumni spread over the world. Moreover, some of the famous Indian alumni such as Shivinder Mohan Singh who is an Indian Billionaire Healthcare Entrepreneur, and more. Duke University alumni are working in top companies.