Duke University

Students at the Duke University are required to live on-campus for a minimum duration of three years.

The institute maintains dedicated standalone housing facilities for its first-year, sophomore, junior & senior students.

Given below is a housing description for each of the above groups:

The main difference between them comes in residential offerings. The West campus is organized into quadrangle residential facilities which is not the case with East Campus, that has individual houses & residential halls.

Living at East Campus is limited to only first-year students, & it does not maintain accommodation facilities for Selected Living Groups or Greek Organizations.

Students at the Duke University are required to live on-campus for a minimum duration of three years.

The institute maintains dedicated standalone housing facilities for its first-year, sophomore, junior & senior students.

Given below is a housing description for each of the above groups:

As per reviews posted by students on Shiksha Study Abroad, the Duke University students are described as “welcoming *& inclusive” to international students. The student population is said to include a number of Indian students & one student describes the cultural shift as “not too big”.

The faculty is described as “helpful & well-versed”, with “lots to explore” as part of the university campus.

The main difference between them comes in residential offerings. The West campus is organized into quadrangle residential facilities which is not the case with East Campus, that has individual houses & residential halls.

Living at East Campus is limited to only first-year students, & it does not maintain accommodation facilities for Selected Living Groups or Greek Organizations.

The Duke University has three campuses: East Campus, West Campus & the Central Campus, each located in close proximity to each other.

The campuses are interconnected via buses, & each offers similar facilities including well-equipped classes, study halls, laboratories, state-of-the-art libraries & multiple recreational halls among others.

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.

As per student reviews curated from an unofficial source, the Duke University nightlife is described as “vibrant & exciting”, with a number of bars & clubs located around the university campus, “popping” every night.

The place has a party environment every night, however, one student describes “not enjoying” the environment at these clubs on weekends due to a larger volume of crowd.

The Duke University Faculty network consists of 4,236 members as per the latest data (Fall 2024), made available by the institute.

Given below is a breakdown of the school-wise breakdown of faculty members: