Duke University

About

With a total main campus area of approximately 9,000 acres spread across three sub-campuses, this university also has other three campuses, namely East Campus, which houses the freshman campus and various academic departments, West Campus which spans an area of around 720 acres, and the Central Campus which is spread across 200 acres. Duke has 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land in Beaufort, North Carolina, for its marine lab. The 54-acre (220,000 m2) Sarah P. Duke Gardens on the main campus, which was built in the 1930s, is one of the primary tourist destinations. Students at Duke frequently refer to the school as "the Gothic Wonderland," a popular moniker for the West Campus' Collegiate Gothic buildings. Duke University has an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio and 75.4 percent of its classes have fewer than 20 pupils. Duke University has 10 colleges and schools that provide both graduate and undergraduate degrees. Fuqua School of Business, Pratt School of Engineering, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Sanford School of Public Policy, School of Law.

History of Duke University

Duke University, a private research university, was founded in the year 1838 by Quakers and Methodists. It was established in the present-day town of Trinity, which was later shifted in the year 1892 to Durham, North Carolina. Duke University has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, master's, doctorate, and professional degrees. Its rankings are among the top universities in the world. The university has been ranked by some of the prestigious ranking bodies - QS World University Rankings, THE Ranking, US News and Report Ranking, and CWUR Rankings. For instance, Duke University has been ranked 52nd by the QS World University Rankings 2022. Duke University is ranked #9 among National Universities by US News and World Report 2022 and THE (Times Higher Education) - University Ranking has ranked it at 23rd place in 2022.