Duke University

The duke university durham nc is among the top institutes that are founded with the initiation of Methodists and Quakers and known as Brown's Schoolhouse in 1838 in the beautiful town of Trinity which was later transferred to the present location under the leadership of James B. Duke in 1924. The university was established in the second location under The Duke Endowment in memory of his father and later named it also after him. As part of the wonderful academic it is 17^th in the world by Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 23rd in the world in the 2013 QS World University Rankings making it a great contender in the arena of present learning environment.

The duke university usa has state of the art faculty with the advance form of learning that are offered by the world class faculty members. There are also various details that are offered with the series of undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, professional and research programs. These are well supported with the outstanding infrastructure with a rich history that is also well enhanced with the inclusion of new and latest technologies as part of the learning process. For any information that is related to it can be found at this address as Duke University Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 2138 Campus Drive, Box 90586 Durham, NC 27708.

At the duke university has majors, minors and schools that are well programmed to offer the students the perfect professional and future career aspect of the education that are all round in developing the students that they can be highly energized in facing the world. There are about eighty-five percent of the undergraduate students, 50 majors, 47 minors, 24 interdisciplinary certificates that are also consisting of 100 programs.

There are various other schools and de3partments of learning that are offered at the universities in durham that are of diverse categories and aspect such as:

Pratt School of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Department
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's

Humanity, Societies and Cultures, and the Physical and Natural World

Arts, Literatures, and Performance
Civilizations
Natural Sciences,

Quantitative Studies
Social Sciences

Intellectual Abilities, Competencies, and Skills:

Critical Thinking
Analytical Reasoning
Writing

Quantitative Literacy
Foreign Language and Transcultural Understanding
Synthesis and Integration of Knowledge

Personal and Social Responsibility:

Civic Engagement (Using Knowledge in the Service of Society)
Ethical Reasoning
Engaging Difference

The eligibility is based purely on the academic advancement with the credentials of the students that are opting for the specific programs and courses. They need to get their credit scores such as ACT, SAT Subject Test scores. The application is also based purely based on the written test and interview along with the credentials that are offered by the student. There are also national and international students that allow them to feel the joy and satisfaction of home away from it.