School profile
Duke University, referred to as "Duke" or "Duke" for short, was established in 1838, located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. It is a private comprehensive research university. Duke University is a member of the Global Alliance for Advanced Research in Universities and the association of american universities, and its official mascot is "Blue Devil".
The original name of the school was Trinity College, 1924. After James Duke, a tobacco tycoon in the southern United States, established the Duke Foundation, it was renamed Duke University. By June, 20021,the size of Duke University Endowment Foundation was $6543.8+0.27 billion.
In 20 14, Reuters published the list of "highly cited" researchers in the world (top 1%), and Duke University ranked fourth in the world. On February, 2065438 165438, Professor ingrid Dobes of our school won the "World Outstanding Female Scientist Award" in 20 19.
2021-In 2022, Duke University ranked ninth among the best universities in the United States and first in the southern part of the United States. In terms of world ranking, Times Higher Education World University ranked 23rd in 2022, academic ranking of world universities 3 1 in 2022 and American News World University ranked 23rd in 2022.
School appearance
Duke University owns 34.8 square kilometers of land, including 29 square kilometers of Duke Forest and 220 buildings built on it. The tallest building in the center of the campus is Duke Cathedral. Duke University has a marine laboratory in beaufort on the Atlantic coast, covering an area of 65,438+05 acres. The school has a free bus line running continuously every day, connecting various campuses.
Located in the southeastern part of the United States, Durham, North Carolina, together with Chapel Hill and Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, constitutes the famous "North Carolina Research Triangle" in humanities and geography, and is the third largest concentration of biomedical technology and related industries in the United States. The four seasons in North Carolina are not distinct. There are 220 sunny days in a year, and autumn starts from September to 165438+ 10. It is not very cold in winter, and it snows only once a year on average.