Duke University, referred to as Blue Devils for short, was founded in 1838, located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. It is a world-renowned and scenic private co-educational research university. Although the present school was founded in 1924, the history of Duke University can actually be traced back to Trinity College founded in today's old site in 1859, or Brown School Building founded in Randolph County in the same state in 1838.
In 20 16, CollegeFactual ranked Duke University as the third best university in the United States, and in 20 13~20 14, American News and World Report ranked Duke University as the seventh in the United States, and tied with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Pennsylvania as the first in the southern United States. Duke University is recognized as one of the top higher education institutions in the world today, and its business schools, law schools and medical schools rank among the top ten in the United States. According to the ranking of the best full-time MBA programs in business schools published by Bloomberg Businessweek in 20 14, the Fuku Business School of Duke University surpassed Harvard Business School and Booth Business School of University of Chicago, ranking first in the United States.
Unlike other top academic universities, Duke University is famous for sports, especially basketball, and is the best basketball school in the United States. Coach K, the head coach of men's basketball team, was hired as the head coach of American national team for many years because of his excellent record in NCAA.
The University of North Carolina is a university system composed of all 16 public four-year universities in North Carolina, all named after the University of North Carolina. Their campuses are located in Ashville, Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Green Sboro and pembroke. These independent institutions of higher learning, together with ten other institutions of higher learning, constitute the university system of North Carolina. When the school board formulated the policy, it was determined that the schools in each campus enjoyed a high degree of autonomy and independence. There are 65,438+083,000 students in this system, and she awarded 75% undergraduate degrees in North Carolina.