INSTITUTIONAL BENEFITS:

Duke University was founded in the year 1838 by Quakers and Methodists in the present-day town of Trinity. It is a privately owned research university that was shifted in the year 1892 to Durham, North Carolina. The campus covers over 8,693 acres of land of three adjoining campuses in Durham and in Beaufort, there is a marine lab for students to explore.

Julian Abele designed the main campus incorporating Gothic architecture with Duke Chapel in the center of the campus. The east campus displays Georgian-style architecture while the west campus shows Gothic style. The university administers 12 institutes and schools among which only three comprise undergraduate courses, including Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke Kunshan University and Pratt School of Engineering.