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Motto | Eruditio et Religio (Latin)[1] |
Motto in English | Knowledge and Religion[2] |
Type | Private |
Established | 1838 |
Affiliation | United Methodist Church ties, but nonsectarian and independent[3] |
Endowment |
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President | Richard H. Brodhead |
Academic staff | 3,200[5] |
Students | 14,746[5] |
Undergraduates | 6,526[5] |
Postgraduates | 8,220[5] |
Location | , , 36°0′4″N 78°56′20″W / 36.00111°N 78.93889°W |
Campus |
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Colors | |
Nickname | Blue Devils |
Affiliations | AAU, COFHE, 568 Group, URA, CDIO |
Website | duke.edu |
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.Duke University is a private university in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1838. The school was formed by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity.[7] The school moved to Durham in 1892.[8]
It has advanced research. Some famous people including former President of the United States, Richard Nixon[9] went to the school. In its 2012 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the university's undergraduate program 10th among national universities.[10][11]
Duke has good libraries, such as Bostock Library. It also has a famous medical school and law school. The school's colours are blue and white and its president is Richard Brodhead.
Duke University owns 220 buildings on 8,610 acres (13.45 sq mi; 34.8 km2) of land. This includes the 7,200 acres (29 km2) Duke Forest.[5]
Duke University has own press, the Duke University Press.
Duke University has historical, formal, on-going, and symbolic ties with Methodism, but is an independent and non-sectarian institution...Duke has much in common with other Methodist related schools such as Northwestern, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, or the University of Southern California. Each is unique, and Duke would not be the institution it is today without its ties to the Methodist Church. However, the Methodist Church does not own or direct the University. Duke is and has developed as a private non-profit corporation which is owned and governed by an autonomous and self-perpetuating Board of Trustees.