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Duke History

Duke University is an independent, comprehensive, nonsectarian research university that traces its roots to 1838, when it was established as Union Institute in Randolph County, North Carolina. Through the support of the Duke family and others, in 1892 the school - renamed Trinity College - moved to Durham on what is now East Campus. In 1924, Trinity College, a long-time beneficiary of Duke family generosity, became the nucleus of Duke University.

Today, West Campus and East Campus are part of a 9,350-acre campus that includes two undergraduate schools - Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering - as well as seven graduate and professional schools, the world-renowned Duke University Medical Center, the 7,900-acre Duke Forest, and the beautiful 55-acre Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

Undergraduate Programs

Duke offers a variety of outstanding undergraduate programs in two schools - Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering. Duke is among the smallest of the nation’s major universities with 6,247 undergraduates and 6,744 graduate and professional students.

The University attracts students from all 50 states as well as 85 foreign countries, and about 85 percent of Duke’s undergraduates come from outside of North Carolina.

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