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Duke University

Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his…

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Academic affiliations
AAU · COFHE · IAMSCU · NAICU · ORAU
Accreditation
SACS
Administrative staff
9,323 campus employees · 48,313 total campus & health system employees (July 2025)
Budget
$10.3 billion in expenditures (FY 2024)
Campus
8,693 acres (35.18 km2) · Large city
Endowment
$12.3 billion (2025; the university is also the primary beneficiary (32%) of the independent Duke Endowment.)

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Alumni

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Duke University

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Duke University

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related to Athletics · 22
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related to Administration and organization · 8
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Academic affiliations · 6
Duke University → AAU, COFHE, IAMSCU, NAICU, ORAU, URA

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Duke UniversityAcademic affiliationsCOFHE1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAcademic affiliationsIAMSCU1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAcademic affiliationsNAICU1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAcademic affiliationsORAU1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAcademic affiliationsURA1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAccreditationSACS1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAdministrative staff9,323 campus employees1.00infobox
Duke UniversityAdministrative staff48,313 total campus & health system employees (July 2025)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityBudget$10.3 billion in expenditures (FY 2024)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityCampus8,693 acres (35.18 km2)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityCampusLarge city1.00infobox
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Duke UniversityEndowment$12.3 billion (2025; the university is also the primary beneficiary (32%) of the independent Duke Endowment.)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityEstablished1838; 188 years ago (1838)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityFaculty4,236 (fall 2024)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityFormer namesBrown School (1838–1841) Union Institute (1841–1851) Normal College (1851–1859) Trinity College (1859–1924)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityLocationDurham, North Carolina, United States .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-p…1.00infobox
Duke UniversityMascotBlue Devil1.00infobox
Duke UniversityMottoEruditio et Religio (Latin)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityMotto in English"Knowledge and Religion"1.00infobox
Duke UniversityNewspaperThe Chronicle1.00infobox
Duke UniversityNicknameBlue Devils1.00infobox
Duke UniversityOther campusesBeaufort1.00infobox
Duke UniversityOther campusesBethesda1.00infobox
Duke UniversityOther campusesKunshan1.00infobox
Duke UniversityOther campusesSingapore1.00infobox
Duke UniversityPostgraduates10,800 (fall 2025)1.00infobox
Duke UniversityPresidentVincent Edward Price1.00infobox
Duke UniversityProvostAlec Gallimore1.00infobox

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