13 Facts About Duke University

1. Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.

2. Duke University is ranked among the top universities in the United States and in the world by major publications.

3. Duke University spends more than $1 billion per year on research, making it one of the ten largest research universities in the United States.

4. Duke University is the alma mater of one president of the United States and 14 living billionaires.

5. From February 2001 to November 2005, Duke University spent $835 million on 34 major construction projects as part of a five-year strategic plan, "Building on Excellence.

6. In December 2016, Duke University purchased an apartment complex, now known as 300 Swift.

7. Hudson Hall is the oldest engineering building at Duke University, constructed in 1948.

8. Duke University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

9. Duke University was ranked 28th best globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2019, focusing on quality of scientific research and the number of Nobel Prizes.

10. Duke University ranked 34th in the world and 12th in the country on Times Higher Educations global employability ranking in 2021.

11. Duke University requires its students to live on campus for the first three years of undergraduate life, except for a small percentage of second-semester juniors who are exempted by a lottery system.

12. The first historically African American Greek letter organization at Duke University was the Omega Psi Phi, Omega Zeta chapter, founded on April 12, 1974.

13. For Division I in 2015, Duke University finished 20th overall and fifth in the ACC.