Duke University

Durham, United States 🇺🇸

Est. 1838

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About

Founded in 1838

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 deceased father, Washington Duke.

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World Rankings

1 ranking

2026

#28

Times Higher Education

Contact

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Location

Durham, United States 🇺🇸

Official Websites

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