2020优智家海外学校目录 | 杜克大学 Duke University

作者 优智家, 2020-01-21 15:41:25

杜克大学是一所私立大学,成立于1838年。学校本科招生名额为6682人。大学以郊区为背景,校历基于学期制。2020年U.S. News全美最佳学校排名第10名。学杂费58198美元。

Duke University is a private institution that was founded in 1838. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,682, and the setting is Suburban. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Duke University's ranking in the 2020 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #10. Its tuition and fees are $58,198.

杜克大学校园地处北卡罗来纳州达勒姆(Durham)市,周边有购物、餐饮和娱乐等多种活动。达勒姆市昵称“公牛城”(Bull City),源自Blackwell烟草公司的Bull Durham烟草。学业前三年必须住在校园内,大一学生统一住在东校区。

Durham, North Carolina, which surrounds Duke's campus, offers a variety of activities including shopping, dining and entertainment. Its "Bull City" nickname comes from the Blackwell Tobacco Company's Bull Durham Tobacco. Students at Duke are required to live on campus for their first three years, and freshmen live together on the East Campus.

卡梅伦室内体育馆,蓝魔队”之家  图片来源:wikipedia.com

杜克大学“蓝魔队”,与北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的“柏油脚跟队”,可谓棋逢对手,多年来一直保持着激烈的竞争,以其出色的男子篮球项目著称。这是全美大学篮球比赛排名一直保持前五的球队。大约30%的学生参加“希腊社区”,那是包括40个兄弟会和女生联谊会的组织。

The Duke Blue Devils maintain a fierce rivalry with the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Tar Heels and are best known for their outstanding men's basketball program, which is one of the top five most wins all-time college basketball programs in the country. Approximately 30 percent of the student body is affiliated with Greek life, which encompasses almost 40 fraternities and sororities.

杜克大学有10所学院,大多提供本科及研究生教育。排名很高的研究生院有:Fuqua商学院、普拉特工程学院、法学院、医学院、桑福德公共政策学院、护理学院。

Duke University is divided into 10 schools and colleges, many of which serve both undergraduate and graduate students. Its graduate programs include the highly ranked Fuqua School of Business, Pratt School of Engineering, School of Law, School of Medicine, Sanford School of Public Policy and School of Nursing.

杜克大学的神学院和尼古拉斯环境学院备受尊敬,同样提供研究生课程。杜克本科生奖学金项目中最出名的“罗伯逊学者领导计划”(Robertson Scholars Leadership Program),提供给杜克大学和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的学生。它为每班约18名学生提供四年奖学金,并在两所大学提供独特的学术和课外活动机会。

Duke also offers graduate programs through its well-respected Divinity School and Nicholas School of the Environment. Duke's most esteemed undergraduate scholarship, the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program, is offered to students at both Duke University and the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. It provides about 18 students from each class with a four-year scholarship and the opportunity for unique academic and extracurricular opportunities at both universities.

Goodson教堂,杜克大学神学院的礼拜堂  图片来源:wikipedia.com

著名的校友包括比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会的联合创始人梅琳达·盖茨、NBA球员卡洛斯·布泽尔、前美国国会议员、三届总统候选人罗恩·保罗。

Notable alumni include Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; NBA player Carlos Boozer; and former U.S. Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul.

创建时间:1838年

Date of Establishment: Year 1838

教育类型:综合研究型大学

Type of Education: Comprehensive Research University

学校类别:私立大学

Type of School: Private University

校园及设施

Campus and facilities:

杜克大学是美国最优秀的大学之一,且为美国南部最好的私立大学,占地34.8平方公里,包括29 平方公里的杜克森林。校园有220座建筑,最高建筑物是杜克大教堂。校内有免费的公交线路每天持续运行,连接着各个校园。

Duke ranks as one of the best universities in the United States and the best private one in the south. It occupies a land of 34.8 square kilometers, including 29 square kilometers of Duke Forest. There are around 220 buildings on the campus, with Duke University Chapel being the tallest. Free bus lines are in service every day, connecting all campuses around.

杜克大学位于美国东南部的北卡罗莱纳州的达勒姆市,与教堂山及北卡州首府罗利,共同构成人文与地理上著名的"北卡研究三角区"(Research Triangle),是美国第三大生物医学科技及相关产业的集中地。

Located in Durham, North Carolina, in the southeast of the United States, Duke constitutes culturally and geographically the famous ‘Research Triangle’ jointly with Chapel Hill and Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, which is the third largest biomedical center in the United States.

北卡罗利纳州四季并不分明,一年有220天是充满阳光的日子,秋天是从9月开始一直到11月,冬天也不是很冷,平均一年只下一次雪。

North Carolina has no distinct seasons, featuring 220 sunny days a year, Sept-Nov fall, not-so-cold winter and once a year snowfalls.

哥特式建筑风格的Perkins图书馆  图片来源:wikipedia.com

杜克大学有11个图书馆,拥有超过500万卷的藏书,1770万的手稿,120万的公共文件和数以万计的电影、录像带。论其规模,排名于全美私立大学图书馆系统前三。

Duke has 11 libraries, with over 5 million volumes of books, 17.7 million manuscripts, 1.2 million public files and tens of thousands of films and videos. In terms of its scale, it ranks in the top three among the private university library system in the United States.

学科院系

Schools and Colleges:

圣三一学院(Trinity College)的艺术与科学学院,神学院,Fuqua商学院,研究生院,法学院,医学院,尼古拉斯环境学院,护理学院,普拉特工程学院,桑福德公共政策学院,杜克 - 新加坡国立大学医学研究生院(新加坡),以及位于中国昆山的杜克大学分校。

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Divinity School, Fuqua School of Business, Graduate School, School of Law, School of Medicine, Nicholas School of the Environment, School of Nursing, Pratt School of Engineering, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke-NUS Medical School and Duke Kunshan University.

圣三一学院社会科学楼  图片来源:wikipedia.com

另外,杜克大学还设有40多个研究所和研究中心,包括:基因组和计算生物学中心、杜克创新与创业计划、杜克全球健康研究所、杜克脑科学研究所、杜克科学与社会倡议组织、杜克大学能源倡议组织、杜克大学罗兹信息计划、跨学科研究组织、约翰·霍普·富兰克林人文学院、Kenan伦理研究所、尼古拉斯环境政策解决方案研究所、社会科学研究所等等。

In addition, Duke University has more than 40 research institutes and centers, including Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Science & Society Initiative, Duke University Energy Initiative, Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke, Interdisciplinary Studies, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Social Science Research Institute etc.

杜克大学为本科课程提供36门文理专业及46门可选择的第二专业。

Duke University offers 36 liberal arts majors and 46 second majors to choose from.

师资力量:

Faculty and Staff:

2014年,路透社公布了全球“高引用”研究员(前1%)名单,杜克大学有32位教授入选,该人数在以入选研究员所属的主要机构(primary affiliations)的排名中位列全球第四,仅次于哈佛大学、斯坦福大学以及加州大学伯克利分校。

In 2014 Highly Cited Researchers List (top 1%) released by Reuters, 32 professors from Duke were selected, ranking fourth in the world in terms of the primary affiliations of the selected researchers, next only to Harvard University, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley.

杜克大学   最高建筑为杜克大教堂  图片来源:amgenscholars.com

在校学生:15,928

Total Number of Students: 15,928

男女学生比率:50:50(7,958:7,960)

Male to Female Ratio: 50:50(7,958:7,960)

本科生毕业率:94.6%

4-year graduation rate: 94.6

申请人数:15,543

录取人数:1,654

录取率:10.6%

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) who applied: 15,543  

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) who admitted: 1,654

Acceptance rate: 10.6%

寄宿项目:有

Boarding at School: Available

学业前三年必须住在校园内,大一学生统一住在东校区。

Students at Duke are required to live on campus for their first three years, and freshmen live together on the East Campus.

学费(美元)

51,720美元/年;食宿:14,798美元/年

Tuition (USD):

USD51,720/Year (tuition and fees); USD14,798/Year (room & board)

主要教学语言:英文

Main Teaching Language: English

奖学金项目

Scholarship Program:

杜克大学47%的全日制本科生接受Need-based奖学金,平均金额为53214美元。

At Duke University, 47 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid, and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $53,214.

注:

Need-blind奖学金:奖学金的给予,并非基于需求,一般多为资金实力雄厚的私立大学

Need-based奖学金:根据家庭收入给予一定比例补助的奖学金(申请美国大学本科的中国学生所获得的奖学金,基本属于这种方式

Merit-based奖学金:优秀奖学金

2020年排名(U.S. News

全美大学排名第10名;最佳本科教学排名第17名;最有价值大学排名第8名

2020 Rankings (U.S. News)

#10 in National Universities, # 17in Best Undergraduate Teaching, # 8 in Best Value Schools

申请截至时间:1月3日

Application Deadline: January 01 of the calendar year

申请费用:85美金

Application Fee: USD85

录取要求:

Admission decision based on:

中学课程的难易程度

Rigor of secondary school record

班级排名

Class rank

学术平均分

Academic GPA

标准化考试成绩(或ACT)

Standardized test scores (or ACT) 

申请文书

Application Essay

推荐信

Recommendation(s)

非学术:

Non-academic:

课外活动

Extracurricular activities

才能

Talent/ability

个性特点

Character/personal qualities 

语言要求: 雅思7.0以上;托福90分以上

Language Proficiency:

A minimum of 90 must be scored on the TOEFL internet-based test.

A minimum overall band score of seven (7.0) must be scored on the IELTS.

联系方式

Contact:

地址:美国北卡罗来纳州达勒姆市杜克大学路2080号 27708

Add: 2080 Duke University Road, Durham, NC 27708

电话:+1 919 6843214

Tel: +1 919 6843214

邮箱:international-admissions@duke.edu

Email: international-admissions@duke.edu

网址:https://www.duke.edu/

Website: https://www.duke.edu/

 

链接:

昆山杜克大学

 

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