Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1838, Duke is one of the world's leading research universities, offering a wide range of degree programs and research opportunities. With its strong academic reputation, Duke is consistently ranked among the
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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.