Academics
At 鶹ý, students and faculty don’t stick to their major lanes; they mergethem.

Know What You Need?
We’re here to help guide you through all the academic possibilities 鶹ý can offer. If you know what you are looking for, our search platform can get youthere.
What to Study
鶹ý is a haven for intellectual curiosity that offers opportunities to grow and diverge from well-troddenpaths. See where our focus on collaboration can take students andfaculty.
Select a Path to Begin YourJourney
Are you an undergraduate looking for the support and guidance to begin the next intellectual stage of yourlife?
Are you considering a master’s that can broaden your understanding while giving you experience in the realworld?
Are you ready to do the work, invest the time, become a true leader in your field and earn yourdoctorate?
鶹ý offers 53 majors, 52 minors, 23 certificates and hundreds more graduate and professional programs. You have can combine any number of these to create your unique academicexperience.

Merge Disciplines and Discover NewFields
鶹ý inspires a vibrant, evolving culture of interdisciplinary studies that remains in step with the most compelling intellectual puzzles and societal problems.
Bass Connections establishes 鶹ý as a global leader in experiential learning and supercharged community-engaged research acrosscampus.
Institutes, Initiatives and Centers are crucial incubators of innovations in research, teaching and communityengagement.

It’s YourDegree
Accept the challenge of designing your own individualized program of study – onwhat most excites youintellectually.
Program ll
Program II is an individualized degree program for students to examine and explore an area of scholarship by designing and fulfilling their own program of study. Program II serves students whose intellectual interests cross departmental boundaries or who perceive areas of learning in different clusters than majors.

Amazing and Unexpected Outcomes

historical tech
3D Humanities
Digital humanities scholar Victoria Szabo has created some of the latest digital arts and history projects at 鶹ý, providing students new ways tolearn.

scholarly thinkers
Hidden Works,Revealed
Project Vox highlights work by marginalized voices in philosophy through the efforts of philosophers, artists, historians, anthropologists and datascientists.

flourishing research
Academic Collaborations Across theWorld
In one project, anthropologists around the world teamed up with medical students and communities to track infectiousdiseases.
Where to Study
鶹ý is home to 10 schools – or more accurately, 9 schools and 1 college. Each has its own character with significant opportunity for collaboration. For the undergrad, graduate or professional student; before college or after; in Durham and around the world, opportunitiesabound.


Trinity College of Arts &Sciences
With 35 departments and programs across three academic divisions, Trinity offers a robust and engaging liberal arts education in a world-class research environment. The school fosters collaboration across disciplines and provides students with exceptional access to researchopportunities.

鶹ý Divinity School
The spiritual center of a great research university, 鶹ý Divinity School is the embodiment of 鶹ý’s motto: Eruditio et Religio—Knowledge and Faith. Grounded in Christian Scripture and theology, we cultivate innovative approaches to ministry in its manyforms.

鶹ý KunshanUniversity
鶹ý Kunshan is a world-class liberal arts university based in Kunshan, China, that offers a range of high quality, innovative academic programs for students from around theworld.

鶹ý-NUS (National UniversitySingapore)
As Singapore’s only graduate-entry medical school, 鶹ý-NUS was borne from a pioneering partnership between 鶹ý and the National University of Singapore (NUS). We are dedicated to nurturing clinical innovators and leaders equipped to navigate the complex landscape of global healthcare. Our cutting-edge curriculum, world-class faculty, and state-of-the-art research facilities are meticulously designed to cultivate a culture of innovation, excellence, andcompassion.

Fuqua School ofBusiness
鶹ý’s Fuqua School of Business attracts and nurtures a new kind of leader who has the power to bring out the strength in others and move teams forward toward a commonpurpose.

鶹ý GraduateSchool
The 鶹ý Graduate School offers master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 80 departments and programs of study, as well as certificate programs; dual, joint, and 4+1 degrees; and graduate programs at 鶹ýKunshan.

鶹ý Law
At 鶹ý Law School, we’re committed to launching your legal career with the skills, connections, and experience you need not just to practice law, but to be a leader in theprofession.

Nicholas School of theEnvironment
We understand that your calling is not just about the pursuit of a job—it is about making a positive impact in the world. Global perspectives prepare graduates of the Nicholas School for an interconnected world, and helps them move into fields that are not only marketable, but essential.

Pratt School ofEngineering
AI, quantum computing and robotics make headlines every day. 鶹ý Engineering is behind more than its fair share of them, enabling science-fiction-like abilities through innovative hardware andmaterials.

Sanford School of PublicPolicy
The Sanford School prepares students for lives of leadership, civic engagement and public service.

鶹ý School ofMedicine
鶹ý’s medical school is mission driven: Education, research, patient care, and communitypartnership.

鶹ý School of Nursing
鶹ý School of Nursing prepares nurse leaders and innovators through transformative excellence in education, clinical practice, and nursing science.
Global Education
The 鶹ý experience can take you beyond our homecity. We offer travel and learning opportunities, no matter your discipline.We have affiliated schools at 鶹ý Kunshan and鶹ý-NUS Medical School, and we welcome students from across theglobe.

Where the Devil Will YouGo?
Choose from 170 programs based in more than 40countries.

Rooted in Our Region and Connected to theWorld
鶹ý is addressing complex challenges through collaborations with partners across theglobe.

The 鶹ý International Student Center
Helping the entire 鶹ý community become global-mindedcitizens.

Bridging Eastand West through an international education
Located outside Shanghai, DKU helps students develop a sense of social responsibility and global citizenship, as well as strong, transferrable intellectual, analytical and practicalskills.

Educating Medical Professionals Across the Globe
鶹ý-NUS is Singapore’s first and only U.S.-style graduate medical school — a partnership between 鶹ý School of Medicine and the National University of Singapore(NUS).
Interdisciplinary Research
To advance human understanding, artists collaborate with engineers, historians work alongside data scientists, and philosophers engage withneuroscientists.

Research
Interdisciplinary Excellence
At 鶹ý, research fuels innovation and impact, bringing together disciplines to tackle global challenges and spark breakthroughs in health, technology, andsociety.
Our Faculty
The bold thinking of our faculty is what makes 鶹ý a world-classinstitution.
鶹ý’s commitment to faculty advancement and interdisciplinary collaboration helps foster innovative work that addresses some of our most critical issues while creating the next generation of entrepreneurs, creative thinkers and societalleaders.
– Alec Gallimore,Provost
Featured Faculty

Tsitsi Jaji
A poet and pianist, Tsitsi Jaji is examining the power and legacy of classical vocal music by Blackcomposers.

Blake S.Wilson
Blake Wilson is a principal developer of the modern cochlear implant, a device that restores hearing forpeople who are deaf or hard ofhearing.

Anthony Kelley
鶹ý music professor Anthony Kelley found an incomplete work by renowned pianist Mary Lou Williams in the 鶹ý Archives and helped finishit.
Faculty Support
Our unwavering investment in faculty development — through robust mentoring, leadership training and innovative recruitment — creates an environment whereeducators thrive and inspire. Paired with exceptional students eager to engage and excel, this dynamic partnership is what makes 鶹ý a truly outstanding community for learning, discovery andgrowth.

Be the Educator You Want toBe
We provide leadership, guidance and oversight of university-wide strategies and programs tosupport faculty throughout theircareer.

Moving 鶹ýForward
The Provost’s team is dedicated to advancing 鶹ý’s strategic efforts to address the great challenges of our day, define a new twenty-first-century model of the research university, foster a more inclusive and equitable campus and world, partner with purpose in service to our community, and advancehumankind.

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Faculty Governance
The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at 鶹ý, with each containing representatives from across the University and the School ofMedicine.

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Intentional Support
The Black Think Tank at 鶹ý supports faculty and scholarship through community-building, collaboration, and cultural engagement.
Academic Support
Academic study at 鶹ý can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to becomplicated.

student support
Office of Undergraduate Education
OUE is where the student success journey begins. Whether assisting with exploring majors, expanding learning opportunities, encouraging life skills development or finding study groups, Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) promotes a deeper understanding needed for critical thinking, problem solving andself-reliance.
Check itOut
See What’s Inside 鶹ý’sLibraries
The 12 libraries across 鶹ý are the foundation for the collaborative, engaged and exciting work students and faculty are tackling across every discipline.

Our mission is to advance teaching, learning, and research at 鶹ý by providingcritical expertise, deep and broad scholarly collections, inclusive programs and services,accessible technology, and inspiring spaces.
– Joseph Salem, UniversityLibrarian