Cover：Duke University●It is a world-renowned scenic private coeducational research university;●The best basketball schools in the United States, and in 2015 won its fifth NCAAchampionship;●In the best full-time MBA business school rankings in 2014 published by"Business Week" , Duke University ranked first in the nation.Page 1Directory●Go into the home of basketball champion (profile)● A grateful and glorious period of history (history)●The academic open field being tolerant to diversity (advantage)● A touch of sunshine of academies and sports interchanging(environment) ●Colorful era propeller (elites)Page 2 A grateful and glorious period of history (history)College name: Duke University (Duke University)College motto: knowledge and belief (Knowledge and Faith)Starting Origin: Founded in 1838Faction: Private UniversityThe current president: Richard Broad HydeCultural advertised: Famous Alumni (Nixon, Tim Cook, Coach K, etc.)The main colleges: School of Business, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Environmental Sciences, School of Public PolicyDepartments Status: the total students of 14,600;College including: 12 affiliated collegesPage 3 A grateful and glorious period of history (history)Duke University was founded in 1838, originally was a branch of Brown College, managed by Methodist believers and Quaker believers who led by a priest BrantleyYork. In 1892 and 1924, Duke University received two donations of Duke and his son, provided funding for Duke University's new campus and teaching facilities. With the consent of son Duke, Chairman of the Trinity College of William Preston Few changed the name of the school to Duke University for thanking the kindness of the Duke family.The School in the 1920s rebuilt the east campus, and constructed the West Campus with Gothic architectural style. The most famous building was Duke Cathedral costing $ 2.3 million. In 1942, Duke hosted the only time the Rose Bowl NCAA finals outside Los Angeles. In the World War II School also hosted the V-12 Navy College Training Program project training personnel for US Navy.Now, according to the "US News and World Report", Duke University had been listed as the 7th in nation, and paralleling with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania, in the southern United States in the first place. Duke University is recognized as one of the world's top institutions of higher education today, the business school, law school and medical school are among the top ten of United States. According to the best business schoolsfull-time MBA program rankings published by in 2014, Fuqua business school of Duke University had exceeded the business school of Harvard, the Booth Business School of University of Chicago, and so on, ranked the nation's first.Page 4 Go into the home of basketball champion (profile)Duke is the best private universities in the southern United States. Compared to the leader, whether academic levels or other aspects can compete with the Ivy League, the students once joked that Harvard was north Duke. School long-term ranked top ten in US, and in 2002 - 2007 period once it was in top five. In 2013 - 2014 in American "US News & World Report", the Duke university ranked 7th in American Comprehensive University rankings, in the world's rankings it ranked 20th.Duke University's library has more than 500 million volumes of books, on the scale, ranking among the nation's top three private university library system. It has 17.7 million manuscripts, 1.2 million of public documents and tens of thousands of films, video tapes. Duke University has a total of 11 libraries. In 2008 Duke University firstly published 5000 precious historical photos that Gamble in 1917and 1932 in China shot.Duke University is an international and social university. The school has more than 2,000 students, teaching 25 foreign languages, from Brazilian music to African dance, arts curriculum is inclusive, promising all kinds of religious activities in schools for Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and other religious believers. In addition, the interdisciplinary approach reflects the Duke's social commitment of "knowledge to serve the community", more than 75% of the students in Duke participate in community service; and DukeEngage project also provides significant financial support for undergraduate students participating in short-term high-intensity services worldwide. In Duke large number of students and professors specialize in social problems such as poverty, health care, energy, international political and ethical aspects.Page 5 A touch of sunshine of academies and sports interchanging (environment)Duke University have at least 220 buildings of Duke forests and so on, is one ofthe famous "North Carolina Triangle" in the humanities and geographies. In the Atlantic coast also has a 15-acre Marine Laboratory. There is free campus bus lines continue to run daily, connecting the various campuses. Campus has not distinct seasons, 220 days a year are sunny days, autumn is from September to November, the winter is not very cold, the average only once snow a year.Duke's motto is "the pursuit of knowledge, religious beliefs," comes from a Methodist hymn of "divine knowledge", aimed at promoting combined education and religion. Duke University has become one of America's major centers of learning, and its innovative research and academic have caused community concerns. In recent years, academic reputation of Duke climbs steadily year by year, ranks among the elites of the United States. Duke University has been able to come to the fore, one important reason is the basic traditional spirit led to the teachers and students at the University of: Professors seriously preaching, tuition and doubts; students are focused exclusively on reading, delving into their own profession.Duke University's special characters aren't only in the pursuit of academic merit, but also includes sports and other related fields. If you become a member of Duke, Duke will be invited to paint the face blue cheering for the Duke men's basketball team, or try some other activities have never experienced before. Duke University has a very strong basketball culture: In the US sports channel ESPN T op in 2011"American Top Ten basketball elites", the Duke ranked first with an absolute advantage, and in 2015 won the NCAA's fifth championship.Duke Tower Trinity libraryPage 6 In those years great masters' blotting highly sought (elites)Duke emerged many well-known figures including all sectors of political, business, academia, and other fields. Its broad influencing scope, the number of people covered, in the United States are second to none. It includes the President Nixon who first visit to China, Apple's CEO Mark Cuban, the United States men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (nicknamed "Coach K") and other world-famous figure.Nixon Kuban "Coach K"Richard Wagner Robert Lefkowitz Carey Irving (Former GM CEO) (won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry)。