Private university in Durham, N.C. It was created in 1924 through an endowment from James B. Duke , although the original college (Trinity) traces its roots to the mid 19th century.
Duke maintained separate campuses for undergraduate men and women until the 1970s. Besides an undergraduate liberal arts college, the university includes schools of business, divinity, engineering, environmental studies, graduate studies, law, medicine (including a medical centre), and nursing.