Duke University
private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Summary
Duke University is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,082 views/month, #12 of 8,192).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: higher education[3], research[4]
- Member of: Oak Ridge Associated Universities[5], ORCID, Inc.[6], Digital Library Federation[7], Atlantic Coast Conference[8], Consortium of Social Science Associations[9], ArXiv[10], Triangle Research Libraries Network[11], Association of American Universities[12], Association of American Colleges and Universities[13], American Council on Education[14], National Humanities Alliance[15], Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship[16], Coalition for Networked Information[17], Center for Research Libraries[18]
- Religion or worldview: United Methodist Church[19]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Durham[20]
- Country: United States[21]
- Instance of: private not-for-profit educational institution[22], open-access publisher[23]
- Founder: James Buchanan Duke[24]
- Named after: Washington Duke[25]
- Headquarters location: Durham[26]
- Location: Duke University campus[27]
- Child organization or unit: John W. Hartman Center, Duke University[28], John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University[29], Sallie Bingham Center, Duke University[30], Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University[31], Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University[32], Duke University School of Medicine[33], Duke Clinical Research Institute[34], Tisch Brain Tumor Center[35], Sanford School of Public Policy[36]
- Commons category: Duke University[37]
- Review score: 75[38]
- Industry: higher education[39]
- Inception: 1838[40]
- Coordinate location: 36.001111111111, -78.938888888889[41]
- Official website: https://duke.edu[42]
- Topic's main category: Category:Duke University[43]
- Commons gallery: Duke University[44]
- Employees: 19,108[45]
- Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[46], Digital Second Edition of Robert Singerman's Judaica Americana[47], Judaica Americana: a Bibliography of Publications to 1900[48]
- Ranking: 39[49], 27[50], 32[51], 31[52], 34[53], 28[54], 26[55]
Why It Matters
Duke University has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]