Visit
Experience Duke for Yourself
Duke cannot be fully captured through words or images. Maybe it’s the warmth and welcoming spirit you feel from both students and faculty. Maybe it’s the feeling of connection, collaboration, and creativity all around you. Whatever it is, from the minute you step on campus, you’ll feel what makes Duke special.
Tours and Immersions
TO SEE DUKE IS TO FEEL IT
Duke’s campus is now open to visitors who adhere to the University visitor policies. We will offer in-person, student-led tours for prospective students beginning in September. You are also welcome to use this map of campus if you wish to tour campus on your own.
01 - Campus Tours
Campus Tour
Led by a student tour guide, our outdoor walking tours last typically between 45-60 minutes. You’ll also have a chance to ask questions and hear why we love our vibrant community. In the event of severe weather or lightning, tours could be canceled or delayed. While on campus, visitors are expected to adhere to the University visitor policies.
Virtual Tour
Get a feel for the student experience through our virtual tour. The tour explores Duke’s campus highlights, residence halls, libraries, and dining locations.
02 - Group Visits
While the campus is now open to visitors who adhere to the UNIVERSITY VISITOR POLICIES, all on-campus recruitment activities hosted by Undergraduate Admissions are on hold due to our facilities being under construction and currently inaccessible. We hope to offer in-person, student-led tours later this fall for individual prospective students and their families.
In order to accommodate as many individual visitors as possible, we will not be offering group tours this fall. You may use this MAP OF CAMPUS if you wish to tour campus on your own.
We welcome those we would have previously organized a group visit to campus to sign up for our virtual programming. If you are a community-based organization or college access program with questions about separate programming, please reach out to UNDERGRAD-ADMISSIONS@DUKE.EDU.
03 - Virtual Reality, Video Tours, and Campus Map
Virtual Reality Tour
Get a feel for the student experience through our virtual reality tour. The tour explores Duke’s campus highlights as well as residence halls, libraries, and dining locations.
Duke University via Google Maps
Developed by the Duke Office of Duke & Community Affairs, explore Duke on Google Maps with embedded videos, photographs, and multimedia content. Landmarks include Puppy Kindergarten, an underground nuclear lab, and more!
East Campus Tour
At Duke, all first-year undergraduates live together on historic East Campus, a housing community designed to support the needs and interests of students who are new to college life. On East Campus, students quickly meet classmates from diverse backgrounds and start building friendships that will grow beyond their four years at Duke.
West Campus Tour
Follow student guide, Devan ’23 as he walks through campus with a gimbal and camera in hand. During this walking tour, you’ll see a number of Duke’s academic and extracurricular opportunities, and share more information about housing, dining, and residence life. And, of course, a view of our beautiful campus. You can take the tour all at once or jump into whatever section interests you.
This short video showcases Duke University’s West Campus with 4K footage courtesy of Duke University Communications.
04 - Other Tours
The following options are available when Duke’s campus is open to visitors.
Pratt School of Engineering
Explore Pratt’s newest facilities and get information on various opportunities available to engineering students. Reservations required.
Duke Kunshan University
Learn more about Duke’s campus in China through information sessions held on Fridays at the Duke Kunshan University Office of Recruitment. Registration required.
Rubenstein Arts Center
If you are interested in the arts at Duke, schedule a tour with a student arts ambassador to explore this state-of-the-art facility. Guests must submit tour requests at least one week in advance.
Nasher Museum of Art
Check out the collection’s rotating exhibitions and permanent installations. Plan your visit with the self-guided tour map.
Duke Chapel
A new 360-degree virtual tour presents the sights and sounds of Duke Chapel with highlights and anecdotes from the building’s history.
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Discover the Duke Basketball Museum & Duke Athletics Hall of Fame, located adjacent to Cameron in the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center.
Marine Lab
Tours of the Duke University Marine Laboratory, located about 180 miles east of Duke’s main campus, are available to high school or college-aged students who are interested in enrolling.
The Lemur Center
Visit Duke’s internationally acclaimed Lemur Center to acquaint yourself with any of the 240 animals across 17 species housed at the noninvasive research facility.
01 - Virtual Campus Visits
Virtual Information Session
Join us for a 45-minute virtual information session led by a Duke Admissions Officer. You’ll learn about academic opportunities, student life, admissions + financial aid process, and you’ll have a chance to ask questions.
Register for a Virtual Information Session
Live Virtual Campus Tour
Hosted each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, virtual tours offer an opportunity to visit campus from the comfort of your own home. Presented in real-time by a current student ambassador, our hour-long virtual visits guide you through popular spots on campus including both East and West Campuses.
Schedule a Live Virtual Campus Tour
Pratt School of Engineering Live Virtual Tour
Explore Pratt’s newest facilities and get information on various opportunities available to engineering students. Reservations are required.
02 - Virtual Reality, Video Tours, and Campus Map
Virtual Reality Tour
Get a feel for the student experience through our virtual reality tour. The tour explores Duke’s campus highlights as well as residence halls, libraries, and dining locations.
Duke University via Google Maps
Developed by the Duke Office of Duke & Community Affairs, explore Duke on Google Maps with embedded videos, photographs, and multimedia content. Landmarks include Puppy Kindergarten, an underground nuclear lab, and more!
East Campus Tour
At Duke, all first-year undergraduates live together on historic East Campus, a housing community designed to support the needs and interests of students who are new to college life. On East Campus, students quickly meet classmates from diverse backgrounds and start building friendships that will grow beyond their four years at Duke.
West Campus Tours
Follow student guide, Devan ’23 as he walks through campus with a gimbal and camera in hand. During this walking tour, you’ll see a number of Duke’s academic and extracurricular opportunities, and share more information about housing, dining, and residence life. And, of course, a view of our beautiful campus. You can take the tour all at once or jump into whatever section interests you.
This short video showcases Duke University’s West Campus with 4K footage courtesy of Duke University Communications.
01 - Connect with a Faculty Member
If you would like to speak with a faculty member in a particular department or program, we encourage you to reach out directly to the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the department(s) or program(s) of interest to you.
For majors/programs in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, click here.
For the Pratt School of Engineering, click here.
02 - Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
Duke provides Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs for interested students, all of which offer the possibility of financial aid. Representatives from each division are available to answer specific questions.
Air Force (AFROTC)
Recruiting Officer: Captain Nethania Swanson
919-660-1869
Army (AROTC)
Recruiting Officer: Jeff Daye
919-660-3091
Navy/Marine Corps (NROTC)
Recruiting Officer: LT Levi Blackwell
919-660-3708
01 - Discover Duke
Every fall our admissions officers host informational presentations in locations throughout the United States to provide an overview of our academic and signature opportunities and share information about the application and financial aid processes.
This year we will host Discover Duke events in a digital format.
02 - Exploring College Options
For over 25 years, Duke has partnered with Georgetown, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford to host Exploring College Options. Every spring and fall, representatives from the five schools offer brief presentations and answer questions about what distinguishes one university from another, what highly selective colleges look for in the selection process, and what you can do to enhance your college applications.
Exploring College Options will be hosted in a digital format this year.
03 - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Duke partners with other select universities every spring and fall to host public information sessions in locations throughout the world. Admission directors from each institution give brief presentations about their undergraduate programs and provide an overview of admission and financial aid policies and procedures.
International Recruitment Events with Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, and Vanderbilt
Admission directors from our six institutions will share information about our undergraduate programs, the most recent application cycle, the continuing impact of COVID-19 and other world events on our campuses and profession, and answer your questions. All events will be approximately 90 minutes. Registration links are available on the Northwestern admissions website here.
Our Campus
Highlights
When Duke was founded in 1924, the construction of its campus was the single largest Depression-era project in the United States. Today, the Georgian East Campus and neo-Gothic West Campus serve as the core of Duke’s sprawling campus. With more than 250 buildings situated on 8,600+ acres of land, 7,044 of which are forest, you will immediately feel immersed in a “Gothic Wonderland.”
BALDWIN AUDITORIUM
Built in 1927, designed by Duke’s founding architect Julian Abele and situated on East Campus, Baldwin Auditorium serves as one of the university’s core venues in which leading classical soloists and ensembles, vocal ensembles, and jazz ensembles perform.
Duke Chapel
Built in 1932 at the center of West Campus, Duke Chapel, with its 210-foot tower and a 50-bell carillon, is the architectural symbol of the university.
PERKINS LIBRARY
Perkins Library, together with Duke’s other libraries, comprises one of the nation’s top 10 private research library systems. The libraries’ services and resources include more than six million volumes, more than 20 million manuscripts, more than two million electronic resources, 100,000+ items in digital collections, and tens of thousands of films and videos.
FITZPATRICK CENTER
This 322,000-square-foot collaborative research center brings together faculty in four research initiatives: biology, photonics, materials, and integrated sensors. The $97 million facility also expands the Pratt School of Engineering’s partnership with the School of Medicine by providing laboratories for collaborative research in healthcare, genomics, and biotechnology.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
The crown jewel of college basketball, Cameron Indoor boasts intimate seating arrangements for more than 9,000 fans, including bleacher-style seats alongside the court reserved for students (nicknamed the Cameron Crazies).
Durham, North Carolina
No place like home
It’s impossible to fully describe the close bonds between Duke and Durham. Since its history, Duke has grown from a small liberal arts college to a world-class research university. Similarly, Durham has evolved from a small tobacco town to the City of Medicine. With rich culture and boundless innovation both at Duke and in Durham, we are proud of our hometown.