Duke's Graduate School is highly diverse in terms of both international and U.S. minority students, and has become increasingly selective for students who apply to its programs.

Over fifty graduate programs actively contribute and draw from every other unit of the university -- from the undergraduate programs in Trinity College and in Engineering, to the professional Schools of Business, Divinity, the Environment and Earth Sciences, Law and Medicine.

At Duke, we have made a commitment to maintain our graduate programs at a moderate size -- approximately 2,200 graduate students are enrolled here, working with more than 1,000 graduate faculty members. The Duke ideal is a small number of superior students working closely with esteemed scholars. Providing faculty and graduate students alike with the incentive to innovate, to discover, to challenge tradition is considered the very best application of the university's resources.

Graduate education at Duke is enhanced by a rich array of inter-institutional and exchange programs which focus their programming in specific areas of study and research.

The Graduate School recognizes how important it is for international students to have strong language skills.  The English for International Students (EIS) program was created by the Graduate School to help international students improve their speaking and writing skills and prepare for greater success in their academic work. The program offers courses in both oral communiation and academic writing.