Duke is committed to furthering the the education of its graduate and professional students by fostering a range of international study opportunities throughout the disciplines. The following is a list of international opportunities administered by Duke. For information about opportunities not administered by Duke visit the Office of Research Support.

General

Academic Year Scholarships and Fellowships: Duke has a number of competitive scholarships and fellowships for incoming and advanced students, providing summer and/or year-long funding. This site also outlines standard types of departmental funding through fellowships, endowments, assistantships and instructorships, including important tax information for international students. It contains information about international research opportunities and national, regional and foundation awards as well as links to the office of research support which can help with applying for outside funding sources.

Center for International Studies Overseas Summer Research Awards: The DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research and Training provide graduate students working on international, regional or comparative research with funding for travel to archival and research sites inside and outside the continental United States, for attendance at specialized conferences, or for foreign language & methods training.  Awards range from $500 to $2,500.  Funding requests may include costs of international and in-country travel, living expenses, and directly-related research materials, but not costs related to service-based work and internships.

Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships are designed to encourage the study or use of foreign languages in combination with international or area studies. Priority will be given to students enrolling in a foreign language course each semester while completing full-time course work. In some cases fellowships are awarded for the use of the advanced foreign language while carrying out overseas research during the academic year. The languages for which fellowships are offered are decided by the centers administering the competitions: the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, and the South Asian Studies Center. .The FLAS competitions are open to graduate and professional school students currently enrolled at Duke as well as students who will begin their graduate studies in Fall 2004. In most cases, native speakers of these languages, even if U.S. citizens or permanent residents, are not eligible for a fellowship in their native language. Application forms and instructions are available online.

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. Government's premier scholarship program.  It enables U.S. students, artists and other professionals to benefit from unique resources globally and to gain international competence in an increasingly interdependent world. The Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowship Program and the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation and Faculty Research Fellowships are administered through the Duke University Center for International Studies (DUCIS).

Program on Global Policy and Governance: Conducted each summer in Geneva by the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy – an international center of policy-making – the Program on Global Policy and Governance provides students from leading public policy schools with unparalleled access to institutions in Geneva, and encourages them to think critically about the international system today, and what it could become. Participants take part in an intensive one-month Global Policy and Governance Course designed to expose future international policy leaders to the field of global governance and policy from an academic and experiential perspective.

Through the university’s Hart Leadership Program, Duke seniors and recent alumni may apply to the Hart Fellows Program, which offers recent graduates ten month fellowships with international humanitarian organizations. Fellows conduct Research Service Learning (RSL) projects in collaboration with their host organizations; recent research initiatives include such topics as HIV/AIDS treatment, domestic violence prevention, and community reconstruction in post-war settings.

Center for Latin America & Caribbean Studies Graduate Student Competitions provides information about competitive financial awards and fellowships administered by the Duke and UNC consortium in Latin American Studies such as Mellon, FLAS and Ford fellowships, as well as links to information about those fellowships/awards administered outside the consortium by the graduate school or by individual departments.

The Fuqua School of Business offers Global Academic Travel Experience Courses (GATE Courses) are three credit elective courses in international business. Students study the business, culture, economy, and politics of a country or region for 6 weeks before traveling to the area studied. The travel portion of the course is typically 10-16 days in length. Students gain exposure to international businesses through visits to multi-national corporations, local enterprises, government agencies, exchange program partner schools, alumni and others in the region. Cultural experiences are also an important part of the GATE courses and there is free time scheduled for this purpose. Destinations include India, Latin America, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Southern Africa.

Duke Law School

The Asia America Institute in Transnational Law Program is designed for J.D. students who have completed at least one year of law study, for advanced law students from all countries, and for judges, academics, and other professionals. The program is also intended for students preparing to study for an LL.M. degree in the United States and for practitioners seeking knowledge of American and comparative law. The courses focus on topics important to legal practitioners especially in international business transactions. Special afternoon seminars are an integral part of the academic program, in which experts from Hong Kong and other Asian legal, political, and financial communities will speak on important and timely topics.  Students and non-Hong Kong faculty members live at a very pleasant residential college located at the University of Hong Kong campus. Information on faculty, course content, housing costs, travel, application procedures and the experiences of former participants can be found at the main website.

The Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law Program is designed for J.D. students who have completed at least one year of study and LL.M. candidates of American law schools, for advanced law students from Europe and other locations throughout the world, and for law practitioners, judges, and teachers of law from various countries. The program is also designed for students from any country planning to study for an LL.M. degree in the United States or elsewhere or to practice law in the United States or in areas of law requiring knowledge of American law. (The Introduction to American Law course is of particular value to such participants.) Enrollment is also available to other qualified persons with an interest in topics in international and comparative law.

The Duke University School of Law has a strong interest in international and comparative law. This is reflected in the enthusiasm for their LL.M. and S.J.D. programs for foreign-trained lawyers, as well as in the programs of study, centers, array of courses, and activities with an international focus. A good example is Duke’s J.D./LL.M. Program in International and Comparative Law, founded over fifteen years ago, which was the first joint degree program of its kind. While the J.D./LL.M. and J.D. programs attract a reasonable number of international students, the greatest number of overseas students enrolls in the LL.M. program for foreign-trained lawyers. A handful of very able international students are also members of the S.J.D. program.

At the Duke School of Law international students are represented in the Duke Bar Association, on the staff of the Duke Journal of International and Comparative Law and on the executive board of the Duke International Law Society. The School of Law has a professional international studies staff to ensure that international students are properly catered for. There is a variety of exchange programs between Duke and other law schools.

At the Duke School of Law international students are represented in the Duke Bar Association, on the staff of the Duke Journal of International and Comparative Law and on the executive board of the Duke International Law Society. The School of Law has a professional international studies staff to ensure that international students are properly catered for. There is a variety of exchange programs between Duke and other law schools.