Fuqua School of Business

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Duke University campus

Fuqua Keller Center
Use	School of business
Style
Erected	1983
Location	West Campus
Namesake	Thomas F. Keller
Architect	Unknown
Address	251 Science Drive
Website	Fuqua School of Business

The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Fuqua (pronounced few-qua) is the youngest of the U.S. business schools affiliated with elite research universities, but has shown strong performance in rankings by business publications. It currently enrolls 1,340 students in degree-seeking programs. These programs include the Daytime MBA, the Global Executive MBA, the Cross Continent MBA, the Weekend Executive MBA, and a Ph.D. program. Duke Executive Education and Duke Corporate Education offer non-degree business education and professional development programs which are ranked number one in the world by the Financial Times.

1 History
2 Rankings
3 Interesting Facts
4 External links

[edit] History

The Fuqua School of Business

Duke's Fuqua School of Business had humble beginnings. Formed in 1969, the graduate school enrolled its first class of 20 students in 1970. In 1974, Thomas F. Keller, a 1953 Duke graduate, became the graduate school's new dean. This served as a turning point in the school's history. Keller quickly improved the school's fortune. He embarked upon a capital campaign in 1978 with the goal of raising $20 million to erect a buildling, increase the number of M.B.A. students from sixty to 250, and more than double the size of the faculty. In three years, the campaign raised $24 million, $10 million of which came from businessman and philanthrophist J.B. Fuqua. The graduate school's name was then changed to the Fuqua School of Business.

[edit] Rankings

Financial Times ranked Fuqua 2nd in the nation [1]. BusinessWeek ranked Fuqua 9th in the nation in 2006. U.S. News and World Report ranked Fuqua 11th.

[edit] Interesting Facts

Fuqua is host to the World MBA Rugby Championships

[edit] External links


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