Duke University:

Application Deadlines

Early Action: Sept. 12, 2017

Round 1: Oct. 10, 2017
Round 2: Jan. 3, 2018
Round 3: Mar. 20, 2018

Admissions Information
Program Overview

Start date: July 2018

Program duration: 22 months
Core Courses: 13
Elective Courses: 17/100+
Concentration Options: 14. Can chose 2
Certificate Options: 2
Joint Degree Options: 5
Extensive recruiting & career programming

Requirements

Online Application
Transcripts
Essays
Resume
Recommendation Letters
GMAT or GRE
Application Fee (waivers available)
Interview

Costs

First-year tuition for 2017: $65,665

Merit scholarships & loans available

Classroom structure:

Orientation (3 days) and Global Institute month (3 courses in a month)

Schedule for first years: Four six-week terms of MBA classes, each meeting twice a week for two
hours and 15 minutes

6 sections of 70 students

Within a section, you are grouped with 4-5 other MBA students with whom you complete team-based
assignments for courses, drawing on the team's collective knowledge, experiences and cultures to
broaden your learning experience.

Course Structure:
 Orientation (3 days)

Summer: Global Institute (4 weeks). The Global Institute is a rigorous, integrative, and hands-on
set of three courses emphasizing leadership in a global society. It provides a broad perspective on
preparing you to lead and manage in a global environment in which commerce increasingly
crosses national boundaries. The 3 courses include:
o Leadership, Ethics, and Organizations (LEO)
o Global Institutions and Environments (GIE)
o Consequential Leadership I (C-LEAD I)
Fall 1 (6 weeks)
o Probability and Statistics
o Managerial Economics
o Financial Accounting
o Management Communication I
o Business Computer Applications
Fall 2 (6 weeks)
o Global Financial Management
o Marketing Management
o Foundations of Strategy
o Management Communication II
Winter
o Optional elective workshop in Managerial Improvisation
Spring 1 (6 weeks)
o Operations Management
o Electives (2)
Spring 2 (6 weeks)
o Electives (3)

In the second year, students take electives (typically 3 per term) that allow them to tailor their course
of study to meet their educational and career goals.

Re-orientation and C-LEAD II (4 days)

o Consequential Leadership II (C-LEAD II): The course builds on the concepts and skills
mastered in C-LEAD I and the first year curriculum and challenges students to sharpen and
apply their leadership capabilities. It asks the students to reflect upon what they can do to be
effective leaders during their second year and post-graduation. Through a combination of
conceptual and experiential learning exercises, students reinforce their personal and ethical
leadership, and learn how to elevate these conversations to a community level.
Fall 1 (6 weeks)
o Electives (3)
Fall 2 (6 weeks)
o Electives (3)
Spring 1 (6 weeks)
o Electives (3)
Spring 2 (6 weeks)
o Electives (3)
Learning components:
Faculty: boast New York Times best-selling authors, academic journal editors, former and current
presidential and policy advisors, entrepreneurs, executives-in-residence, and thought leaders in every
business discipline. (Need to find out more about the faculty)

Learning methodologies: Business comes to life inside our classrooms, where professors use
lectures, cases, simulations, games, visiting executives, and their own research to create a dynamic
learning experience that pushes you to think and operate in new and different ways.

Engaging cases (Cased base teaching methods)

Strategic games (To develop a strategic

Realistic simulation

Fuqua's Research Centers:

Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE)

Health Sector Management (HSM)
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE)
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)
The Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE)

Good infrastructure

Other interesting things and general USP

- Two concentrations. Do schools generally allow students to do concentration in two

courses?
https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2013/04/12/dy38/optional-concentrations-tie-
into-my-interests?category=academics#.WXSm54iGO00

Experiential learning opportunities

- GATE. Practical global MBA experience

http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/student_resources/international_programs_office/gate/
https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/tag/global-academic-travel-
experience#.U8lB_PldVvA

- FCCP: Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum

http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/feature_stories/fccp-student/#.WXSs3IiGO00
https://sites.fuqua.duke.edu/fccp/

- P4E: Program for Entrepreneurs

 https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2013/05/23/deidre/innovation-entrepreneurship-
in-action?category=entrepreneurship-innovation#.WXSvB4iGO00

- Outgoing exchange programs

https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2013/05/01/am344/study-abroad-in-africa-the-
academic-experience?category=academics#.WXSwGYiGO00

- Fuqua on board:
https://centers.fuqua.duke.edu/case/students/extracurricular/

- New Ventures clinic

- Mentored study:
http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/admin/stuserv/courseinfo/managemt754.html

Extra-curricular opportunities
- MBA Case competitions: Fuqua Case Bowl, Elite 8 Case Competition, Deloitte National Case
Competition, Capture the Cup, VCIC Case Competition
https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/12/04/nisha/crazy-for-case-
competitions?category=consulting#.WXS8mYiGO00
- Conferences and Symposia
- Week-in-Cities Trips
- Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS)

Internship opportunities:
CCMBA

TeamFuqua: The Team Fuqua spirit and community is one of the things that sets The Duke
MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include
faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions team, we ask that
person to share with everyone in the office a list of 25 Random Things About Yourself. As
an Admissions team, we already know the new hires professional and academic background,
so learning these 25 Random Things helps us get to know someones personality,
background, special talents, and more.

Possible questions till now:

Questions related to Consulting?
- What are the opportunities available to duke students in real life consulting projects?
- How useful is the career services team in helping students transition into Consulting? What
sort of activities do they undertake to prepare a student undertake the transformation?
- Activities in Duke MBA Consulting club
- Internship opportunities from Consulting companies. What is the USP of a Fuqua program
from the point of view of a Consulting recruiter?
- Do you get a lot of networking opportunities in North Carolina? How accessible are alumni
to you? Do you outreach to them mainly through the Career Center, school events, informally,
or otherwise?
- How difficult it is to pick up a consulting project under FCCP for a student with non
consulting background (like me)?
- Which are your favourite professors and courses related to Strategy concentration ?

General Questions?
- The best thing about Duke Fuqua?
- Things Duke Fuqua needs to improve upon?
- How difficult is it to obtain leadership roles in clubs as a first year? As a second year?
- Your thoughts on TeamFuqua and how does it help to set Duke apart from other top B
schools? What do you think is the major value advantage of it from a professional point of
view? How does the school reinforce the spirit of TeamFuqua?
- How difficult it is to get into Fuqua on board?