Founder James B. Duke's instruction to the Duke University community in 1924 was to pursue scholarship that would "most help to develop our resources, increase our wisdom and promote human happiness" is being carried out today through Duke's nine schools and colleges and by its many international and interdisciplinary units:

College of Arts & Sciences

Divinity School

Duke Law School

Fuqua School of Business

Graduate School

Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences

Pratt School of Engineering

School of Nursing

School of Medicine