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Established | 1939 |
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Parent institution | Duke University |
Dean | Jerome P. Lynch, PhD, F.EMI |
Academic staff | 156 |
Undergraduates | 1,257[1] |
Postgraduates | 1,281 |
Location | |
Website | pratt |
The Pratt School of Engineering is the engineering school of Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Research expenditures at Duke Engineering exceed $88 million per year. Its faculty is highly ranked in overall research productivity among U.S. engineering schools by Academic Analytics.[2] More than 30 Duke alumni and faculty have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering since its founding in 1964.[3]
The Pratt School of Engineering also maintains these academic departments:[4]
The school was created by Duke's Board of Trustees in 1939. It was named in 1999 following a $35 million gift by Edmund T. Pratt Jr., a 1947 graduate and former chief executive of Pfizer.[5] The Duke University Pratt School of Engineering celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2014–2015.[6]