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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
100% tuition fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- accommodation
- other
Description
A.B. Duke Scholars are self-motivated students with outstanding academic and world-changing potential. Scholars are driven by sense of discovery and a commitment to engage and meet the challenges faced by society at large.
The oldest merit scholarship program at Duke University, the scholarship was established in 1925 by Benjamin N. and Sarah P. Duke to honor their son, Angier Buchanan Duke. A.B. Duke Scholars have won prestigious Marshall and Rhodes Scholarships and have gone on to win such notable awards as the Pulitzer Prize. Today, the program continues to attract the intellectually talented, creative, and curious students to Duke.
Benefits
The summer before their sophomore year, A.B. Duke Scholars are offered the opportunity to study at Oxford University at no cost.
Eligibility
- A.B. Duke Scholars are self-motivated students with outstanding academic and world-changing potential. Scholars are driven by sense of discovery and a commitment to engage and meet the challenges faced by society at large.
- The Angier B. Duke Scholarship recognizes students who demonstrate intellectual accomplishment and exceptional potential for academic leadership.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Anytime
There is not a separate application for these scholarships. Those applying to Duke as incoming first-year students are automatically considered.