Its teams, the Blue Devils , are famous for their championship-winning basketball program and intense rivalry with UNC.

It is known for its "interdisciplinary" approach, encouraging students to combine different fields of study.

In the British peerage, a duke is the highest grade below the monarch. A woman holding the title in her own right, or the wife of a duke, is a Duchess .

The word comes from the Latin dux , meaning "leader". In the Roman Empire, a dux was a military commander.

A is a member of the highest hereditary rank of the nobility in many European countries.

Located in Durham, North Carolina, is a world-renowned private research institution.

In medieval times, dukes often ruled significant territories called duchies (e.g., the Duke of Normandy or the Duke of Burgundy) and held considerable political and military power.

It was originally founded in 1838 as Trinity College and was renamed Duke University in 1924 following a major endowment from industrialist James B. Duke.