duke kunshan universityduke kunshan university is a partnership of duke university, the city of kunshan in jiangsu province, china, and wuhan university to ｃｒｅａｔｅ a world-class university offering a range of academic offerings for students from china and throughout the world.the university’s rigorous academic offerings will require students to ｍａｓｔｅｒ academic material, generate new ideas, and develop creative solutions to the world’s challenges, preparing them not just for careers in specific fields, but to become a globally sophisticated citizens and leaders.dku will be ｃｒｅａｔｅd step-by-step. phase i (approximately the first five years) will focus on graduate degree programs, undergraduate courses and non-degree programs, and research centers. later phases may include undergraduate degree programs and ａｄｄitional graduate programs and research centers, as negotiated among the partners.working with partners in china and around the world, duke university’s global health institute plans to establish a global health research center at duke kunshan university. this center will ａｄｄress health issues in china and the region such as environmental health, ｃｈｒonic disease and health systems reform.china’s ministry of education granted preparation approval for duke kunshan university in august 2012. pending final establishment approval from the ministry of education, dku campus operations are expected to begin in early 2014.phase i enrollment will be modest, with between 400-500 students enrolled per academic year by the end of phase i. the target student population for dku will be approximately 50％ students from china and 50％ international students, including students from other asian ｃｏｕｎｔries, the u.s., and other parts of the world.campusthe duke kunshan university campus is under construction on a 200-acre site within the 1,700+ acre kunshan yangcheng lake science park, located between shanghai and suzhou.the first phase of construction includes six buildings totaling 750,000 square feet: a classroom and education building, student and faculty residences, an education and innovation research building, an ｅｘｅｃutive conference center and a support facility.昆山杜克大學昆山杜克大學是由杜克大學，武漢大學以及昆山市人民政府共同創建的一所世界一流大學，將為來自中國和世界各地的學生提供一系列的學術項目。學校嚴謹的學術項目要求學生掌握學術材料的同時創作新知，針對當前世界所面臨的挑戰提出創新的解決方法。不僅讓學生做好本領域的職業準備，也培養他們成為全球公民和領導。昆山杜克大學將分期建設。一期（約前五年時間）將側重研究生學歷項目，本科課程，非學歷項目以及研究中心；后期階段將根據與合作方的談判，提供本科學歷項目和額外的研究生項目，以及研究中心。通過與中國和世界各地的伙伴共同合作，杜克大學的全球健康研究所計劃在昆山杜克大學設立全球健康研究中心。該中心將解決中國和該地區所面臨的健康問題，如環境健康，慢性疾病和衛生體系改革。中國教育部在2012年8月批準了昆山杜克大學的籌備資質。在獲得教育部正式設立批文后，昆山杜克大學校園有望在2014年初開始運營。一期階段的招生規模有限。到一期末，每學年招生大概在400－500名學生。昆山杜克大學的學生預計將有50％來自中國，另外50％為國際學生，包括來自亞洲國家，美國和世界其他地方的學生。校園昆山杜克大學占地1200畝，位于上海與蘇州之間的昆山陽澄湖科技園內，園區占地約8平方公里。校園一期六棟建筑的總建筑面積約75，000平方米，包括教學樓，師生宿舍，教學與創新樓，行政會議中心和服務樓。