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2.  Rankings & Reviews: It’s useful for you to know the academic
ability of Duquesne students
 What makes DU Unique? If you know the Unique selling points,
you can identify whether a student is the “Right Fit” or not. It is not about
selling Duquesne to all students – it’s about finding the “Right Fit” students.
 What is a Liberal Arts Education?
 Undergraduate Programs:
- The Application Process
- The Holistic Aspect
- SAT/TOEFL
- Costs & Scholarships
 Graduate Programs Popular ones listed with pertinent info

3.  Ranked 120 out of 1400 – US News & World Report
 Among the top 12 Catholic Schools in the US
 Duquesne University is one of the US’s best
universities for Undergraduate education –
Princeton Review 2011
 “An A+ school for B grade students”
(US News & World Report, 2011)
 Duquesne’s students graduate with an
average GPA of 3.6 (grade A/A-)

4. What makes Duquesne University unique?
 Unique, picturesque, safe, comfortable, city campus
 Pittsburgh is a Global yet Local city (see WOW Video)
 Diversity and student population-over 10,000
students, 500 international
 Focused on the Individual:
1. You’re not just a number: small classes
facilitating interaction, attention and discussion
2. Holistic: A Liberal Arts Education…

5. Liberal Arts Education - What does this mean?
- You need 120 credits to graduate
- 33 of these credits are Core Courses:
- 21 Credit hours of Discipline Specific courses
(Sciences, Maths, English…)
- 12 Credit hours of Thematic Based courses (Creative
Arts, Faith & Reason, Global Diversity, Social Justice)

6. (most popular with International students)
 Business – AACSB accredited since 1962
 Natural Sciences
◦ Ranked # 16 among small research Universities (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
◦ Binary Engineering: full credits transfer to Case Western or
University of Pittsburgh after initial 3 years of study
 Pharmacy
◦ Most respected school of pharmacy in the US
◦ 100% job/grad program placement
◦ Starting salaries range from $75K to $100K
 Liberal Arts
◦ International Relations, Communications, Political
Science…

7. ...Programs
 Nursing
◦ Named “Center of Excellence” (US National League of Nursing)
◦ Full accreditation by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
 Health Sciences: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
Requirements of Undergraduate programs
 Grade B/ GPA 3.0 or equivalent
 Pharmacy program requires a Grade A

8.  Application online or paper:
http://www.duq.edu/international-
admissions/undergrad-apply.cfm
 Transcripts from the last 3 – 4 years
 Personal Essay
 SAT’s if students have them
 1-2 Recommendation letters
 Application fee of $50
 For Pharm D and Athletic Training the deadline is December. For all
other undergraduate applications, we work on a rolling admission.
However, sooner is better!

9.  For all applications, we look at the grades first: Is the
student strong enough academically? (equivalent to a
grade B or above)
 However, we place great importance on the kind of
student who is applying: Have they done community
work? Do they have other interests? Will they take a
lead role at Duquesne?
 Since we’re a holistic university, we look for students
with this perspective too
 This is especially important when reviewing for
scholarships

10.  At Duquesne, we are more interested in how a
student has done in their own educational system than
how well they do in the SAT’s. However, if a student
has taken the SAT, we would like to see it
 The TOEFL is not required. All international students
take an english test on their first day to determine
how much english they need, if any.

11. Cost of complete program
 Costs of a Business/Sciences major =$40,378
Includes -
◦ Tuition: $ 27,502
◦ Room & Board: $9,476
◦ Expenses & Health Insurance: $3,400
Tuition Scholarships
 Libermann Scholarship: ranges from $4,000
to $14,000

12.  10 different schools for Graduate study
 Most popular programs among International
students
◦ Business
◦ Natural Sciences
◦ Pharmacy
◦ Liberal Arts
 Requirements
◦ TOEFL of no less than 90IBT and IELTS of 7.0 is
required for all graduate programs

13. AACSB Accredited – top business school
Programs:
 MBA
 MS-ISM
 MBA-MS
 SMBA
Requirements:
 550 GMAT, work experience preferred, grade B or
above students
 15 years of study acceptable for top grade students
Main point: TA/GA/RA available (tuition wavier)

14. AACSB Accredited – top business school
SMBA program (Sustainability MBA)
 1 yr intense program
Requirements:
 550 GMAT, work experience preferred, grade B or
above students
 15 years of study acceptable for top grade students
Main points
 Live consulting projects
 All applications having a GMAT score of 600 are
reviewed for Scholarships

15. Programs
 PhD Biology
 PhD Chemistry
 MS Biotech
 MS ESM
 Joint MBA/MS ESM
Requirements
 GRE: Quantitative 700 preferred
Main points
 PhD students: Research immediately
 Scholarships & TA/RA positions available

16. Program
 Medicinal Chemistry  Pharmaceutics
 Pharmacy Administration  Pharmacology
Requirements
 UG degree in Sciences  TOEFL=100
 GRE=1000 (4.0 analytical  IBT/IELTS=7.0
writing)
Main Points
 Top pharmacy school in the US
 Competitive, but if admitted, TA/RA positions
available
 Future: PhD or Research/Teaching positions in
industry/academia

17.  Top Tier, Private, Catholic, holistic university,
ranked120/1400
 Grade A+ School for B students
 UG popular programs for International
students:
◦ Business, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences,
Pharmacy, Liberal Arts
 GR popular programs for Indian students:
◦ Business, Natural Sciences, Pharmacy, Liberal Arts
 Find students that are the Right Fit