Duquesne University

Profileuniversity.com - Duquesne University is a private Catholic research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1878 by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne University was originally a Catholic college for immigrants in Pittsburgh. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Duquesne University is classified as a university with high research level.Through 10 different schools of study, including the School of Law, School of Education, School of Nursing, School of Leadership and Professional Advancement, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, AJ Palumbo School of Business Administration, Mylan School of Pharmacy, Mary Pappert School of Music, Rangos School of Health Sciences, and McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Duquesne University offers more than 80 undergraduate degree programs.In addition to providing academic education activities at the university campus, students also have the opportunity to participate in a study abroad program that has been offered by Duquesne University. Although the university has established cooperation with countries around the world to succeed in the course, but one of the favorite destination of the study program is a satellite campus of Duquesne University which is located in Rome, Italy.One school in this university, the School of Pharmacy, founded the Center for Pharmacy Services are located in the nearby Hill District, which is the nation's first off-campus community pharmacy designed and operated by a school of pharmacy.While the non-academic activities that attracted many students is a sport. Duquesne University has several sports teams of men and women known as the mascot, dubbed the Dukes, they compete with sports teams from other universities to be the best in the NCAA Division I competition athletics.Still from the field of sports, Duquesne University has one of the best basketball athlete who was the first African American basketball player to be Drafted into the NBA, Chuck Cooper, who has successfully completed his studies and graduated from this university in 1950.