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In 1878, a group of Roman Catholic priests and brothers, members of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (the Spiritans), established a small liberal arts college on a high bluff overlooking the industrial city of Pittsburgh. In 1911, the institution added schools of business and law and became known as Duquesne University. Today the University serves more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, offering more than 150 degree programs on the bachelor, master, and doctoral levels through its nine schools of study. |
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Long recognized
as a regional leader, Duquesne has more recently
earned rave notices nationally and around the
world, including ranking for four consecutive
years as one of America's top 10 Catholic universities
from US News and World Report. Duquesne has
reached unprecedented heights and strives ever
forward, while maintaining the mission and
values espoused by its founders more than a
century ago. |
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Duquesne's campus is more
than just buildings and equipment — it's
people. Whether a resident or commuter, a vibrant
campus life (including NCAA Division I sports
and more than 100 student social, service and
professional organizations) is open to all
in a friendly, inviting, exciting community
atmosphere. |
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Yet there's so much more. Just a few steps
away is Duquesne's "extended campus" — the
city of Pittsburgh. Long known as a center
for steel and other heavy industry, Pittsburgh
has been renewed and reborn as a diversified
center of commerce. It ranks among America's
largest corporate headquarters cities, and
is renowned as an international center for
high-tech and health care firms.
Duquesne is located just blocks from the
commercial hub of the city, offering easy
access to the many commercial and cultural
benefits the "Golden Triangle" offers:
- Job and internship sites
- Shopping in the department and specialty
stores of downtown, Station Square, and
the South Side
- Major league sports
- Pop and rock concerts at Mellon Arena
and Station Square Amphitheater
- World-renowned orchestras, opera, dance
troupes and drama in the nearby Cultural
District
Expand your horizons further with a short
drive or ride via Pittsburgh's efficient
public transit to the museums and night life
of Oakland, or to any one of the city's scores
of small neighborhoods, which maintain the
unique charm and ethnic identities of earlier
times, when a world of immigrants fueled
both the region's and world's industrial
furnace with coal and steel.
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