Commit to Duquesne
Get started on your final steps to becoming a Duquesne Duke! Our housing application for committed students is now open. Housing requests are accommodated in the order they are received so commit to Duquesne today!
At Duquesne, we feel fortunate to be entrusted with your gifts and your goals. Here
you can discover what you're good at, and why that's good for the world. Find Your Future
You have big plans, and we do, too: Explore your options to see where you can start.Undergraduate Programs
Find Your Major
Graduate Programs
Graduate Programs
Certificate Programs
Advance Your Career
Exactly what you need and more than you can imagine
Over our 140+ year history as a Catholic University in the Spiritan tradition, we’ve developed a national reputation for academic excellence. Duquesne’s programs have won praise for innovation and continued high quality including accolades as a “first-tier university,” “top 100 undergraduate school,” and “Most Popular.”
Ten Schools of Study
Whatever your academic ambitions, we have the breadth and depth to make the most of them. With our undergraduate majors and graduate programs, you'll find just the right fit for you.
Vibrant, Lively Location
Duquesne University is situated in the heart of Pittsburgh, a city of 90 diverse neighborhoods where everyone can be themselves. Repeatedly among the top most livable cities, just a few blocks from campus you'll find Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and startups–for work–and three major league sports teams for play!
Real-World Experience
Our location will provide you with countless opportunities for real-world experience and career opportunities. You will gain practical experience through fieldwork, clinicals, research projects and internships.
University Events
Integrity of Creation Conference - Climate Change: Global Perspectives
This 10th annual conference focuses on the importance of global collaboration in coping with climate change. This interdisciplinary event invites participants to engage in civil discourse on a unique topic each year and includes workshops, presentations and posters.
Learn more!
Occupational Therapy in Homelessness: Clinical and Program Development
A community engaged educational series dedicated to bringing communities of practice together to share highlights in the field from leading occupational therapy researchers and client advocates.
Admitted Student Day
Admitted Student Days are best for admitted high school seniors and transfer students who want to spend a full day on campus, learning about the resources and programs available to them as a Duquesne student.
Register
Duquesne - Pittsburgh Connection
I volunteer because serving our neighbors is a way that I can give back to my community. "
At Duquesne, caring about the community unites us. Service is at the core of our Spiritan legacy and one of the many ways we engage in the community right here in Pittsburgh and around the world.
10,000Students, faculty and staff volunteer because we believe service to others is important.
I wouldn’t be who am I if I hadn’t gone to Duquesne.”
Community gardens and urban agriculture were part of her studies, but understanding the food deserts in Pittsburgh's neighborhoods provided the experiential learning opportunities that motivated Kelsey Coates’ to pursue Environmental Sciences.
Duquesne’s R2 designation provides Duquesne student so many untapped opportunities allowing them to achieve their bigger goals through research.”
A 2022 report ranks Pittsburgh in the Top 25 Life Sciences Research Talent Clusters in the U.S. Research at Duquesne begins with first-year students from Liberal Arts to the Sciences and everything in between.
#3 in the Northeastof R2 institutions producing the most high-earning female alumni under 40 in the U.S.
The alumni office is finding amazing ways for alumni to fit as volunteers in Pittsburgh and all over the country and internationally.”
Duquesne alumni believe that equity and opportunity begin at home and are trusted University brand ambassadors who bring their heart for service to our surrounding communities and beyond. "Bluff in the Burgh" connects alumni to upcoming events in Pittsburgh.
1/3Alumni report that the University's reputation or connections helped them land an internship or job.