COURSES
VIS participants join regular Duke University undergraduates in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences or Pratt College of Engineering of Duke University as non-degree students. While at Duke, Visiting International Students are treated as full-time Duke students, taking classes and examinations as home students do.
How many courses can I take as a Visiting International Student?
Visiting International Students may take up to four academic courses, plus one to two non-academic courses (e.g. physical education or house course) per semester.
Can I take graduate level courses?
VIS participants are limited to undergraduate courses and may not take classes in Duke’s graduate level professional schools such as Fuqua School of Business, the Law School, the Medical School, etc.
Can I take courses not on Duke's campus?
Students will only be able to enroll in university courses taught on the Duke campus in Durham, North Carolina, during the academic year.
CREDITS
How credit transfers from Duke is determined by each student’s home institution.
To constitute a full course load, Visiting International Students studying at the Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. campus are required to enroll in four (4) full content courses per semester, valued at one course credit each on the Duke University scale.
What is one Duke course credit equivalent to?
According to the Duke University Registrar, one semester-course credit unit at Duke has a suggested value of 4 semester credit hours on the more commonly used U.S. semester credit hour scale, making the suggested value of the Visiting International Student’s required semester course load 16 semester credit hours.
Per our research and estimations, 4 course credits at Duke should be valued at 30 ECTS credits, with each course having a suggested value of 7.5 ECTS credits.
For more information, consult the Duke University Transcript Guide.
TRANSCRIPT AND GRADE REPORTS
At the end of each semester, final grades are available for each student on the Duke Hub site. Students will need their Duke NetID to access the information.
How do I request an official grade report/transcript from Duke?
Official grade reports, called “transcripts,” should be requested from the Duke University Office of the Registrar. No one but the student is able to request transcripts, so each visiting student is responsible for requesting the necessary transcripts to comply with scholarship sponsors and home school regulations.
At the time of admission to Duke, visiting students pay a one-time, lifetime fee; so no additional payment is due when requesting transcripts unless express service is requested.
