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The Fuqua School of Business.


As an innovator in educational content delivery and a leader in the integration of global issues throughout its programs, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Fuqua (pronounced few-qua) is one of the youngest U.S. business schools affiliated with elite research universities, but has shown strong performance in rankings by business  has quickly become an established world leader among MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
 and executive education programs.

Fuqua is consistently ranked as one of the premier educational institutions in the world, with executive MBA programs placing No. 4 in the most recent U.S.News & World Report survey. BusinessWeek ranked Duke's executive NBA NBA
abbr.
1. National Basketball Association

2. National Boxing Association

NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (=
 programs No. 4 and Financial Times ranked Fuqua's executive NBA programs No. 3 worldwide.

In addition to the two-year residential daytime program, Fuqua offers three executive MBA programs--each tailored to different Life and career stages. The same world-class faculty teaches in all Fuqua's MBA programs, and each program leads to the same Duke NBA degree.

Without breaking stride in their careers, business leaders earn their MBAs on alternate weekends over 20 months. Located on the Durham campus, The Duke MBA--Weekend Executive program broadens and deepens the management perspective of executives with a preferred minimum of seven years experience.

The Duke MBA--Global Executive is a pioneering 19-month program designed for executives with an average of 14 years experience facing current or future global responsibilities. Classroom learning sessions at sites in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  are followed by extended periods of distance learning using Duke's proprietary technology.

A 20-month internationally focused program for high-potential managers with three to nine years work experience, The Duke MBA-Cross Continent program combines traditional teaching residencies in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
, Europe and Asia with Internet-enabled distance learning.
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