The world moves fast. Our master’s programs move even faster. With an eye on emerging trends and industry needs, our flexible master’s degree programs train engineers who will shape the future. Accelerate your career at Duke.
Duke Engineering enjoys a well-deserved reputation for pioneering new approaches and methodologies. It is continuing that tradition with the Cybersecurity Master of Engineering.
Bob FloresFormer Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Specialties That Will Shape the Future
It’s not just what you’ll learn while earning your Master of Science, Master of Engineering, or Master of Engineering Management — it’s why. Our graduates launch into the world with the know-how and sense of purpose needed to create innovative solutions to serious challenges facing real people.
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Diversity Makes Better Engineers
An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist? Half empty. An engineer sees a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be. Point is, engineers see things differently. Duke engineers see things very differently. Why use glass at all? Can we create a more efficient material? Ooh, should we include a water quality sensor? Here, we value different backgrounds and ways of thinking—because new approaches generate new solutions.
Lower cost of living in Durham vs. San Jose, Calif.
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Height of the snorting bull sign at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Bright Horizons EdAssist Partnership
Many of our master’s programs are partners with Bright Horizons EdAssist Solutions. Eligible students who use this education benefit pay no application fee and receive a scholarship. Click for estimated costs and scholarship amounts.
Duke’s FinTech Master of Engineering is designed to provide education and insights into the rapidly evolving field of FinTech and into technologies such as blockchain and AI—which are expected to drive much of the transformation of the industry in the coming years. Duke aims to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate the intersection of finance and technology.
Darlene NewmanExecutive Director, Head of Internal Technology Research & Innovation, DTCC
Durham and Beyond
Location. Location. Location.
Situated at the north vertex of North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle, Durham is essential to the Duke Engineering experience. Among our neighbors are hundreds of startups and standard bearers across industries both private and public, quickly growing and evolving the city’s communities and skyline.
It doesn’t take an advanced degree to see why Durham is the #3 best place to live in America according to U.S. News and World Report, but come get one here anyway.
The Durham Sign at American Tobacco Campus was created by Liberty Arts and Cricket Forge and erected in April of 2019 as a tribute to the strength and resilience of the Durham community.The Lucky Strike smokestack and water tower rise impressively over the American Tobacco Campus (ATC). More of the downtown skyline is visible on the horizon.The downtown Durham skyline during an heavily clouded sunset. Durham Centre, the NC Mutual Life building, and the Durham Marriott are visible on the horizon.The renovated Chesterfield Building welcomes residents and visitors alike to Durham with a retro sign.Community members came together during a 16-week period to create this mural as part of the Durham Civil Rights History project.DPAC’s 2018-19 season included Broadway hits such as Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and Cats.UHill Walls at sunset. UHill Walls is a dense, walkable art experience with over 40,000 square feet of murals on 15 contiguous acres in Durham, North Carolina.
40 murals from local, national and international artists comprise one of the largest consolidated collections of murals in the Southeastern US.
The public art experience is a keystone of University Hill, a mixed-use redevelopment of an abandoned strip center with award winning food, drink, wellness and residential living.A crowd gathers to enjoy an evening of live music during the Playlist outdoor summer concert series at Durham Central ParkChirba Chirba Dumpling Truck: Food truck serving chinese style dumplings and pan Asian fare. Photographed at the Labor Day food truck rodeo at Durham Central Park.M Sushi: industrial-chic space turning out traditional Japanese seafood, plus sushi options, based on OmakaseHoli Festival is the festival of colors celebrated in India to usher in the spring and celebrate the end of winter. Viceroy Durham hosted its third annual Holi celebration on the lawn at Durham Central Park right in the heart of in downtown DurhamDurham Station Transportation Center is the transportation hub at the heart of the City of Durham that provides multiple alternatives to automobile traffic, an essential component needed to support more densely populated urban areas. The project, made possible by a combination of city, state, and federal funding, ensures more efficient transportation via GoDurham bus service throughout the Triangle.The dinosaur statue outside of the Museum of Life + Sciences on the Ellerbee Creek Trail makes a lasting impression on visitors.UHill Walls at sunset. UHill Walls is a dense, walkable art experience with over 40,000 square feet of murals on 15 contiguous acres in Durham, North Carolina.
40 murals from local, national and international artists comprise one of the largest consolidated collections of murals in the Southeastern US.
The public art experience is a keystone of University Hill, a mixed-use redevelopment of an abandoned strip center with award winning food, drink, wellness and residential living.Dame’s “Almost” World Famous Chicken & Waffles offers combos of waffles & buttermilk fried chicken in a casual setting with a jazz theme.A traditional German breakfast of schnitzel at Guglhupf. Guglhupf is an innovative bakery, cafe and biergarten serving contemporary cuisine with southern German roots, emphasizing local and seasonal ingredients.Durham Bulls Athletic Park (DBAP) is a 10,000-seat ballpark in Durham, North Carolina that is home to the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. It is also home to the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Central Eagles college baseball teams.Long a symbol of Durham, a bronze statue of a Bull, named Major, stands in CCB plaza in the heart of downtown, and serves as a great photo op.
We’re seeing events that we could have never previously predicted. We need to create systems that are robust in case things don’t turn out exactly as we expect.
Mark BorsukCo-Director, Duke Risk Engineering Program
