Jumpstart your future
The 10-month format gives you a firm foundation fast. In late August your program starts in Durham, NC with a launch experience and set of workshops that prepare you for the curriculum. It’s an exhilarating introduction to the international peer group you’ll be working closely with—in your section, and on your learning team.
The rest of your program is organized into 6-week terms. After starting the new year at Fuqua, you’ll move to Kunshan, China on Duke Kunshan University’s campus outside Shanghai. In less than a year, you’ll be ready to start your career in finance, marketing, consulting, or general management.
The program is delivered in English, and all classes are taught by Fuqua’s faculty.
Our Faculty
All Fuqua degree programs are taught by the same world-renowned faculty, scholars recognized for excellence in both teaching and research. The classes they teach are academically challenging and relevant to business today. Despite world-class credentials, your professors are highly accessible—with an open-door policy, they’re often happy to continue a classroom debate over coffee or lunch.
Team-Based Learning
Fuqua’s difference comes from the way we set up our MMS programs: as learning teams. You’ll be assigned to a small group representing a diversity of backgrounds, hand picked to ensure you learn from people who think differently than you. Replicating a corporate environment, your learning team works collaboratively on class assignments for the first three terms—giving you opportunities to learn and grow through shared problem solving and constructive debate. Teams reshuffle when you move to China, giving you the opportunity to practice your new collaboration skills with an entirely new set of classmates.
Over five terms you’ll complete 15 courses: six in accounting, economics, and finance; two in analytics and critical thinking; two in communication and leadership, and five in markets, strategy, and management. You’ll take multiple subjects each term, with each class meeting twice a week for 2 hours and 15 minutes. Your first three terms are taught on Duke’s campus in Durham, North Carolina, with your final two terms at Duke Kunshan University outside Shanghai.
Orientation and Workshops (Durham)
Summer Term (Durham)
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Quantitative Business Analysis
- Business Communication 1
Fall Term 1 (Durham)
- Introduction to Marketing Analysis
- Foundations of Capital Markets
- Fundamentals of Business Economics
Fall Term 2 (Durham)
- Foundations of Corporate Finance
- Fundamentals of Market Intelligence
- Principles of Strategy
Spring Term 1 (Kunshan)
- Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis
- Business Communications II
- Principles of Cost and Managerial Accounting
Spring Term 2 (Kunshan)
- Foundations of Management and Organizations
- Fundamentals of Financial Analysis
- Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
Location: Durham, North Carolina
| Month | Date | Event |
| July 2021 |
5 - 8 |
Business, Communication, and Culture [as required by Admissions]*** |
| 5 - 8 | Math Review Course [for required students only] | |
| 9 | Orientation [mandatory for all students] | |
| 11 | Accounting Review [strongly recommended for all students] | |
| 12 | Summer Term classes begin | |
| August 2021 | 2 | Start Date for Elective Class |
| 20 | Summer Term classes end | |
| 23 - 25 | Summer Term exam period | |
| September 2021 | 2 | Fall Term 1 classes begin |
| October 2021 | 12 | Fall Term 1 classes end |
| 14 - 16 | Fall Term 1 exams | |
| 17 - 24 | FALL BREAK | |
| 25 | Fall Term 2 classes begin | |
| November 2021 | 24 - 26 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| December 2021 | 7 | Fall Term 2 classes end |
| 9 - 11 | Fall Term 2 exams | |
| 12 | WINTER BREAK BEGINS |
Location: Kunshan, China
| Month | Date | Event |
| January 2022 | 4 - 5 | Arrive in Kunshan |
| 6 - 7 | Orientation and Team Changeover (mandatory for all students) | |
| 10 | Spring Term classes begin | |
| January - February 2022 | 25 - 9 | Chinese New Year Break |
| April 2022 | 3 - 5 | Chinese Qingming Holiday |
| April - May 2022 | 30 - 2 | Chinese Labor Holiday |
| May 2022 | 6 | Spring Term classes end |
| 13 | Class of 2022 MMS: DKU Commencement Ceremony | |
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**Calendar subject to change** ***Also called International Student Bootcamp |
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Location: Durham, North Carolina
| Month | Date | Event |
| July 2022 |
7 - 13 |
Math Review Course [for required students only] Exact schedule communicated in Spring 2022. |
| 11 - 14 | Business, Communication, and Culture [as required by Admissions] | |
| 13 | CMC Career Day [optional] | |
| 15 | Orientation [mandatory for all students] | |
| 17 | Accounting Review [optional] | |
| 18 | Summer Term classes begin | |
| August 2022 | 26 | Summer Term classes end |
| 29-31 | Summer Term exam period | |
| September 2022 | 7 | MSTeM class begins |
| 8 | Fall Term 1 classes begin | |
| October 2022 | 18 | Fall Term 1 classes end |
| 20 - 22 | Fall Term 1 exams | |
| 23 - 30 | FALL BREAK | |
| 31 | Fall Term 2 classes begin | |
| November 2022 | 23- 25 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| December 2022 | 13 | Fall Term 2 classes end |
| 15 - 17 | Fall Term 2 exams | |
| 18 | WINTER BREAK BEGINS |
Location: Kunshan, China
| Month | Date | Event |
| January 2023 | 4 - 5 | Arrive in DKU |
| 6 | Program Re-Launch and Team Changeover (mandatory for all students) | |
| 7 | Spring Term 1 classes begin | |
| 20 - 31 | CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK | |
| March 2023 | 4 | Spring Term 1 classes end |
| 6 - 12 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 13 | Spring Term 2 classes begin | |
| April 2023 | 5 | CHINESE QINGMING HOLIDAY |
| May 2023 | 1 | CHINESE LABOR DAY |
| May 2023 | 10 | Spring Term classes end |
| 19 | CLASS OF 2023 MMS: DKU COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY | |
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**Calendar subject to change**
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