Jumpstart your future
The 10-month format gives you a firm foundation fast. In mid-July 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 five 6-week terms. In January, after three terms at Fuqua, you’ll move to Kunshan, China for two terms 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
Fall Term 1 (Durham)
- Introduction to Marketing Analysis
- Foundations of Capital Markets
- Business Communications I
- 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 2019 | 8-11 | MMS International Student Bootcamp (as required by admissions) Math Review Course (as required by admissions) |
| 12-13 | Program Launch (mandatory for all students) | |
| 14 | Accounting Review (strongly recommended for all students) | |
| 15 | Summer Term classes begin | |
| August 2019 | 23 | Summer Term classes end |
| 26 - 28 | Summer Term exam period | |
| August/September | 29 - 4 | Break |
| September 2019 | 5 | Fall Term 1 classes begin |
| October 2019 | 15 | Fall Term 1 classes end |
| 17 - 19 | Fall Term 1 exams | |
| 20 - 27 | FALL BREAK | |
| 28 | Fall Term 2 classes begin | |
| November 2019 | 27 - 29 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| December 2019 | 10 | Fall Term 2 classes end |
| 12 - 14 | Fall 2 exams | |
| 15 | WINTER BREAK BEGINS |
Location: Kunshan, China
| Month | Date | Event |
| January 2020 | 4 - 5 | Arrival in Kunshan |
| 6 - 7 | Orientation & Team Changeover (mandatory for all students) | |
| 8 | Spring Terms classes begin | |
| January to February | 22-2 | CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK |
| March 2020 | 23-29 | Spring Break |
| April 2020 | 3-5 | Chinese Qingming Holiday |
| May 2020 | 1-3 | Chinese Labor Holiday |
| 6 | Spring Terms classes end | |
| 15 | Class of 2020 MMS: DKU Commencement Ceremony |
Location: Durham, North Carolina
| Month | Date | Event |
| July 2020 | 6 - 9 | International Student Bootcamp (as required by admissions) Math Review Course (for required students only) |
| 10-11 | Orientation (mandatory for all students) | |
| 12 | Accounting Review (strongly recommended for all students) | |
| 13 | Summer Term classes begin (Monday) | |
| August 2020 | 21 | Summer Term classes end |
| 24-26 | Summer Term exam period | |
| September 2020 | 3 | Fall Term 1 classes begin |
| October 2020 | 13 | Fall Term 1 classes end |
| 15-17 | Fall Term 1 exams | |
| 18-25 | FALL BREAK | |
| 26 | Fall Term 2 classes begin | |
| November 2020 | 25 - 27 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| December 2020 | 8 | Fall Term 2 classes end |
| 10-12 | Fall Term 2 exams | |
| 13 | WINTER BREAK BEGINS |
Location: Kunshan, China
| Month | Date | Event |
| January 2021 | 4-5 | Arrival in Kunshan |
| 6-7 | Orientation & Team Changeover (mandatory for all students) | |
| 8 | Spring Term 1 classes begin | |
| February 2021 | 7 | CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK BEGINS |
| 19 | CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK ENDS | |
| March 2021 | 5 | Spring Term 1 classes end |
| 8 | Spring Term 2 classes begin | |
| 22-28 | SPRING BREAK | |
| April 2021 | 3-5 | CHINESE QINGMING HOLIDAY |
| May 2021 | 1-4 | CHINESE LABOR HOLIDAY |
| 7 | Spring Term 2 classes end | |
| 14 | Class of 2021 MMS: DKU Commencement Ceremony | |
| **Calendar subject to change** | ||
