Program Format

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

Print Calendar

2025-2026 MMS: Duke Kunshan University Academic Calendar

Location: Durham, North Carolina

Location: Kunshan, China