Pratt School of Engineering
Former name | College of Engineering (1939–1999) |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1939 |
Parent institution | Duke University |
| Dean | Jerome P. Lynch, PhD, F.EMI |
Academic staff | 156 |
| Undergraduates | 1,257 |
| Postgraduates | 1,281 |
| Location | |
| Website | pratt |
The Duke University Pratt School of Engineering is the engineering school of Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
The school was created by the Board of Trustees at Duke University as the College of Engineering in 1939. It was named in 1999 following a $35 million gift by Edmund T. Pratt Jr., a 1947 bachelor's degree recipient and former chief executive of Pfizer.
The school maintains departments in the fields of biomedical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, electrical & computer engineering, and mechanical engineering & materials science.