Links and Information

• Duke List is a great resource for finding roommates, housing, sitters, and more

• The ECE DGSA has put together a Sakai website (NetID login) that has more information on the following topics for MS and Ph.D. students:

  • Degree Requirements and Courses

  • Milestone Exams

  • External Internships

  • Travel Funding

• GPSC News and Survival Guide is a wiki designed for all graduate students with the following information:

  • Advice on Duke Student Health

  • Parking on campus

  • Bars and Restaurants

  • How to get help with G&P issues

  • Places to live

  • Safety

  • Getting Information

  • Student Groups

  • Things to do on/off campus

  • Free (or discounted) Activities

  • Graduate Students with Children

• New students can join a Slack group for new students (sign-up with Duke email required)

Duke Recreation & Physical Education

All Duke ECE Ph.D. students get a free membership to the recreation facilities at Duke. With over 50 group fitness classes to choose from, Duke students can #findtheirfit! Sign up for classes using the MyRec portal.

Duke Timely Care

TimelyCare is 24/7, no-cost telehealth services for students to address common conditions that can be safely diagnosed and treated remotely. Sessions are completely free to all students, faculty and staff at our client schools.

Duke Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

CAPS offer many services to Duke undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, including brief individual and group counseling, couples counseling and more.

DuWell

In partnership with numerous students and organizations, Moments of Mindfulness offers the Duke community opportunities to relax, reenergize, and recharge through a variety of wellness experiences within the Student Wellness Center. Moments of Mindfulness promotes the management of stress and reduction of anxiety while prioritizing self-care and focusing on the present.

Pratt DEIC Links:

Degree Milestones

Major exam requirements can be found on the official ECE Degree requirement page for Ph.D. students:

• Qualifying Exam

• Preliminary Exam

• Defense and Dissertation

• Final Exam

• If this is an emergency situation or you are in immediate danger, call 911 or Duke Police at (919) 684-2444.

• The Office for Institutional Equity (OIE) provides an online Incident Reporting tool for reporting incidents of protected-status harassment, discrimination, and related misconduct, including sexual misconduct.

• The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards collaborates with OIE to provide supportive measures in reports of sexual misconduct and to resolve sexual misconduct reports in certain cases.

• Blue Devils Care offers 24/7 mental telehealth support to all students at no cost.

• Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) offers confidential individual and group counseling, couples counseling, and referral to off-campus specialty resources.

• The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (CSGD) provides support to students from marginalized sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

• The Women’s Center plays an important role in educating and programming on women’s rights, gender equity, toxic masculinity, and serves as a place to build community for all women-identifying students.

• The Balthrop-Cassidy Fellows work to prevent sexual assault on campus through healthy relationship training that helps Duke students understand boundaries and consent, be able to identify the signs of an unhealthy relationship, and know how to help a friend in need. More information is available by contacting current fellows, Bailey Bogle or Corey Pilson.

• You can access the university’s complaint policies and procedures via the Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Misconduct. Please also refer to the following flowchart for information about the process: https://oie.duke.edu/file/oie-reporting-process-oct-2021png

• To discuss your options for reporting sexual misconduct at Duke, please contact Adrienne Allison, the Acting Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Students, in the Office for Institutional Equity at adrienne.allison@duke.edu. You can speak to Adrienne about options before deciding on reporting.

Bull Buddies

We are excited to announce a new aspect of Ph.D. recruitment in the ECE department called Bull Buddies. Starting in 2021, this program pairs invited prospective Ph.D. students with current Ph.D. students at Duke. The purpose of this program is to give interviewing Ph.D. students a student contact within the department to answer any questions they may have about Duke, ECE, and the Durham area. If you were an invited Ph.D. student and do not know who your Bull Buddie is, please email easeatduke@gmail.com

Information

Please visit the Duke ECE graduate program website for official information about research areas and curriculum. More information on the Ph.D. program can be found here, and Master's program information can be found here.

Recruitment Events

If you are interested in visiting Duke and learning more about the university and the program, consider applying to the Duke-Sloan Bootcamp!

Boot Camp participants will receive in-depth information on these topics and more:

• How do I know if graduate school is for me? What is the difference between a master’s and a Ph.D. and the career opportunities for each path?

• The graduate school admission process and how to develop a competitive application

• Duke graduate programs, research opportunities, funding, and fellowship opportunities

• Summer research opportunities at Duke

• Meet faculty and students in your research interests