Despite time, distance and age difference graduate students Yiqing Jin and Sage Wyatt have remained close friends since meeting at DKU in 2019.

Among the first cohort of students to set foot on the DKU campus, alumnus Pranav Sridhar has maintained the pioneering ethos he brought with him to China all those years ago.

For DKU alumnus Huang Bihui, attending the university was a way to discover her Chinese roots while gaining a first-class international education.

Duke Kunshan Professor Kai Huang was drawn to academia through a natural curiosity and found a perfect career fit in DKU’s collaborative interdisciplinary environment.

For DKU alumnus Aman Agarwal the university was both an adventure and the source of an idea that would later become the focus of his entrepreneurial efforts.

The steep learning curve of being a first-time father and international student in China taught DKU alumnus Austin Taylor skill sets that have helped him excel in his career.

For DKU alumnus Kameron Schroeder, studying in China was a life-changing experience that gave him a global perspective and helped him on his journey towards a law career.

For entrepreneurial Duke Kunshan alumnus Liting Wang the university helped her to develop new approaches to problem solving that she uses in her career and daily life.

A love of English literature and a trip to the United States were catalysts to the academic career of Duke Kunshan professor Selina Lai-Henderson.

Roaming the local countryside as a child and teenager, Duke Kunshan Professor Chuanhui Gu developed a love for nature that grew to become the central focus of his career.

DKU student Manal Bidar has addressed global decisionmakers, led protest marches and amassed a social media following in her quest to bring attention to climate change inaction.