Duke Kunshan University

Deadlines

1. 2 November 2026, 23:59 ET

   Duke Kunshan Early Decision (binding)
   Hard deadline

   Details

   Published with its full calendar year on DKU's English international-admissions site as "Early decision application deadline: November 2, 2026 (11:59pm ET)", which is 05:59 on 3 November in Denmark. Applications are made through the Common App, which DKU began accepting for the 2027 entry term in August 2026, and Early Decision on the Common App is binding: you may hold one Early Decision application only, and if admitted you withdraw the rest and enrol. DKU's own How to Apply page does not restate those terms, so the binding force comes from the Common App agreement you sign rather than from anything DKU publishes — read it before you file. There is no application fee. The CSS Profile is required if you are seeking financial aid, and DKU is test-optional for the 2026-2027 cycle. A warning that matters more than any of this: DKU runs two entirely separate admissions tracks on the same domain. The Chinese-language site (admissions.dukekunshan.edu.cn, 中文 – 中国学生) publishes a 综合评价 comprehensive-evaluation route with rounds closing 3 January and 5 February, for Chinese students. Those are not your dates. An international applicant uses the English site marked "English – International Students", and DKU states that international applicants must be non-Chinese citizens.

   Source

2. 4 January 2027, 23:59 ET

   Duke Kunshan Regular Decision
   Hard deadline

   Details

   Published with its full calendar year as "Regular decision application deadline: January 4, 2027 (11:59pm ET)", which is 05:59 on 5 January in Denmark. Not binding: you keep every offer you hold and reply on 1 May 2027, which is its own entry below. The DKU application is the Common App plus two DKU-specific essays, and DKU also lets an applicant to Duke University in North Carolina share that application with DKU — but only the materials submitted at that moment are shared, and transcripts, school reports, recommendations and CSS Profile documents that arrive later must be sent to both universities separately. That is the detail most likely to cost somebody an assessed application.

   Source

3. 1 May 2027, 23:59 ET

   Duke Kunshan University — Regular Decision acceptance deadline
   Hard deadline

   Details

   Published on DKU's international-admissions homepage with its year as "May 1, 2027 (11:59 PM ET) — Regular Decision Acceptance Deadline". It is the same day as the American national candidates' reply date, which is no coincidence: DKU recruits against American colleges through the Common App and keeps their calendar. It falls more than two months before IB results are released, so the offer you accept is conditional on predicted grades, and what DKU does if your final results fall short is not published. Ask before you accept. An Early Decision admission does not get this date; that choice was made in November.

   Source

Every date in China