DIIG
Duke Impact Investing Group, China Team

Where Duke's rigor meets Kunshan's reach.

We're a student-run consulting group based at Duke Kunshan University, pairing Duke's academic rigor with unmatched access to Chinese markets to help organizations drive real impact.

Duke Kunshan University tower
$250,000Student-led endowment fund
3Departments: Consulting, Data, Business Development
4Client projects run each semester
25+Active student analysts
Our Work

What we deliver

A look at work accomplished: here's the kind of work DIIG China Team delivers across our departments.

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Strategic Consulting

Market Entry · Competitive Positioning · 5-Year Development Plans

We help organizations decide where to compete and how: market entry strategy, competitive positioning, and long-range development planning grounded in real research.

Market Analysis

Chinese Market Entry · Localization · Opportunity Mapping

Understanding the complexities of the Chinese market and helping international organizations integrate and take advantage of the opportunities here.

Financial Consulting

Investment Strategy · Valuation · Forecasting · Buy-Sell Side Partnership

We help match founders and organizations with interested private equity and investment firms, and draw on our Duke Durham based investment department to funnel promising organizations toward student-led capital.

Data Analysis

Large-Scale Parsing · Algorithmic Reporting · Trend Evaluation

Large-scale data parsing, algorithmic reporting, trend evaluation, and visualization: turning raw data into decisions clients can act on.

Across industries including Health Care, Startups, AI, Retail, Consumer Products, Education, Finance.

Why Student Led?

Why Student Led?

We reject the idea that talented students must wait until graduation to make an impact. We selectively recruit Duke's most promising students and put them to work immediately.

Our Advantages

The advantages of being student led.

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Flexibility

As a student-led organization, we adapt quickly and take on a wide range of challenges. Backed by an Advisory Panel of industry experts with 20+ years of combined experience, we're equipped to deliver on any engagement.

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Talent

We attract driven students before they're placed at top consulting, banking, or private equity firms, giving us access to a talent pool typically gated by larger institutions. That creates an ecosystem of growth, and lets our partners tap into that talent before it reaches the broader job market.

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Pro Bono

We're students, so we don't do this for the money. We never charge for a project. In exchange for world-class, student-led consulting, our analysts gain hands-on experience with organizations driving global impact. It's a win-win.

Ready to put your thinking to work?

Whether you're a DKU student who wants to learn how real consulting gets done, or an organization interested in learning more about what we can offer as a partner, here's where to start.