Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Duke University's Fuqua School of Business will expand to five campuses around the world to connect the school and its students with the global economy.

Duke will offer its business degrees in Dubai; London; New Delhi; Shanghai; and St. Petersburg, Russia, the university said today in statement. Starting in 2009 students will be able to enroll in a program to take classes at six campuses, including the main one in Durham, North Carolina.

The first overseas affiliate is the Graduate School of Management in St. Petersburg, with the New Delhi partner to be named in October, the school said. The international partners will offer all of Duke's business programs, and classes will be taught by Duke's faculty. The programs will also tap resources from Duke's law, health and engineering schools to focus on the issues facing each of the regions.

``Bringing to bear the resources of a great university puts us in a unique position to address problems across cultures and economies,'' Duke Business Dean Blair Sheppard said in the statement.

Duke's Fuqua School is ranked in a three-way tie for 14th among U.S. graduate schools of business by U.S. News & World Report. Harvard Business School in Boston and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in California are tied for No. 1.

To contact the reporter on this story: Oliver Staley in New York at ostaley@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: September 15, 2008 13:24 EDT