The Evolution of University Dining
Avoid Dining Plan Disappointment

Duke’s Current Dining Plan Requirements

Duke’s current dining plans reflect the cutting edge of University Dining Services in the U.S. At Duke, almost all traditional college meal plan requirements and restrictions have been eliminated in favor of an ultra-flexible debit system (Points), allowing students to purchase what they want, when they want. Dining at Duke also offers students more variety than virtually any other college campus nationwide, with 31 different dining locations and 14 Merchants on Points vendors. All of these locations accept students’ Dining Plan Points and are open to all students.

To support our ability to offer this level of variety and flexibility, Duke retains one basic traditional dining requirement of all students who live on-campus: you must participate in Duke’s Dining Plan, at least at a minimal level. In order to ensure fairness to all students, enforcement of this requirement is stringent and exceptions are seldom given.

Dining Plan Links:

On-line Dining Plan Selection

Choosing Your Dining Plan

• Overestimating, Underestimating — Not a problem .
• What Happens to Extra Points?
• Three ways to choose a meal plan .

Dining Plans and Contracts

• First Year Students
• Upperclass Students
• On-Campus
• Central Campus
• Off-Campus
• Summer Session
• Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff

Changing Your Dining Plan

• Points Usage Chart
• Reducing your Dining Points
• The Dining Plan Change Period!! (Ends Oct.31st)
• Adding Dining Points
• Canceling your Dining Plan
• Exemptions from the Dining Plan
• Appealing for a Dining Plan Change

Avoid Dining Plan Disappointment:

Duke Dining offers students an unusual level of flexibility. However, in order to ensure that your plan meets your needs and keeps you happy, there are a few rules to which you need pay heed. Most importantly, you need to make any necessary changes to your Dining Plan for the Fall by June 6th and for the Spring by October 31th.

Here are some suggestions for how to avoid any Dining Plan Disappointments:

1. Read your Dining Plan Contract and file it somewhere you can find, for future reference.
• This is a legal document between you and Duke. Know what you are agreeing to, what responsibilities you are taking on and what responsibility Duke Dining has to you.

 

2. Pay especial attention to the Dining Plan Change Period. AFTER THIS PERIOD (which ends October 31th), YOU CANNOT REDUCE YOUR DINING PLAN.
• Remember, by mid-semester you can figure out whether you have too many or too few Points by comparing your Points balance to the Points Usage Chart.