CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AND THE AREA

Founded in 1889, Clemson University is the land grant university of South Carolina. It has approximately 16,000 students including about 4,360 graduate students. The College of Engineering is one of the larger components with an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students. Along with Electrical and Computer Engineering, the College has engineering departments in mechanical, civil, chemical, industrial, ceramic, agricultural and biological engineering, bioengineering, general engineering and environmental systems engineering, and includes degree programs in engineering graphics, materials science and engineering and engineering mechanics.

Clemson University has a traditionally rich background in fundamental and applied engineering which it has maintained as the research areas have focused onto increasingly narrower topics within the subject disciplines. This heritage provides the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Clemson University with the breadth to offer a sound undergraduate education. At the same time the specialization of faculty provides the stimulating environment for research. The Department is recognized for its research by its faculty, and additional pages in this www server provide more information on the degree programs and the research conducted in the Department.

The town of Clemson is a growing college community located in the scenic northwestern corner of South Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city and campus border the 57,000 acre Lake Hartwell. Clemson is a three hour drive from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, five hours from the Atlantic coast beaches, and approximately two hours from Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. Clemson is 12 miles from Interstate Highway 85, and is 45 miles southwest of the Greenville-Spartanburg airport.