Clemson University

Clemson University, located in Clemson, South Carolina, was founded in 1889, a legacy of Thomas Green Clemson, who willed his Fort Hill plantation home, its surrounding farmlands and forest, and other property to the State of South Carolina to establish a technical and scientific institution for South Carolina. Clemson opened its doors to 446 students as a military college in 1893. Today, approximately 17,000 students attend the institution, with 64 percent of these students from South Carolina and the remaining 36 percent hailing from 49 other states and 70 nations.

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Clemson, South Carolina - 1889 - Thomas Green Clemson - South Carolina - Military - 1893

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Today, Clemson is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, a category comprising less than 4 percent of all universities in America. Academically, the university is divided into five colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business and Behavioral Science; Engineering and Science; and Health, Education and Human Development. The University's most noted academic programs include those in agriculture, architecture, business, education, engineering, nursing, and textile studies.

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Carnegie Foundation - Doctoral/Research University-Extensive - America - Agriculture - Forestry - Life Sciences - Architecture - Arts - Humanities - Business - Behavioral Science - Engineering - Science - Health - Education - Human Development

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The university's newest academic endeavor is the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, a 400+ acre (1.6 km²) automotive and motorsports research campus located in nearby Greenville. Clemson ICAR will include a graduate school to open in 2006 with Master's and Doctorate level degrees in automotive engineering, offering programs focused on systems integration. The campus also includes an Information Technology Research Center being developed by BMW Manufacturing Company. BMW, Microsoft, IBM, and Michelin are all corporate partners of Clemson ICAR. Plans for the campus also include a full-scale, four-vehicle capacity rolling-road model wind tunnel.

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The school's sports teams are called the Tigers. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Atlantic Coast Conference (Atlantic Division). Clemson's primary rival, however, are the in-state University of South Carolina Gamecocks. The two institutions usually play against each other on the last week of the football season. This is the fourth longest rivalry in college sports.

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NCAA - Atlantic Coast Conference - University of South Carolina

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Clemson's president since 1999 is James F. Barker, a former dean of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. Its Botanical Garden is the State Botanical Garden of South Carolina. Clemson University is served by Clemson Area Transit.

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Botanical Garden - South Carolina - Clemson Area Transit

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