New/Prospective Students

The two closest airports to Clemson are the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (~45 min drive) and the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (~2 hr 30 min drive). The most convenient way to travel to these airports is by car if possible. There is an Amtrak station in Clemson that has daily trains to Greenville that depart at […]

The grocery stores in the Clemson area are Publix, Ingles, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Aldi, Food Lion, and the Walmart Super Center. The CATBus goes to all of these stores except Publix and Food Lion. Further away in Greenville and Anderson, there are international food grocery stores.

There are many apartment complexes in the Clemson-Seneca-Central area. See here for an in-depth list of places to live. Generally speaking though, most graduate students here live at one of these complexes: University Place University Terrace University Village The Woodlands Stone Ridge Apartments Creekside Village Green Heritage Pointe   Please note that the apartments in

Clemson is a small city in South Carolina, and is widely recognized as a college town. The students and affiliates of the University here make up the majority of the town’s population. The city is quite walkable in most areas, and the University has a large network of “CATbuses” that cover quite a few areas

Classes Those interested in attending Clemson University should expect the first 2 years of the program to consist of 2-3 classes per semester, and sometimes even 1 class (depending on results of the placement exam, as well as the student’s decision on when to take their elective courses). The majority of the course load for

What to Expect Graduate student life can certainly be taxing, as a PhD requires a lot of work. Because we graduate students are on the payroll for 40 hour work weeks, most find it beneficial to try roughly a 9:00am-5:00pm schedule to balance the workload and have productive days, and adjust if necessary. With teaching