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The Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences at Clemson University houses environmental engineering, biosystems engineering, and earth sciences in the same department. This prepares our students to tackle complex environmental problems in both engineered and natural systems in the 21st century.

Graduate Applicants: No Application Fee or GRE Required

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Information on admission requirements, financial assistance, and academic policies and procedures can be found in the EEES Undergraduate and Graduate Handbooks.

Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences Ph.D.

Graduate student performs groundwater testing in small waterway.Our complex world faces many challenges, including contaminated water supplies, hazardous wastes, an increasing population and limited resources. The Ph.D. program in Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences provides interdisciplinary study, consisting of coursework in areas of basic, applied, and engineering sciences. This results in a more thorough understanding of the earth and environment to develop better solutions for the critical problems now and in the future. Graduates will utilize principles of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics and engineering.

Career Pathways

  • improve and protect air, water and soil quality,
  • ensure public safety and health,
  • evaluate and design products and processes for a more sustainable future,
  • develop sustainable approaches to energy and resource management, and
  • better understand the natural processes and human influences that shape our planet.
EEES Home
Academic Calendar

The Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences at Clemson University houses environmental engineering, biosystems engineering, and earth sciences in the same department. This prepares our students to tackle complex environmental problems in both engineered and natural systems in the 21st century.

Graduate Applicants: No Application Fee or GRE Required

Handbooks

Information on admission requirements, financial assistance, and academic policies and procedures can be found in the EEES Undergraduate and Graduate Handbooks.