Research and Innovation
Research and innovation continue to be driving factors as Clemson University climbs in the U.S.News & World Report rankings. With advanced technology and state-of-the-art laboratories, Clemson provides an environment where researchers and industry professionals can come together to create ideas for the future.
Growing Stronger Every Day
For years, Clemson has created and nurtured research and economic development centers to build a knowledge-based economy. Clemson’s more than 100 centers and institutes are dedicated to everything from automotive excellence to advanced materials, from international diversity to community outreach, from ethics to the arts. The link between academics and industry grows stronger every day.
Explore Centers and Institutes
Centers
A-C
- Academic Integrity
- Academic Success Center
- Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films
- Advanced Materials Center
- Animal Co-Products Research & Education
- Architecture + Health Studio
- Architecture Center in Charleston
- Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)
- BB&T Center for Education and Economic Policy Studies
- Brooks Center for the Performing Arts
- Brook T. Smith Launchpad
- Career and Professional Development
- Center for Addiction and Mental Health Research
- Center for Agricultural Technology
- Center for Corporate Learning
- Center for Electronic and Digital Publishing (CEDP)
- Center for Improvement of Construction Management and Processes (CICMP)
- Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET)
- Center for Research and Collaborative Activities (CRCA)
- Center for Research on Health Disparities
- Center for Visual Arts (CVA)
- Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education
- Clemson Light Imaging Facility
- Clemson University Center for Workforce Development (CUCWD)
- Clinical Learning and Research Center
- Clemson University Center for Corporate Learning
- Cybersecurity Center
D-O
- Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies in Genoa, Italy
- Digital Media and Learning, SC Center of Excellence
- Electronic and Digital Publishing
- Erwin Center for Brand Communication
- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC)
- Flexible Packaging
- Gantt Center for Student Life
- Fran Hanson Discovery Center
- Hayek Center for the Business of Prosperity
- Health Facilities Design
- Historic Preservation, Graduate Center
- Home and Garden Information Center
- Information Economy Project
- Innovation in Mathematics and Science, Center of Excellence
- Life Sciences Outreach Center
- Madren Conference Center and Inn
- National Brick Research Center
- National Dropout Prevention Center
- NDPC for Students with Disabilities
- Nuclear Environmental Engineering Sciences and Radioactive Waste Management
- Outdoor Laboratory Conference Center and Camp
P-Z
- Pearce Center for Professional Communication
- Product Lifecycle Management Center
- Reading Recovery® and Early Literacy Training Center for South Carolina
- Research in Design and Building, Richard H. Pennell Center
- J. Daniel and Nancy Garrison Sales Innovation Program
- Simpson Research Center
- Small Business Development Center
- Social Media Listening Center
- S.C. Botanical Garden
- S.C. DNA Learning Center
- S.C. E&G Energy Innovation Center
- S.C. Educational Interpreting Center (SCEIC)
- S.C. Water Resources Center
- South Carolina COBRE Center of Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration (SCBioCraft)
- South Carolina Translational Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health (SC-TRIMH)
- Statistics and Mathematics Consulting Center
- Sullivan Center
- Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation
- Warren Lasch Conservation Center
- Watt Family Innovation Center
- Writing Center
- Zucker Family Graduate Education Center
Institutes
- AIRISE Institute
- America Reads
- Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science
- Biological Interfaces of Engineering (IBIOE)
- Brooks Sports Science Institute
- Clemson Environmental Institute
- Clemson Institute of Environmental Toxicology
- Clemson Institute for Intelligent Materials, Systems and Environments
- Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
- Clemson Nanomaterials Institute
- Clemson University Genomics Institute (CUGI)
- Clemson University Institute for Parks (CUIP)
- Computational Ecology
- Engaged Aging, Clemson University Institute for
- Family and Neighborhood Life
- FRESH
- Global Road Safety and Security (CU-IGRSS)
- Human Factors Research Institute
- Inquiry In Motion Institute
- Modeling and Simulation Applications
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
- Restoration Institute
- Rutland Institute for Ethics
- Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics
- South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics and Science
- South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies
- Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Strom Thurmond Institute
- Wood Utilization + Design Institute
- Youth Learning Institute
