Clemson University

Clemson University is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina, founded in 1889 and classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.克莱门森大学是一所位于美国南卡罗来纳州克莱门森的公立赠地研究型大学，1889 年创办，被归入 R1 级博士大学（极高研究活动）类别。

Established from the bequest of Thomas Green Clemson, it is the second-largest university by enrollment in South Carolina, with 24,060 undergraduates and 5,485 graduate students in fall 2025.该校源自托马斯·格林·克莱门森的遗嘱捐赠，是南卡罗来纳州规模第二大的大学，2025 年秋季有本科生 24060 名、研究生 5485 名。

Its 1,400-acre campus in the Blue Ridge foothills now spans nine academic colleges and competes athletically in the Atlantic Coast Conference.校园占地 1400 英亩，坐落于蓝岭山麓，如今设九个学术学院，运动队参加大西洋沿岸联盟赛事。

History

• Thomas Green Clemson came to the South Carolina foothills in 1838 after marrying Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the seventh Vice President of the United States.1838 年，托马斯·克莱门森因迎娶安娜·玛丽亚·卡尔霍恩而来到南卡山麓，安娜是美国第七任副总统约翰·卡尔霍恩之女。

• When Clemson died on April 6, 1888, he bequeathed the Fort Hill plantation and most of his estate to found a college that would teach scientific agriculture and the mechanical arts to South Carolinians.1888 年 4 月 6 日，克莱门森去世，留下福特山种植园及大部分遗产，用以创办一所向南卡州民教授科学农业与机械技艺的学院。

• His decision was shaped by Benjamin Tillman, a future governor, who lobbied the General Assembly to make the school a state agricultural institution, a resolution that passed by only one vote.他的决定深受后来出任州长的本杰明·蒂尔曼影响，蒂尔曼游说州议会把该校办成州立农业院校，相关决议仅以一票之差通过。

• In November 1889 Governor John Peter Richardson III signed the bill establishing the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina.1889 年 11 月，州长约翰·彼得·理查森三世签署法案，设立南卡罗来纳克莱门森农学院。

• Under the Morrill Land-Grant Act and the Hatch Act of 1887, federal agricultural education funds were moved from South Carolina College, today the University of South Carolina, to Clemson.依据莫里尔赠地法与 1887 年哈奇法案，联邦农业教育经费自南卡罗来纳学院（今南卡罗来纳大学）转拨至克莱门森。

• Construction began with Hardin Hall in 1890, and many of the original buildings were raised by convict laborers, some as young as 12 and almost all Black, with more than 500 of their names recorded.校园建设始于 1890 年的哈丁楼，早期许多建筑由服刑劳工建成，其中最小者仅 12 岁、几乎全为黑人，逾 500 人姓名留有记载。

• Henry Aubrey Strode served as the first president from 1890 to 1893, and the college formally opened in July 1893 with an initial enrollment of 446.亨利·斯特罗德于 1890 至 1893 年任首任校长，学院于 1893 年 7 月正式开学，首批注册学生 446 人。

• On May 22, 1894 the main building, later renamed Tillman Hall, was destroyed by fire and rebuilt the same year, and the first class graduated in 1896 with degrees in mechanical-electrical engineering and agriculture.1894 年 5 月 22 日，主楼（后更名为蒂尔曼楼）毁于火灾并于当年重建，首届学生于 1896 年毕业，获机械电气工程与农业学位。

• Clemson's first football team began in 1896 under trainer Walter Riggs, and Henry Hartzog became president in 1897, creating a textile department in 1898 that made Clemson the first Southern school to train textile specialists.克莱门森首支橄榄球队于 1896 年由教练沃尔特·里格斯组建，1897 年亨利·哈茨佐格出任校长，1898 年设立纺织系，使该校成为南方首所培养纺织专才的学校。

• A 1902 student walkout over rigid military discipline forced Hartzog to resign, and Patrick Mell led the college from 1902 to 1910.1902 年，学生因严苛军事管束发起罢课，迫使哈茨佐格辞职，帕特里克·梅尔于 1902 至 1910 年执掌学院。

• Former football coach Walter Riggs was president from 1910 to 1924, during which Riggs Field was dedicated in 1915 and a Reserve Officers' Training Corps formed in 1917 as World War I cut enrollment.前橄榄球教练里格斯于 1910 至 1924 年任校长，其间 1915 年启用里格斯球场、1917 年组建后备军官训练团，一战使入学人数下降。

• On March 10, 1920 a walkout over military discipline led to the creation of a Department of Student Affairs, Riggs died in Washington on January 22, 1924, and an October 1924 walkout saw 23 students dismissed and 112 suspended.1920 年 3 月 10 日的罢课促成学生事务处设立，里格斯于 1924 年 1 月 22 日在华盛顿去世，同年 10 月另一次罢课致 23 人被开除、112 人被停课。

• Fires reshaped the campus, destroying the agricultural building on April 1, 1925, which led to Sikes Hall, and Mechanical Hall on May 27, 1926, which was rebuilt as Freeman Hall.火灾屡次改变校园，1925 年 4 月 1 日农学院楼被毁后建起赛克斯楼，1926 年 5 月 27 日机械楼被毁后重建为弗里曼楼。

• President Enoch Sikes added more than 1,000 students and the first graduate degree, and in 1927 Clemson gained accreditation from the Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges of the Southern States.伊诺克·赛克斯校长使在校生增加逾 1000 人并设首个研究生学位，1927 年克莱门森获南方中学与学院协会认证。

• During the Great Depression the New Deal Works Progress Administration built dormitories, and Clemson acquired Long Hall, Sirrine Hall, and 29,625 acres of privately owned farmland through federal funding.大萧条期间，新政的工程进度管理局新建宿舍，克莱门森又借联邦资金购入朗楼、瑟琳楼及 29625 英亩私有农田。

• Robert Poole became the first Clemson alumnus to serve as president in 1940, and Memorial Stadium formally opened on September 19, 1942.1940 年，罗伯特·普尔成为首位出任校长的克莱门森校友，1942 年 9 月 19 日纪念体育场正式启用。

• More than 6,500 Clemson students served overseas in World War II and about 5,850 were commissioned through the ROTC, and the class of 1943 fell to a low of 343 graduates and 376 students were killed.二战期间逾 6500 名克莱门森学生赴海外服役，约 5850 人经后备军官训练团获任军官，1943 届毕业生降至历史最低的 343 人，376 名学生阵亡。

• In 1955 Clemson was reorganized into a civilian institution and began admitting white women though it remained segregated, and in 1957 Margaret Marie Snider became the first woman to earn a degree.1955 年，克莱门森改为平民体制并开始招收白人女性但仍未废种族隔离，1957 年玛格丽特·斯奈德成为首位获学位的女性。

• Harvey Gantt applied to transfer to Clemson in 1961 and was rejected, and in 1962 he and the NAACP filed suit, which led the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to direct the university to admit him in 1963.1961 年，哈维·甘特申请转入克莱门森被拒，1962 年他与全国有色人种协进会提起诉讼，联邦第四巡回上诉法院于 1963 年下令该校录取他。

• In 1963 Clemson admitted its first African American student, Harvey Gantt, later elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Lucinda Brawley became the first Black woman admitted.1963 年，克莱门森录取第一位非裔学生哈维·甘特，甘特后来当选北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市市长，同年露辛达·布劳利成为首位被录取的黑人女性。

• In 1964 the college was renamed Clemson University as the state legislature formally recognized its expanded academic programs and research.1964 年，州议会正式承认其扩展的学术与研究，学院随之更名为克莱门森大学。

Academics

• Clemson now comprises nine academic colleges, including the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences, the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, and the Harvey S. Peeler Jr. College of Veterinary Medicine.克莱门森现设九个学术学院，包括农业林业与生命科学学院、威尔伯·O·安·鲍尔斯商学院以及哈维·S·皮勒兽医学院。

• In July 1955 its four schools became nine colleges, which were condensed into five in 1995, and a reorganization on July 1, 2016 created seven colleges that have since grown back to nine.1955 年 7 月，该校四所学系扩为九个学院，1995 年并为五个，2016 年 7 月 1 日重组为七个学院，此后又增至九个。

• For fall 2025 the university enrolled 24,060 undergraduate and 5,485 graduate students at a student-to-faculty ratio of 16:1.2025 年秋季，全校注册本科生 24060 名、研究生 5485 名，师生比为 16:1。

• For the Class of 2029, Clemson received 64,805 applications and accepted 27,498 (42.4 percent), with 5,084 enrolling for an 18.5 percent yield, a 94.1 percent retention rate, and an 87.5 percent six-year graduation rate.2029 届录取中，克莱门森收到 64805 份申请、录取 27498 人（42.4%），5084 人报到，保留率 18.5%，新生留存率 94.1%，六年毕业率 87.5%。

• The middle 50 percent of enrolling freshmen scored 1250 to 1400 on the SAT and 28 to 32 on the ACT.入学新生 SAT 成绩中间 50% 区间为 1250 至 1400，ACT 为 28 至 32。

• The Graduate School offers more than 100 graduate degree programs across 85 disciplines on the main campus and at sites such as Greenville and Charleston.研究生院在 85 个学科开设逾 100 个学位项目，分布于主校区及格林维尔、查尔斯顿等地。

• The Clemson University Honors College was founded in 1962, admits about 250 freshmen each year with average SAT scores of 1400 or higher and top-three-percent high-school standing, and was originally named for John C. Calhoun.克莱门森大学荣誉学院建于 1962 年，每年录取约 250 名 SAT 平均 1400 以上、高中成绩前 3% 的新生，最初以约翰·卡尔霍恩命名。

• The Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, was renamed in October 2020 after a 60-million-dollar gift and is the first college in Clemson history to be named.威尔伯·O·安·鲍尔斯商学院获国际商学院协会认证，因 6000 万美元捐赠于 2020 年 10 月更名，是克莱门森历史上首冠以人名的学院。

• As of 2025 U.S. News ranked the business college 95th among national business schools, Niche named it the best business college in South Carolina, and the School of Architecture was ranked the 16th graduate architecture program by Design Intelligence.截至 2025 年，《美国新闻》将该商学院列全美第 95，Niche 评为南卡最佳商学院，建筑学院则被 Design Intelligence 列为研究生建筑教育第 16。

• The College of Arts and Humanities was founded in 2023 with six departments spanning English, history and geography, languages, performing arts, and philosophy and religion.艺术与人文学院创建于 2023 年，下设英语、历史与地理、语言、表演艺术、哲学与宗教等六个学系。

• The College of Education is centered in Tillman Hall with roughly 600 undergraduates and 600 graduate students and hosts the Call Me MISTER program.教育学院以蒂尔曼楼为中心，有本科生约 600 名、研究生约 600 名，并主办“Call Me MISTER”项目。

• The College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences was formed in 1995, joining engineering with the chemistry, computer science, geological science, mathematical science, and physics and astronomy departments.工程、计算与应用科学学院成立于 1995 年，将工程学科与化学、计算机科学、地质、数学、物理与天文诸系合并。

• The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research was established in 2013 in Greenville as a 250-acre research campus, and its Automotive Engineering department was ranked tenth in the world in 2015.克莱门森国际汽车研究中心于 2013 年在格林维尔设立，是占地 250 英亩的研究园区，其汽车工程系 2015 年列全球第十。

• In 2016 Clemson announced a partnership with Siemens worth about 357 million dollars, the largest grant in the university's history, giving engineering students access to new software.2016 年，克莱门森宣布与西门子合作，赠款总额约 3.57 亿美元，为该校史上最大一笔资助，使工科学生得以使用新软件。

• CU-ICAR counts BMW, Microsoft, IBM, Bosch, Michelin, and Timken among its major corporate partners, and the Charleston Innovation Campus opened its Dominion Energy offshore wind turbine test facility in 2013.该汽车研究中心的主要企业合作方包括宝马、微软、IBM、博世、米其林与铁姆肯，查尔斯顿创新园区于 2013 年启用多明纳能源海上风机试验设施。

• The College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences supports Clemson's land-grant mission through research on sustainable agriculture, food systems, and biomedical sciences.农业林业与生命科学学院以可持续农业、食品体系与生物医学研究支撑克莱门森的赠地使命。

Campus

• The 1,400-acre campus lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and borders Lake Hartwell, which was formed by a dam completed in 1962.校园占地 1400 英亩，地处蓝岭山麓，毗邻由 1962 年完工水坝形成的哈特韦尔湖。

• It sits outside the Clemson city limits in unincorporated Pickens County, and in 1894 the South Carolina General Assembly designated the university a municipal corporation, so it runs its own police, fire service, and municipal court.校园位于克莱门森市界之外、非设镇的匹肯斯县，州议会于 1894 年将大学定为市政法人，故其自设警局、消防与市政法庭。

• The grounds were originally the Fort Hill plantation of Vice President John C. Calhoun, which passed to his daughter and son-in-law and was willed to the state of South Carolina after Clemson's death in 1888.此地原为副总统卡尔霍恩的福特山种植园，后传给其女儿与女婿，并在克莱门森 1888 年去世后遗赠南卡州。

• Three buildings from the founding era survive, Hardin Hall (1890), Tillman Hall (1894), and Godfrey Hall (1898), and expansion followed in 1936 to 1938 with eight new buildings and again in the late 1950s through 1970 with more than 25 buildings.建校初期三座建筑留存至今，即哈丁楼（1890）、蒂尔曼楼（1894）与戈弗雷楼（1898），1936 至 1938 年新建八栋，1950 年代末至 1970 年又建逾 25 栋。

• The Tiger Paw became the official logo in 1970 in place of the earlier tiger emblem and is now painted on surfaces across campus and on highways leading to it.虎爪标志于 1970 年取代旧时的老虎图案成为官方标识，如今遍布校园内外及通往校园的公路。

• Homecoming has been held since 1914 with floats built on Bowman Field, the Tigerama pep rally has averaged about 40,000 people since 1957, and the First Friday Parade has run each year since 1974.返校节自 1914 年延续至今、花车在鲍曼广场搭建，老虎狂欢集会自 1957 年平均约 4 万人参加，首个星期五游行自 1974 年起年年举行。

• The Clemson University Police Department and the Clemson University Fire and EMS serve the campus around the clock, and the municipal court is housed in Gentry Hall.克莱门森大学警察局与大学消防及急救队全天候服务校园，市政法庭设于詹特里楼。

• The campus first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2020 United States Census with a recorded population of 7,311.校园区域在美国 2020 年人口普查中首次被划为普查规定居民点，人口记录为 7311 人。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Clemson University is placed in the 951-1000 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，克莱门森大学位列第 951-1000 位。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 Clemson is ranked in the 701-800 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，克莱门森位列第 701-800 区间。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking Clemson is placed at 615 in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，克莱门森位列世界第 615 位。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities Clemson is placed in the 501-600 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，克莱门森位列第 501-600 区间。

• U.S. News & World Report for 2026 ranks Clemson 75th among national universities in the United States and 36th among public schools.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026 年将克莱门森列为全美第 75、公立大学第 36。

• OpenAlex records 77,171 scholarly works and 4,223,491 citations attributed to Clemson, consistent with its R1 very-high-research classification.据 OpenAlex 收录，克莱门森累计学术著作 77171 篇、被引 4223491 次，与其 R1 极高研究活动分类相符。

• At the subject level, the Automotive Engineering department was ranked tenth in the world in 2015, Clemson's highest single-discipline standing.就学科维度而言，汽车工程系 2015 年列全球第十，是克莱门森最高的单科名次。

• In hard honors the sources name no Nobel, Turing, or Fields laureate at Clemson, but the university has won eight NCAA Division I national championships, three in football, four in men's soccer, and one in men's golf.就硬荣誉而言，资料未载克莱门森有诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，但该校曾获八次 NCAA 一级全国冠军，橄榄球三次、男子足球四次、男子高尔夫一次。

Student life

• Clemson's teams, the Tigers, compete at the NCAA Division I level, in the Football Bowl Subdivision for football, and have been in the Atlantic Coast Conference for all sports since the 1953-54 season.克莱门森校队“老虎队”参加 NCAA 一级赛事，橄榄球属碗赛分区，自 1953-1954 赛季起所有项目均参加大西洋沿岸联盟。

• Clemson has won eight national titles, three in football in 1981, 2016, and 2018, four in men's soccer in 1984, 1987, 2021, and 2023, and one in men's golf in 2003.克莱门森共获八次全国冠军，橄榄球分别在 1981、2016、2018 年夺冠，男子足球于 1984、1987、2021、2023 年四次登顶，男子高尔夫于 2003 年夺冠。

• In football the Tigers beat Alabama 45 to 40 for the 2016 title, defeated Notre Dame 30 to 3 and then Alabama 44 to 16 for the 2018 title, and lost the 2019 final to LSU 42 to 25.橄榄球方面，老虎队以 45 比 40 击败阿拉巴马夺 2016 年冠军，又以 30 比 3 胜圣母大学、44 比 16 再胜阿拉巴马夺 2018 年冠军，2019 年决赛以 25 比 42 负于路易斯安那州立大学。

• In men's soccer the Tigers, as the eighth seed, beat top-seeded Oregon State, fourth-seeded Notre Dame, and second-seeded Washington 2 to 0 for the 2021 title and defeated Notre Dame again for the 2023 championship.男子足球方面，老虎队以八号种子先后击败头号种子俄勒冈州立、四号种子圣母大学，并以 2 比 0 胜二号种子华盛顿夺 2021 年冠军，2023 年再胜圣母大学夺冠。

• In 2023, 18 percent of men and 37 percent of women among 23,340 undergraduates joined Greek life, which has no houses on campus, and in Spring 2024 about 87 percent of members held a GPA above 3.0.2023 年，23340 名本科生中 18% 的男生、37% 的女生加入校内无希腊房屋的兄弟会姐妹会，2024 年春季约 87% 成员绩点高于 3.0。

• Clemson hosts Army and Air Force ROTC detachments and a Marine Corps PLC program, and its C-4 Pershing Rifles unit won the national drill meet nine times between 1999 and 2017.克莱门森设有陆军与空军后备军官训练分遣队和海军陆战队先修班项目，其 C-4 潘兴步枪队于 1999 至 2017 年间九度赢得全国操典大赛。

• Student media include The Tiger, the oldest student newspaper in South Carolina, founded in 1907, the station WSBF-FM founded in 1958, and the yearbook TAPS, which published its final edition at the end of the 2017-18 academic year.学生媒体包括 1907 年创办、南卡历史最久的学生报纸《老虎报》，1958 年创办的电台 WSBF-FM，以及于 2017-18 学年末停刊的年鉴 TAPS。

• The alma mater, first performed on February 17, 1919, long borrowed the melody of Annie Lisle until Robert E. Farmer won a contest to compose an original tune announced on May 5, 1947, and the fight song is the Tiger Rag.该校校歌最早于 1919 年 2 月 17 日演唱，长期沿用《安妮·莱尔》曲调，直到罗伯特·法默作曲并在 1947 年 5 月 5 日当选，战斗歌曲则为《老虎拉格》。

Notable people

• James F. Byrnes, a confidant of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, served as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1941 to 1942, U.S. Secretary of State from 1945 to 1947, and Governor of South Carolina from 1951 to 1955.詹姆斯·伯恩斯是罗斯福总统的密友，1941 至 1942 年任联邦最高法院大法官，1945 至 1947 年任美国国务卿，1951 至 1955 年任南卡罗来纳州州长。

• Strom Thurmond represented South Carolina in the U.S. Senate for nearly fifty years, served as president pro tempore of the Senate, and was the only senator to serve past the age of one hundred.斯特罗姆·瑟蒙德代表南卡出任联邦参议员近五十年，曾任参议院临时议长，是唯一一位年逾百岁仍在任的参议员。

• Nikki Haley served as Governor of South Carolina and as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and John William Raymond became the first commander of the U.S. Space Force.妮基·黑利曾任南卡罗来纳州州长和美国驻联合国大使，约翰·雷蒙德则出任美国太空军首任司令。

• Harvey Gantt, Clemson's first African American student enrolled in 1963, went on to be elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rudolf Anderson Jr. was the only airman killed during the Cuban Missile Crisis.1963 年入学、克莱门森首位非裔学生的哈维·甘特后来当选北卡夏洛特市市长，鲁道夫·安德森则是古巴导弹危机期间唯一被击毙的飞行员。

• Athletic alumni include the Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins, the number-one NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence, the major-winning golfer Lucas Glover, and the hurdler Brianna Rollins, who won the 100-meter hurdles at the 2013 World Championships and the Rio Olympics.体育界校友包括入选职业橄榄球名人堂的安全卫布赖恩·道金斯、NFL 选秀状元特雷弗·劳伦斯、大满贯高尔夫球手卢卡斯·格洛弗，以及夺得 2013 年世锦赛与里约奥运会女子 100 米栏冠军的布丽安娜·罗林斯。

• Among international alumni, Ekwee Ethuro served as the first speaker of the Senate of Kenya, while the Taiwanese educators and public figures Chung-Ming Lin, president of Nanhua University, and Paul Chao, a broadcaster and 2024 vice-presidential candidate, also studied at Clemson.国际校友中，埃克维·埃图鲁曾任肯尼亚参议院首任议长，台湾教育界与公众人物林聪明（南华大学校长）与赵少康（媒体人、2024 年副总统参选人）亦毕业于克莱门森。

• Clemson's scholars include the astrophysicist Donald D. Clayton and the physicist Murray S. Daw, both professors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the chemist John W. Huffman.克莱门森的学者包括天体物理学家唐纳德·克莱顿与物理学家默里·道，二人均任教于物理与天文系，另有化学家约翰·霍夫曼。

• Jo Jorgensen, a senior psychology lecturer at Clemson, was the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2020 election.克莱门森心理学高级讲师乔·约根森是自由党 2020 年美国总统选举的提名人。

• Other faculty include the economist Robert Tollison, the geneticist Trudy Mackay, the economist Thomas Hazlett, and Michael J. Padilla, a former director of the Eugene T. Moore School of Education.其他教职员包括经济学家罗伯特·托利森、遗传学家特鲁迪·麦凯、经济学家托马斯·哈泽利特，以及曾任尤金·T·摩尔教育学院院长的迈克尔·帕迪厄。