Home Clemson Home Textiles and Then Some The South's oldest textile school, located at Clemson University, is in the midst of its 100th anniversary celebration. Clemson has one of the top four textile programs in the country. It was the first university in the South to offer a textile curriculum, and it remains the Palmetto State's only university to award recognized bachelor's, master's and doctoral textile degrees. For the past 100 years, Clemson University's textile program has served the needs of this industry for South Carolina and the nation.
Textiles can be a rewarding career for students.
The School of Textiles, Fibers and Polymer Science has close to a 100 percent placement rate in industry for its undergraduate majors. Many people do not realize the huge contributions that textiles make, which can extend far beyond the clothes they wear. The future holds many more promising developments that will be created from textile-related technologies. Other possible uses include information transfer and holographic data-storage devices. The School of Textiles, Fiber and Polymer Science is a key component of Clemson University's new Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films , recently designated as a national Engineering Research Center by the National Science Foundation.