Accreditation

Clemson's biosystems engineering degree program is offered in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The program is accredited nationally by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and SACS, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Graduates are eligible for licensing as professional engineers after gaining acceptable experience and passing the Fundamentals of Engineering examination and the Principles and Practice of Engineering examination.

The Clemson curriculum has received national acclaim and serves as a model for similar programs. Our program is generally regarded as one of the best in the country and draws on other renowned programs at Clemson such as environmental engineering and science, earth sciences and life sciences.

The program is jointly administered by the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences and relies on resources of both colleges. All tenured teaching faculty in the program are licensed professional engineers. Several faculty members are renowned in technical areas such as micropropagation, waste management, hydrology/watershed management and aquaculture. Most of them are well published and play a significant role in national professional societies. The student/teacher ratio is approximately 10 to 1, and most classes have between 12-30 students.

Student design/research projects usually involve the research areas of the faculty. Students are also free to find projects and project advisers in other departments at Clemson such as Environmental Engineering and Science, Environmental Toxicology and Bioengineering.

Students are encouraged to broaden and diversify their educational experience by including engineering or science minors as part of their education. We also encourage them to pursue advanced degrees in environmental, biological, biomedical and other allied areas of engineering and science.

Most of our graduates are employed upon graduation or soon thereafter, depending on their academic record, the type of job they seek and the economy.