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Welcome to the "New" Charleston
A top 10 fastest-growing city for software and Internet technology, an emerging hub for aerospace, and a hotbed for healthcare and biosciences.
Make Your Mark
Be curious. Explore. Question. Challenge the status quo. Try the unfamiliar as well as the tried and true – and your academic experience will pay big dividends.
The Good Life
Take advantage of everything the College has to offer. Use your imagination. Move outside your comfort zone. Look at every new experience as an opportunity. And have fun!
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Our 19 varsity sports teams continue to pursue greatness. Be a part of the excitement and power that is CofC athletics.
Once a Cougar, always a Cougar.
Be an active part of the Cougar network. Lifelong connections start with the Alumni Association.
Collecting permits may be required to collect or obtain living specimens in the State of South Carolina for research purposes. Scientific collecting permits may be obtained through the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Please see the Grice Marine Laboratory Administrative Coordinator for information on how to obtain a Scientific Collecting Permit.