Case Study: Clemson University achieves campus-wide creative learning and career-ready graduates with Adobe Photoshop

Clemson University - Customer Case Study

Clemson University partnered with Adobe Photoshop to make industry‑standard creative tools available across campus to address declining differentiation and the need for next‑generation learning. The university’s challenge was to give all 21,303 students and faculty access to creative desktop and mobile apps, create a dedicated collaborative space, and prepare graduates with the digital and storytelling skills employers demand — using Adobe Creative Cloud for enterprise and the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution alongside a new Adobe Digital Studio.

Adobe Photoshop enabled a university‑wide rollout of Creative Cloud apps (including Photoshop CC, Premiere Pro CC, Audition CC, Illustrator CC, and InDesign CC) and supported the creation of the Adobe Digital Studio and campus publishing workflows. As a result, faculty now teach with interactive multimedia, students across disciplines publish interactive eBooks and apps (e.g., Decipher in the Apple App Store), and graduates gain demonstrable career‑ready skills — improving teaching, boosting student creativity, and making Clemson University more competitive in the marketplace.

Clemson University

James Clements

President, Clemson University