Petroleum Engineering Programs in Canada
Canada ranks eighth in the world in oil production, and the average wage in this industry is twice the national average. Dahlhaus University () in Halifax is one of the leading Canadian universities. It has received worldwide recognition for the high quality of education and the professionalism of the teaching staff. The university was founded in 1818 and offers a wide range of bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in Canada: today at the university you can choose any of 180 courses.
The Petroleum Oil and Gas Engineering Master's program is a unique specialized course offered by the University's Faculty of Engineering. Both leading teachers from various departments of the faculty and acting experts from the largest oil and gas companies in Canada work with students. Graduates of the program receive a Master of Engineering diploma.
Petroleum Engineering Programs in the UK
The Scottish University of Aberdeen () is the oldest university in Europe, founded in 1495, offering a large number of bachelor's and master's programs for both oil engineers (Oil & Gas Structural Engineering), and economists (Oil and Gas Enterprise Management) and lawyers ( Oil and Gas Law) planning to work in the oil industry. The university also conducts research in the field of oil production and renewable energy.
The university is located in Aberdeen, the "oil capital" of the UK. This is an old town with a population of about 250 thousand people, where more than 400 foreign companies are located, most of which are “tied” to oil and gas to one degree or another: Shell, BP and Total are the largest employers in the region. 90% of graduates of the University of Aberdeen, as a rule, find a job in the first six months after receiving a diploma. Based on the results of the training, those who successfully passed the exam and defended their diploma are awarded the qualification of Master of Management, Master of Management / Engineering or Master of Engineering.
Petroleum Engineering Programs in Australia
Technological University. Curtin () in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1986. This is one of the largest universities in the country. It has over 30,000 students, of which about a third are foreigners. He is especially proud of the fact that in professional circles his graduates are considered fully prepared for work. In addition, they have developed a reputation for being able to quickly master new areas of knowledge and easily navigate the changing world of modern technology.
The Faculty of Engineering at Curtin University offers its students a Bachelor's, Master's and Doctor of Science (PhD) degree in Petroleum Engineering. Along with serious theoretical training, during the training, students also gain practical experience in enterprises. All course instructors are recognized professionals with solid experience in the oil industry, both in Australia and abroad. Due to the high reputation, including international, of the faculty and its close ties with industry, upon graduation from the university, graduates easily find work in their specialty.
| Program, University, country | Entry Requirements | Cost (year) | Duration | Start of classes |
| Master of Petroleum Engineering, Australia | Specialist or bachelor's degree with a GPA of at least 4.2 in engineering or other relevant field, IELTS at least 6.5 (each item at least 6.0) or TOEFL ibT 92 | |||
| Master of Petroleum Well Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia | ||||
| Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia | Specialist or bachelor's degree with a GPA of at least 4.2 in engineering or other relevant field, IELTS at least 6.5 (for each item at least 6.0) or TOEFL ibT 92 | 12 months | ||
| Master of Science (Energy Futures - Oil and Gas), University of Aberdeen, Great Britain | 12 months | September |
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| Postgraduate Diploma of Energy Futures (Oil and Gas), University of Aberdeen, Great Britain | Specialist or bachelor's degree with a GPA of at least 4.2 in engineering or physics, IELTS at least 6.5 (for each item at least 6.0) or TOEFL ibT 92 | 9 months | September |
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| Master of Science (Oil and Gas Enterprise Management), University of Aberdeen, Great Britain | Specialist or bachelor's degree with a GPA of at least 4.2 in engineering, physics, geology, law. IELTS not lower than 6.5 (for each item not lower than 6.0) or TOEFL ibT 92 | 12 months | September |
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| Master of Law (Oil and Gas industry) University of Aberdeen Great Britain | Specialist or bachelor's degree with a GPA of at least 4.2 in the field of jurisprudence. IELTS not lower than 6.5 (for each item not lower than 6.0) or TOEFL ibT 92 | 12 months | September, |
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| Master of Engineering in Petroleum/Oil and Gas, Dalhousie University | Specialist/engineer's degree in oil and gas, engineering or geology with a GPA of at least 4.2 or Bachelor's degree in oil and gas, engineering or geology with a GPA of at least 4.2 and evidence of scientific work; IELTS not lower than 7 (for each item not lower than 6.5) or TOEFL ibT 92 | September |
Educational programs for foreign citizens at the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
Tyumen State Oil and Gas University maintains partnerships and implements joint educational programs with foreign universities in Germany, France, Spain, Great Britain, the USA, China and Mongolia, as well as with many neighboring countries - Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, etc. .
The development of the export of educational services is one of the priority areas of the international activities of the university and is based on the "Concept of state policy in the field of training national personnel for foreign countries in Russian educational institutions" (ORDER of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 1, 2002), approved by the President of the Russian Federation.
For these purposes, Tsogu has developed and is successfully implementing a long-term target program "Development of the export of educational services", for which the necessary extrabudgetary funding has been allocated, in 2007 a new division was created - the Institute of International Educational Programs, which implements various programs of international cooperation of the university in the field of education and supervises the stay of foreign students.
Recruitment of foreign citizens to study at Tsogu is carried out in several ways:
1) According to the quotas of the Federal Agency for Education, annually provided by Tsogu (including students and graduate students);
2) As part of the work of the representative office (until 2009 - a branch) of Tsogu in Pavlodar (Kazakhstan);
Pre-university training of foreign students includes an intensive course of the Russian language, as well as the main disciplines, knowledge of which is necessary in a technical university - mathematics, physics, chemistry, drawing, etc.
The university has a unique international program "Volunteers of Siberia". Teachers from English-speaking countries - England, USA, Australia, Canada, come for 2-6 months to study the Russian language. At the same time, volunteers, as native speakers, conduct English classes for students, creating a language environment.
Education of foreign citizens is accompanied by a number of problems: a strict registration and visa regime, adaptation to another culture, a language barrier, often an insufficient level of initial training, security, etc. The most significant problems include the following:
Complicated visa regime.
Today, in order to obtain a student visa, a foreign citizen needs to conclude an agreement with a university, wait for an invitation from the Federal Migration Service, and apply for an entry visa at the nearest Russian embassy or consulate in their country. In terms of time, this process takes 2-3 months, and often regardless of whether a person is going to Russia for the first time or is already a student of a Russian university and is forced to undergo this procedure annually.
In addition, within 3 months from the date of arrival, a foreign citizen must obtain a student visa, which is valid for up to 1 year.
To remove these barriers, it is necessary to simplify the procedure for re-obtaining or extending a visa for foreign citizens who come to Russia to study. Study visas are issued free of charge or at a reduced rate.
Difficult registration process.
Foreign students today, by their rights, are equated with "guest workers" who come to our country to work. We believe this attitude is fundamentally wrong and hinders the development of the export of Russian educational services, since these people, on the contrary, bring their money into our country, paying for their education and accommodation. The slightest violation of such a strict registration regime entails huge (up to 400 thousand rubles) fines to the host party, i.e. the university.
There are problems with the organization of field practice for foreign students, for example, a 2-week geological practice in the Ural mountains, where it is not possible to register a foreign citizen, as required by the FMS rules.
For the successful development of education exports in our country, it is necessary to revise the rules of the registration regime for foreign citizens studying in Russia, introduce preferential rates for registration and its renewal for foreign students.
Lack of places in hostels.
Today almost 7500 out-of-town students apply for 2800 places in the dormitories of Tsogu. Living conditions in hostels vary greatly. Many hostels are in need of major renovations. The allocation of targeted funds for the construction of an interuniversity hostel for foreign students could help in solving these problems.
Small scholarship.
The amount of scholarships for foreign citizens sent to Tsogu for training through the Federal Agency for Education at the expense of the budget of the Russian Federation is much less than the subsistence level. In order to stimulate this category of foreign students, it is necessary to develop a grant support program and increase the corresponding scholarship fund.
The problems outlined above are undoubtedly barriers to the development of the export of educational services and the attraction of foreign citizens to study in Russia. We have some experience in overcoming these problems, but some of them cannot be solved without the participation of the state. Only the removal of administrative barriers and state support will create attractive conditions for foreign students to study in Russia and for Russian universities to develop the export of educational services.
Rating Formation Methodology:
Surveys of 10 random students (of each university)
Surveys of 10 random graduates under 5 years (of each university)
Peer review (a group of experts close to the field of higher education)
The ratio of the quality of education / average score (peer assessment)
Number of criminal and administrative cases related to the university
Reputation in open sources (primarily the Internet, social networks, forums)
1. RANEPA, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow
2. Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow
3. MAI, Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow
4. Moscow Moscow State Automobile and Highway University (MADI), Moscow
5. Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow
6. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS), Moscow
7. MGIMO, Moscow State University of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (MGIMO), Moscow
8. Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow
9. TIU (Former Tyumen State Oil and Gas University), Tyumen
10. Moscow Financial and Industrial University Synergy, Moscow
11. Moscow Open Social Academy, Moscow
12. ASU (Altai State University), Barnaul
13. Moscow State Technical University. H.E. Bauman, Moscow
14. Moscow State Engineering University (MAMI), Moscow
15. State University of Management, Moscow
16. Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow
17. St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, St. Petersburg
18. Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow
19. Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI), Moscow
20. Kursk State Medical University, Kursk
21. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
22. Russian University of Cooperation, Mytishchi
23. Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan
24. Southwestern State University, Kursk
25. Samara State University of Communications, Samara
26. Ural State University. A. M. Gorky, Yekaterinburg
27. Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
28. South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk
29. Kazan State Medical University, Kazan
30. North Ossetian State Pedagogical Institute, Vladikavkaz
31. Samara State University of Economics, Samara
32. St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation, St. Petersburg
33. Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Samara
34. Kuban State University, Krasnodar
35. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk
36. Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "State University - Educational, Scientific and Industrial Complex, Orel
37. Academic International Institute, Moscow
38. First Moscow State Medical University. THEM. Sechenov, Moscow
39. Nizhny Novgorod State University. N.I. Lobachevsky, Nizhny Novgorod
40. Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
41. Russian State Medical University. N.I. Pirogova, Moscow
42. Maritime State University named after Admiral G.I. Nevelskoy, Vladivostok
43. Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow
44. NOU VPO "Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting" Ostankino ", Moscow
45. Russian State Social University, Moscow
46. Moscow State Regional University Moscow
47. St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg
48. Military Space Academy. A.F. Mozhaisky, St. Petersburg
49. Siberian State Geodetic Academy, Novosibirsk
50. Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk
51. Bashkir State University, Ufa
52. St. Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University), St. Petersburg
53. Dagestan State Institute of National Economy, Makhachkala
54. Moscow State Law Academy named after O.E. Kutafina, Moscow
55. Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow
56. Russian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, Moscow
57. International Independent Environmental and Political University, Moscow
58. Moscow Humanitarian Institute. E.R. Dashkova, Moscow
59. Voronezh State Technical University, Voronezh
60. Tyumen State Medical Academy, Tyumen
61. Russian State University of Trade and Economics, Moscow
62. Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don
63. Orenburg State Agrarian University, Orenburg
64. Moscow State University of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Dolgoprudny
65. National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Moscow
66. St. Petersburg State University of Communications, St. Petersburg
67. Voronezh State University, Voronezh
68. Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy), Moscow
69. Moscow State University of Communications, Moscow
70. Kuban State Technological University, Krasnodar
71. Russian Chemical-Technological University. DI. Mendeleev, Moscow
72. Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University), Moscow
73. Russian State Agrarian University Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy, Moscow
74. Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (Technical University), Moscow
75. Dagestan Institute of Applied Arts and Design, Makhachkala
76. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg
77. Moscow Military Institute of the Federal Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Moscow
78. Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen, St. Petersburg
79. St. Petersburg Institute of Management and Law, St. Petersburg
80. St. Petersburg State Medical University. I.P. Pavlova, St. Petersburg
81. St. Petersburg State Mining Institute. G.V. Plekhanov (Technical University), St. Petersburg
82. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg
83. Kuban State Agrarian University, Krasnodar
84. Kazan State Technological University, Kazan
85. National Research University "MIET", Moscow
86. Kemerovo Technological Institute of Food Industry, Kemerovo
87. Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Moscow
88. Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow
89. Saratov State Academy of Law, Saratov
90. Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow
91. Moscow State Institute of Tourism Industry, Moscow
92. Ural Federal University. B.N. Yeltsin "UPI", Yekaterinburg
93. Ufa State Petroleum Technical University, Ufa
94. Russian Economic University. G.V. Plekhanov, Moscow
95. Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk
96. Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk
97. Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, Moscow
98. Tomsk State University, Tomsk
99. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, St. Petersburg
Alain Lebastie, President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers: I believe that Russia is very successfully preparing for the future needs of qualified personnel. Many universities have strong oil divisions, with thousands of students taking courses similar to those taught in Western schools.
In Russia, offhand, more than 20 universities train oil specialists for the oil industry. If we take into account universities that train specialists in related specialties (geology, land use, ecology, etc.) that are also in demand in the oil industry, then their number increases significantly. There is plenty to choose from for a future applicant who wants to do.
With such a wide choice, another problem arises - the problem of choice. Which university to choose, which one to prefer? Which of the possible options is the best?
To make the process of choosing a university a little easier for parents and their children - future petroleum engineers - this article was written.
I present to your attention the ranking of the best universities for the training of future oil professionals. The rating in no way claims to be the ultimate truth. Although it is based on some objective indicators, it still reflects a very subjective opinion. Everything is relative in our world. This statement has been true before. It is true even now. Therefore, the main purpose of the ranking is to give stakeholders some point of reference for their own research in this area.
Without further explanation and spreading the thought along the tree, let's go directly to the rating.
10 best universities in Russia for training oilmen
Top 10 universities in Russia that train professional petroleum engineers (engineers, specialists, future managers and business leaders):
- Russian State University of Oil and Gas THEM. Gubkin
- Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
- Ufa State Oil Technical University
- Udmurt State University
- Perm State Technical University
- Arkhangelsk State Technical University
- Almetyevsk State Oil Institute
- Ukhta State Technical University
- Yugra State University
Special mention deserves the Master's programs of Heriot-watt University based on Tomsk Polytechnic University. Education on these programs is carried out on the basis of already received higher education, so it would be wrong to include them in the main rating. The duration of these programs is 12 months.
Additionally, as a bonus for those interested in education outside of Russia, here are the Top 10 US universities that also train and educate specialists for the oil industry.
Top 10 US Petroleum Universities
- Texas A&M University-College Station
- University of Texas at Austin
- Stanford University
- Colorado School of Mines
- University of Oklahoma
- Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
- University of Tulsa
- Texas Tech University
- Penn State University-University Park
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Each of the listed American universities has its own unique area of specialization, so you need to carefully study what advantages a particular university has and choose the one that suits your particular situation.
Good luck with your admission and outstanding achievements!
