Petroleum Institute

The Petroleum Institute
Location
Sas Al Nakhl
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Coordinates 24°25′10″N 54°30′09″E / 24.419467°N 54.502466°E / 24.419467; 54.502466Coordinates: 24°25′10″N 54°30′09″E / 24.419467°N 54.502466°E / 24.419467; 54.502466
Information
Established 2000 (2000)
Status Open
Gender Both
Enrollment 1000
Campus Habshan (male), Arzanah (female)
Sports
Website http://www.pi.ac.ae

The Petroleum Institute (PI) is an engineering university located in Sas Al Nakhl, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, offers a variety of engineering degrees and is funded by a consortium of national and international oil companies. The goal of the institution is to provide the local oil and gas industry with engineers.

PI was established in 2000 by an Emiri decree under the direction of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and the president of the United Arab Emirates. It is financed and governed by a consortium of five major oil companies: ADNOC, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total S.A., and Japan Oil Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of INPEX. The university is partnered with the following universities: Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, The University of Texas at Austin, Rice University and China University of Petroleum.[1]

The PI admitted its first students in the Fall of 2001. At present, over 800 undergraduate male students and 100 female students are studying in one of the following five engineering disciplines: Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Geosciences, Polymer science and material science.

The Petroleum Institute also offers graduate level programs.

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