University of Alaska Fairbanks

Petroleum Engineering Department
425 Duckering Building
P.O. Box 755880
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5880
Phone: (907) 474 7734
Facsimile: (907) 474 5912

Department email: fnder@uaf.edu
Department website: www.uaf.edu

Dean: Sukumar Bandopadhyay, Dean of School of Mineral Engineering
Chair: Santanu Khataniar, Chair of Department of Petroleum Engineering

Contact Information

Petroleum Engineering Degree Information

Accreditation

The BS program in Petroleum Engineering is accredited by ABET.

Curriculum Description

Undergraduate:

Petroleum engineering offers a unique look at the challenging problems confronting the petroleum industry. This program requires an understanding of many disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology and engineering science. Courses in petroleum engineering deal with drilling, formation evaluation, production, reservoir engineering, computer simulation and enhanced oil recovery.

The curriculum prepares graduates to meet the demands of modern technology while emphasizing, whenever possible, the special problems encountered in Alaska. Located in one of the largest oil-producing states in the nation, the UAF petroleum engineering department offers one of the most modern and challenging degree programs available.

Masters and Doctorate:

The M.S. program is intended to provide the student with an advanced treatment of petroleum engineering concepts. Students may choose either a thesis or non-thesis option. Research and teaching assistantships are available.

An interdisciplinary doctoral degree program is offered with specialization in petroleum engineering for qualified students. Contact the graduate program coordinator or the petroleum engineering department for more information

Program Admission Requirements

Undergraduate:

For admission to a baccalaureate degree program, you must have graduated from high school with an overall grade point average (GPA) of a C grade (2.0) or higher. Admission to a specific baccalaureate degree program is based on a combination of your high school GPA and completion of specific high school courses. You must complete, with a minimum grade point average of 2.5, a high school core curriculum of at least 16 academic units in English, college-preparatory mathematics, social sciences, natural sciences and foreign languages. The units must include 4 credits in English, 3 credits in college preparatory mathematics (selected from Algebra I, II, geometry, trigonometry, elementary functions, precalculus or calculus), 3 credits in social sciences and 3 in natural or physical sciences (including at least one laboratory course in biology, chemistry or physics). Two years of study in a non-English language are strongly recommended. Test results from the ACT or SAT must be received before you can be admitted.

Masters and Doctorate:

In general, you may be admitted to graduate status if you have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with at least a 3.0 (B) cumulative grade point average in your undergraduate studies, and a 3.0 (B) average in your major, and the major is deemed suitable for continuation of studies in the field of choice. Some programs require the GRE or GMAT and other special criteria for admission to their program. Equivalent accomplishments at a foreign university may be substituted.

For the purposes of admission to graduate study, all grades, including those generated from retaking a course, are included in the calculation of the grade point average.
Program heads in fields of interest will determine the adequacy of the student’s preparation and whether or not departmental facilities are sufficient for the student’s aims.

Information on specific degree programs can be obtained from academic departments or the Graduate School, via telephone (907) 474-7464, e-mail fygrads@uaf.edu, or online at www.uaf.edu/gradsch/Doctorate.

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Cumulative Degrees Awarded

Curriculum Analysis