World’s Best Universities For Oil, Gas, And Petroleum Engineering In 2017

The results are in, McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa tops the list of the world’s best universities for Oil, Gas, and Petroleum engineering, according to the results of the 2017 CEOWORLD magazine university rankings. University of Aberdeen is number two.

The United States continues to dominate the list, with 15 universities in the top 35; the United Kingdom is the second best performing country, with six universities.

China, meanwhile, has 4 ranked universities; India and Norway have two; Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Greece, and the Netherlands each have one.

These are the world’s best universities for Oil, Gas, and Petroleum engineering in 2017

Rank	University	Country	Score
1	McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa	US	98.7
2	University of Aberdeen	UK	98.5
3	Department Petroleum Engineering at Montanuniversität Leoben	Austria	98.3
4	John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University	US	97.9
5	IFP (Institut Français du Pétrole)	France	97.6
6	Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin	US	97.2
7	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	97.1
8	Petroleum Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines	US	95.8
9	Polytechnic University of Turin (Politecnico di Torino)	Italy	95.7
10	Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at the Texas A&M University	US	95.5
11	Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma	US	95.4
12	Robert Gordon University (RGU)	UK	95.2
13	Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette	US	95.1
14	Department of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	US	93.7
15	Swanson School of Engineeringat the University of Pittsburgh	US	93.6
16	Technical University of Denmark (DTU)	Denmark	93.5
17	Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology	US	93.4
18	Xi'an Shiyou University Petroleum Engineering	China	93.1
19	Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University	US	92.9
20	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)	Norway	92.8
21	Department of Energy Resources Engineering at the Stanford University	US	92.6
22	China University of Petroleum	China	92.1
23	Imperial College	UK	91.8
24	Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University	US	91.7
25	Heriot Watt Institute of Petroleum Engineering	UK	91.3
26	Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU)	US	90.7
27	East China University of Science and Technology	China	88.6
28	University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Dehradun	India	88.5
29	Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California	US	88.1
30	The University of Stavanger	Norway	86.8
31	Technical University of Crete	Greece	85.7
32	Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (or PDPU), Gujarat	India	82.9
33	Teesside University	UK	82.7
34	School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds	UK	82.4
35	Liaoning Shihua University (LSHU)	China	82.1

Methodology:

World’s best universities for Oil, Gas, and Petroleum engineering in 2017 by the CEOWORLD magazine is based on six major indicators of quality, overall Score (100%) is the sum of:

1) Academic reputation
2) Admission eligibility
3) Job placement rate
4) Recruiter feedback
5) Specialization
6) Global reputation and influence

Data for these indicators was collected from publicly available sources, university’s website, our research, and survey. It measures the quality of education, job placements of students, and the recruiters feedback, without relying on university data submissions. Students, industry professionals, and recruiters were asked to rate universities on a scale of 1 “marginal” to 100 “outstanding” or “don’t know.”

However, this is by no means a comprehensive list, while the universities above are the “CEOWORLD magazine’s world’s best universities for Oil, Gas, and Petroleum engineering in 2017,” there may be many other universities that offer excellent programs.

* This rankings should not be viewed as the most important aspect when choosing a university, and are simply one element to consider.

* The top-ranked university receives 100 points.

* The rankings are the result of a rigorous analytical exercise, incorporating multiple data sources, without relying on university data submissions.

* Detailed survey data and information collected directly from 85,000 individuals, across 6 data points.

* Surveys completed by 45,000 students, 22,000 industry professionals, and 18,000 recruiters around the world.

* Magazine surveyed 85,000 people in 52 countries.

*The overall score are numerical scores given to the universities based on students, industry professionals, and recruiter feedback — measuring the quality of the university. Overall scores are out of 100.

More details about the “World’s best universities for Oil, Gas, and Petroleum engineering in 2017” – Email info@ceoworld.biz

The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 96.000 respondents is plus or minus 1.4 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse and measurement error——that could affect the results.

Kind words:

“Our success is due to the commitment of our faculty and staff to providing a quality education resulting in very effective engineers in the industry. This ranking proves our efforts are preparing students for a successful career in industry.” – Dr. Tom Engler, professor of The Petroleum Engineering Department at New Mexico Tech.

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