Student Services
Counseling Program
Student Affairs maintains an extensive student counseling service. The student counseling office assists faculty in maintaining a positive learning environment in the classroom, deals with disciplinary and academic dishonesty issues, and actively works with students who are experiencing academic or personal problems. Primary responsibilities of the Counseling Office include:
- Counseling, advising, and providing crisis management services for students with academic or personal concerns;
- Communicating with students' guardians regarding these concerns;
- Assisting students as they plan their work placements and internships;
- Working with the student advisors to assist the students on academic issues such as course scheduling and career counseling.
Career Services Program
The Petroleum Institute does not have a career services department per se, as all undergraduate students are guaranteed positions within the ADNOC group of companies upon graduation. Assistance to graduate students in finding employment after graduation is the responsibility of the individual engineering programs, who maintain an extensive network of contacts with potential employers within the ADNOC-group operating companies, with the international partners, and with major oil and gas companies worldwide. Information on employment opportunities is also available in the Office of Graduate Studies.
Health Services
The ADNOC Clinic on the Petroleum Institute campus provides primary health care to Petroleum Institute students, faculty, and staff members and their dependents. The Clinic is open Sunday – Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and provides 24-hour accident and emergency care as well. Depending on the nature of the illness, patients may be referred to the main ADNOC Clinic or other hospitals or clinics for further treatment. Students desiring to use the Clinic must bring a Medical Services Report form available from the Reception.
Housing
Students sponsored by the Petroleum Institute who do not live within commuting distance of the Petroleum Institute may be considered for housing in one of the seven on-campus hostels. Availability is not guaranteed and will be assigned on a space-available basis. Assistance in finding off-campus housing is the responsibility of the Housing and Recreation Department. In some cases, commuting students are also allowed to stay in the hostels depending on availability. Most of the hostels have been refurbished and are configured as double furnished rooms. The Um Al Nar Club, located in hostel 32, has a fitness room with free weights, Nautalus machines, and aerobic machines, and a computer lab with wireless access. This Club is available for students, faculty and staff. A well equipped sports center (Asab Building) is open for use to faculty. staff, and students.
Dining Services
Satah Building, a new dining facility that has a capacity for 750 persons, opened in fall 2006. It serves three meals a day for the Petroleum Institute community. In addition, cafes open during the day for breakfast, lunch and snacks are located in Zarkuh, Bu Hasa, Habshan, and Arzanah buildings. In addition, snack machines are located in Bu Hasa and in most of the dormitories.
Mail Services
The Petroleum Institute provides mail service on campus. Mail is distributed daily to all Institute offices by staff from General Services. The Reception handles all outgoing mail including courier services. All mail intended for Institute offices and for those residing on campus should be addressed to:
The Petroleum Institute
P. O. Box 2533
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Public Relations Office
The Public Relations Office ensures a good working relationship between the Institute and the local public and private sectors. It handles all official government documents and transactions for students, faculty, and staff, including the processing of visas and residence permits, driving licenses, car registration, traffic violations and accident reporting, and medical insurance and claims processing. It also provides official letters that might be required by various government and/or private organizations.
Information Technology
The Information Technology (IT) Department serves the computer-related administrative, instructional, technical, and research needs of students, faculty, and staff. It also provides Petroleum Institute's gateway to the internet for academic purposes. Services provided include e-mail accounts and passwords, and wireless and local area networks. The Institute uses fiber-optic cables that interconnect the entire campus.
Contact the IT department: +971 (0)2 607 5793
Library
The library is dedicated to providing information services to support academic programs and research activities. It also houses the archives for the Petroleum Institute. The print collection focuses on scientific, engineering, and humanities titles but also has general interest reading books, as well as maps and videos.
The library occupies part of the ground floor and first floor of one wing of Habshan Building including stacks, an information commons area, quiet reading areas, group study rooms, and staff offices. Seating is available for over 320 users with a shelving capacity of more than 100,000 volumes. Library holdings are available through an online catalog system. Using the library catalog, users can access book titles, full-text journals, and electronic databases.
An inter-library loan service is available for the Petroleum Institute community where materials can be obtained from commercial document delivery centers. The library maintains ample operating hours daily and has recently expanded to nights and weekends.
For more info go to the Library website.
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