Mission and Goals

The Petroleum Institute will provide a world-class education in engineering and applied sciences in order to support and advance the petroleum and energy industries.  The Institute is committed to academic excellence, and to fostering an intellectual environment that leads to the development of our graduates as whole persons and as the future leaders in their respective fields of expertise in the United Arab Emirates and beyond

Institutional Goals

To achieve its Mission The Petroleum Institute will:

1. offer programs of instruction leading to baccalaureate degrees to produce graduates that have the skills, knowledge, and competencies that meet the needs of ADNOC and our other sponsors;
2. practice and infuse in our students the highest standards of health, safety, and environmental awareness;
3. manage the content, quality, design and continuous innovation of its academic programs in a manner that creates and sustains a reputation for institutional excellence and earns local, regional and international accreditation;
4. provide programs of study leading to relevant post-graduate degrees and foster the creation and dissemination of knowledge that is pertinent to the needs of industry and enriches the academic programs of the PI;
5. provide professional outreach and continuing education programs that serve the on-going needs of practicing professionals;
6. operate as a center of excellence for education, research, and professional service that interconnects globally with regional and international industrial constituents, and with international partners in education and professional societies;
7. foster technological innovation and entrepreneurship leading to development of advanced processes and products that provides for economic expansion and promotes business development opportunities.

Profile of the PI Graduate

Recognizing that the most immediate and dominant product of The Petroleum Institute will be baccalaureate graduates, the institutional educational goals for baccalaureate degrees are captured in the following attributes that reflect “the whole person development” of the graduating student:

• The graduating student will exhibit applied and theoretical competence in a field of technical specialization, and will be oriented in engineering practices germane to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. The student will have the resourcefulness and capability to apply scientific and engineering principles in solving a wide variety of technical problems.
• The graduating student will appreciate the critical role played by verbal, written and graphical communications in engineering practice and project management, and will have the corresponding skills to communicate with a range of audiences, and the skills to employ information technologies where appropriate.
• The graduating student should acknowledge that technologies, economies and societies are in a continuous state of evolution, and should therefore have the flexibility to manage a career path that changes over time, and that is supported by life-long learning, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership and the ability to span several disciplines.
• The graduating student should understand the global nature of modern engineering and business, and in order to succeed in this international arena the student should have an awareness of customary practices in different countries and the influence of diverse cultures.

The graduating student should have the professional integrity and maturity to serve humanity and its highest values, and should always make ethical decisions as they relate to society, corporate operations, technology, and the environment.