ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute

A year of transformation, growth and success
III. Highlights of the Year
2011 – 2012 was another successful year for
graduate studies at the PI. With approximately
150 full-time and part-time graduate students
in its 5 academic departments, the PI is in the
process of transforming into an internationally
recognized teaching and research university.
In Table 1, the growth in the number of graduate
students since 2007 is shown. Currently, 82
students are studying in a part-time capacity
while the remaining 63 are full-time students.
Thirteen of the full-time students are in
the prestigious ADNOC Master Fellowship
program.
Table 1: Number of graduate students in the
PI from 2007 to 2012
Outstanding PI graduates (either with a
Bachelor or Master degree) can pursue a PhD
degree in prestigious US universities and as
of Spring 2012, twenty-seven students (13
of whom are UAE Nationals) are working
toward their PhD in the following universities:
Colorado School of Mines, University of Illinois,
University of Minnesota, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Rice University,
Stanford University, University of Texas, Texas
(A&M) University, University of Southern
California and Virginia Institute of Technology.
Structural Changes
The Graduate School was established at the
end of 2010 and came into full operation
during the academic year 2011 – 2012. A new
organizational chart was approved by the PI
senior management to support the operations
of the School.
New Employees
In Fall 2011, Mrs. Uzma Khan joined the PI as
our new Graduate Admissions Officer and in
December, Dr. Hyo Young Kim left the PI after
4 years of service as Head of Academic and
Graduate Studies Recruitment.
During this academic year, the first full-time
international students graduated with their
MSc or MEng degree and joined ADNOC’s
OPCO’s; 6 students in Summer 2011, 8 students
in Fall 2011 and approximately 20 students in
Summer 2012 started their professional careers
with the ADNOC group of companies. The PI
is therefore becoming recognized as a premier
university in terms of both undergraduate and
graduate education.
New Programs
In Fall 2011, the PI’s new “accelerated” (or
‘4 + 1’) graduate program was launched.
The program is offered exclusively to highperforming
students that graduate with a
Bachelor’s degree from the PI and gives them
the opportunity to complete their Masters
degree in under 2 years (the norm for regular
graduate students). Students in this program
are carefully selected by PI and ADNOC’s
Fellowship Department and they receive the
prestigious ADNOC Master Fellowship.
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