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