Duration: 4 years

Educational Objectives

This program nurtures high-quality technical talents with a broad adaptability and engineering basic theory and petroleum engineering specialty knowledge, can be engaged in oil and gas drilling in the field of petroleum engineering and and completion engineering, production engineering, reservoir engineering, oil chemical aspects of engineering design, construction and management, application research and development of science and technology work. 

Skills Profile

Students of this program will accept education in the basic theory of mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics, geology, engineering science and basic knowledge of petroleum engineering, and get the training in petroleum engineering, with basic ability of oil and gas well drilling and completion, oil and gas development engineering and oil chemical field of design, construction, management and the preliminary study on the application and the technology development.

Students of this program should acquire the knowledge and abilities as follows: 

1. Solid foundation in mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics, computer science and the basic theories and knowledge of petroleum engineering;

2. Basic technological theories required in this subject area, including oil field design and exploitation and theory of applied mathematics and geology.

3. Abilities in strong Chinese speaking and writing, easily reading the professional books of related to law, economy and other aspects.

4. More knowledge and skills in application of basic theory and knowledge for designing and exploiting oil- gas field .

5. Abilities in application of basic theory analysis on  technical innovation， scientific research and solution for petroleum engineering.

6. Abilities in oil production, operating management and economic analysis with systematic engineering and the modern economic knowledge.

7. More knowledge in general chemistry, physical chemistry, oil chemistry and other basic knowledge, basic theory and basic experiment skills.

Major Disciplines

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Petroleum Engineering involves the technology of economically developing and producing subterranean reservoirs of oil, gas, steam, and hot water and designing underground waste disposal facilities. This technology relies on basic concepts of physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and economics. Because more than 300 products are derived from petroleum, it has become a vital part of our everyday life. The petroleum industry is one of the largest and most prominent in the United States today, and the companies involved are dependent on the services of petroleum engineers to explore, discover, and produce oil and gas to meet energy needs. The USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Petroleum Engineering program is one of the oldest in the country with considerable industry support and interaction. Its assets are numerous - the advantages of a relatively small, friendly program, combined with the University's impressive academic and research facilities; its proximity to major oil fields in California; and a quality education provided by experienced and nationally renowned faculty. 

Petroleum Engineering ( 4-year Undergraduate Program ) 

Engineering was assessed as Excellent Specialty of Shaan'xi province. Our major cultivates high-level specialized talents with basic knowledge of Engineering Course and Petroleum Engineering. Graduates should be able to engage in all sorts of work in engineering design, science & technology development, production management and field operation. 

Key Courses: Basic Chemistry, Geological basis, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Reservoir Physics, Permeation Fluid Mechanics, Basic Mechanical Design, Drilling Engineering, Oil Production Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Numerical Simulation, etc.

The professional training to adapt to China's socialist modernization and economic development needs, the penetration of all-round development, with engineering basic theory and petroleum engineering specialty knowledge, can be engaged in oil and gas drilling in the field of petroleum engineering and and completion engineering, production engineering, reservoir engineering, oil chemical aspects of engineering design, construction and management, application research and development of science and technology work, senior professional and technical personnel to obtain petroleum engineer basic training

>Step 1

Submit Application Documents: prepare necessary documents and upload in CISS. 

>Step 2

Pay Application Fee: Application Fee can be paid online or ask your customer service executive for guidance.

>Step 3

Qualification Verification: CISS customer service executive will contact you immediately when receive the files, please pay attention to your e-mail or your CISS.

>Step 4

Admission Letter: the admission letter will be normally sent out within 10 working days after all documents are prepared well.

JW202 Form: usually come out within one month after students get admitted.

>Step 5

Visa Application:

> For those who applied for long term study (more than 6 months), students can apply for X visa with the admission letter and JW202 form.

> For those who applied for short term study (less than 6 months), students are suggested to apply for L visa with the admission letter.