The Petroleum Engineering (Autumn Intake) programme at China University of Petroleum (East China) is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in petroleum engineering and prepare them for professional careers in the global energy industry. The programme combines fundamental engineering principles with specialized knowledge in petroleum exploration, drilling, reservoir engineering, production engineering, well completion, and energy resource management.
Throughout the four-year undergraduate programme, students develop knowledge and practical skills in areas such as geology, geophysics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, drilling engineering, reservoir engineering, production technology, enhanced oil recovery, and environmental management. The programme integrates classroom-based learning with laboratory work, practical training, engineering projects, and other applied learning activities to help students understand and address real-world engineering challenges.
The curriculum emphasizes engineering analysis, problem-solving, technical design, teamwork, communication, and sustainable resource development. Students are encouraged to develop the technical competence and professional awareness required to work safely and efficiently in the petroleum and broader energy sectors, while considering environmental protection and the responsible use of energy resources.
Entry Requirements
High school graduate
2.Good English proficiency
3.Age: 18–25 years old
Entry Application Materials
1.Photocopy of valid passport With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.
2.Passport-sized photo A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.
3.Graduation certificate of high school Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.
4.Academic transcript of high school
5. Resume
Requirements
Graduates should acquire the following knowledge and capabilities.
1. Graduates will have solid foundation on math, physics, chemistry, mechanics and geology etc. They are able to use the basic Chinese to read Chinese books and magazines of their own specialty and have some skills such as listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation etc.
2. Graduates will grasp the basic theory and professional knowledge of engineering science required in their own specialty. They will possess preliminary capability to use basic applied theory and knowledge to go on oil and gas well drilling and recovering engineering design and oil and gas well development project design, to analyze and solve practical problems on petroleum engineering, and to make technological improvement, scientific development and applied research
3. Graduates will have fairly strong experiment test, calculation and expression abilities and master document retrieval and other method to acquire scientific and technological information.
4. Graduates will have a better self-study and work adaptation capability, computer operation and application ability and innovative consciousness.
5. Graduates will have insight and ability to use systematic engineering ideas and modern operational knowledge to go on production and organizational management.
Main subjects and degree courses Main subjects: Oil and Gas Well Engineering, Oil and Gas Development Engineering
Degree courses: Elementary Chinese (Oral Chinese, Intensive Chinese & Extensive Chinese), A Survey of China, Advanced Math, Physics, Program Design Language, Chemistry, Oil Field Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, Theory Mechanics, Material Mechanics, Oil Field Development Geology, Well-drilling Engineering, Oil Production Engineering, Reservoir Engineering etc.