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Petroleum Engineers supply global energy needs while protecting ecological systems. This engineering discipline focuses on the secure and cost-effective retrieval of petroleum, natural gas, and other subsurface resources. These resources are obtained through designing, drilling, and maintaining well systems, along with comprehensive management of underground reservoirs where they reside.
The Petroleum Engineering Department's purpose is to generate, maintain, synthesize, disseminate, and implement petroleum engineering knowledge while developing practitioners' professional capabilities. The program pursues two primary educational outcomes:
graduates will possess sufficient technical expertise to thrive as professionals in their initial career stages, and
graduates will acquire comprehensive technical understanding and interpersonal abilities necessary for advancing to leadership roles.
Fundamentally, the Petroleum Engineering curriculum aims to deliver contemporary engineering education that balances theoretical foundations with practical application, producing engineers who can make immediate contributions while remaining equipped for continuous professional development.
You are an international freshman if you:
are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or
are not graduating from a Texas high school after three years in residence in Texas and
are a student without college credit or
earned college credit prior to high school graduation (dual credit/early college high school)
English proficiency can also be demonstrated by:
Minimum TOEFL i-BT score of 80
Minimum TOEFL Essentials score of 8.5
Minimum IELTS Academic test score of 6.0 overall band (Texas A&M University does not accept the IELTS General test)
When to Apply: Spring: August 1; Fall: December 1