Petroleum
This major trains entrepreneurial professionals with ethical and moral values, solid knowledge in exploration, development, optimization, and sustainable management of hydrocarbon resources, interpersonal relationship skills, effective communication, and teamwork.
Mission
To train enterprising professionals, with ethical and moral values, with solid knowledge in the areas of exploration, development, optimization and sustainable management of hydrocarbon resources, with skills in interpersonal relationships, effective communication and teamwork. Generate, adapt and transfer knowledge related to petroleum activities.
Program Pillars
Drilling: This axis designs and supervises the program of activities and work necessary for the drilling of a well.
Production: It includes the analysis of the production infrastructure of an oil field in all its phases, applying safety standards and norms for the follow-up of processes and treatment of crude oil on the surface.
Reservoirs: Covers aspects related to the design of a model that fits the properties and behavior of the rock and fluid in the subsurface.
Environmental: covers safety, health and environmental quality (HSEQ) procedures in hydrocarbon exploration, production and transportation operations.
International Accreditation
The Petroleum degree is accredited with the European seal of international quality in engineering EUR-ACE.
* Undergraduate tuition/fees:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in its Article 356, among other principles, establishes that third-level public higher education will be tuition/fees free. Zero cost education is linked to the academic responsibility of the students.
Number of admitted students per academic year
Number of graduates per year
Number of enrolled students per academic year
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In the first 42 years (1959 – 2000), 665 students were admitted in the school of IMP/ICT; 264 students were admitted in petroleum (40.3% of sample), and 133 students were graduated, this amount corresponding to 46.7% of the students graduated from the department and 50.4% of the students admitted in the career. At this time, petroleum engineering was the most attractive career for the students between Geology, Mining and Petroleum. The student’s population of Petroleum career grew 10.8% in an average per year. The period from 1964 – 1976 was the interval with greater growth period (67 student in 1971) when the student’s population grew an average of 47.8% per year, and then it began to decline (-15.5% average) until 1979 when it began to grow again an average 8.8% per year until 1990; then it decreased again -2.3% average per year until 2000.
In mid-1960, Petroleum career began to be interesting for students from the Coast and from all the country. The principal reason was the Petroleum Industry started the exploration and production at Santa Elena, at that moment part of Guayas Province. In 1965, a petroleum reservoir was discovered in the northeast of Ecuador (Lago Agrio) and after two years, it was discovered the biggest reservoir such as Sacha and Shushufindi Oilfield, turning Ecuador the fourth petroleum producer country in Latin American. The oil exportation began in the second semester of 1972.
Initially, and through 1972, oil was produced only in Santa Elena Peninsula by Anglo Corporation, which extracted roughly 8000 barrels per day. No huge volumes were exported and by consequence, local demand for petroleum engineers was limited at best. This was the reason the initial name of ‘Geology, Mining and Petroleum Engineering’ got its reason to be on bachelor degrees, situation that changed in 1965 with the Discovery of economical oil reservoirs in the Amazon basin.
From 1959, year of ESPOL foundation, to 1964, 10 prospective students entered to study this degree; It was in 1965 when the oil industry potential of Amazon basin was known that potential engineer population began to rise to 31 in 1967 (Lago Agrio discovery year) and kept its pace to achieve 67 members for the class of 1971. It is good to know that first oil exportation was recorded in August of 1972.
The period from 1964 - 1971 is that of the fastest growing student population in petroleum, which coincides with the discovery of oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, the development and operation of the oil fields and with the beginning of oil exports in August 1972. The largest percentage growth - compared to the previous year - occurred in 1964, and the student population grew until 1971. In 1972, year of creation of CEPE - Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana - predecessor of Petroecuador, the student population was 59 students and continued decreasing until 1978 (20 students) when it began to increase again, initiating a second cycle of growth until 1992 (53 students) before decreasing again until the end of the period - 36 students in 2000.
In the first 42 years (1959 – 2000), 665 students were admitted in the school of IMP/ICT; 264 students were admitted in petroleum engineering (40.3% of sample), and 133 students were graduated, this amount corresponding to 46.7% of the students graduated from the department and 50.4% of the students admitted in the career. At this time, petroleum engineering was the most attractive career for the students between Geology, Mining and Petroleum. The student’s population of Petroleum Engineering career grew 10.8% in an average per year. The period from 1964 – 1976 was the interval with greater growth period (67 student in 1971) when the student’s population grew an average of 47.8% per year, and then it began to decline (-15.5% average) until 1979 when it began to grow again an average 8.8% per year until 1990; then it decreased again -2.3% average per year until 2000.
In mid-1960, Petroleum Engineering career began to be interesting for students from the Coast and from all the country. The principal reason was the Petroleum Industry started the exploration and production at Santa Elena, at that moment part of Guayas Province. In 1965, a petroleum reservoir was discovered in the northeast of Ecuador (Lago Agrio) and after two years, it was discovered the biggest reservoir such as Sacha and Shushufindi Oilfield, turning Ecuador the fourth petroleum producer country in Latin American. The oil exportation began in the second semester of 1972.
Initially, and through 1972, oil was produced only in Santa Elena Peninsula by Anglo Corporation, which extracted roughly 8000 barrels per day. No huge volumes were exported and by consequence, local demand for petroleum engineers was limited at best. This was the reason the initial name of ‘Geology, Mining and Petroleum’ got its reason to be on bachelor degrees, situation that changed in 1965 with the Discovery of economical oil reservoirs in the Amazon basin.
From 1959, year of ESPOL foundation, to 1964, 10 prospective students entered to study this degree; It was in 1965 when the oil industry potential of Amazon basin was known that potential engineer population began to rise to 31 in 1967 (Lago Agrio discovery year) and kept its pace to achieve 67 members for the class of 1971. It is good to know that first oil exportation was recorded in August of 1972.
The period from 1964 - 1971 is that of the fastest growing student population in petroleum, which coincides with the discovery of oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, the development and operation of the oil fields and with the beginning of oil exports in August 1972. The largest percentage growth - compared to the previous year - occurred in 1964, and the student population grew until 1971. In 1972, year of creation of CEPE - Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana - predecessor of Petroecuador, the student population was 59 students and continued decreasing until 1978 (20 students) when it began to increase again, initiating a second cycle of growth until 1992 (53 students) before decreasing again until the end of the period - 36 students in 2000.
The largest promotion of petroleum engineers happened in 1974 (11 - 18.0 %) and 1989 (11 - 36.0 %), due to two particular events that appear to have influenced the registration rate and interest in petroleum as career, the start of production of the Ecuadorian oilfields in the Amazon or better known as Oriente in 1972-1974, and the dramatic increase in oil prices from $ 2.50 / BBL in 1972 to $ 13.50 / BBL in 1974. The following major price increase occurred in 1978 when the price rose from $ 12.50 / bbl to $ 35.20 / BBL in 1980.
During sixteen years, for the period (2000-2015), ESPOL had admitted 665 students to the Faculty FICT (Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Faculty of Engineering in Earth Sciences). In this period, 751 students (31.9 %) had entered, and graduated 345 (43.1 %) of all school graduates and 45.9 % of students who entered the career. The biggest promotion of petroleum engineers was in 2012 (46 - 17.7 %) and 2014 (55- 22.8 %).
The student population of the petroleum engineering undergraduate program grew an average of 17.2% per year, and since the beginning of the period it has shown a steady growth except between 2009 (258 students) and 2013 (230 students); in 2015, 355 students were registered. It will be interesting to see the behavior of the population in 2016, considering that between 2014 and 2015, the student population in the petroleum-engineering program grew up a 37.1%.
Currently, the Petroleum Engineering program at ESPOL is preparing two processes: Curricular Reform and National Accreditation (CEAACES). So we have been working on the redesign of the undergraduate program and managing improving laboratory infrastructure for teaching and service, resulting in addition of new equipment for the petroleum lab this year.
In the Petroleum Engineering degree, we are looking for curious, creative, analytical students with a critical spirit, with basic knowledge of experimental sciences and interested in earth sciences, especially in the extraction of oil and natural gas, as well as having the disposition towards indelible overcoming. Students that seek to boost their competencies, develop and implement new products and processes for searching solutions to problems related to the oil industry.
At the end of their studies at ESPOL, Petroleum Engineering graduates are expected to achieve the following student outcomes:
SO1. Ability to identify, formulate and solve complex petroleum engineering problems through the application of engineering principles, science and mathematics.
SO2. Ability to apply petroleum engineering systems design to produce solutions that meet specific needs, considering public health, safety and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors.
SO3.A. Ability to communicate effectively in Spanish with diverse audiences (oral and written form).
SO3.B. Ability to communicate effectively in English with diverse audiences.
SO4. Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in situations related to petroleum engineering, making sustained judgments and considering the impact of the solutions in the global, economic, environmental and social context.
SO5. Ability to function effectively in a team, whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, set goals, plan tasks and meet objectives.
SO6. Ability to develop, conduct and analyze appropriate experiments, as well as to interpret real data and use petroleum engineering criteria to establish conclusions.
SO7. Ability to explore, acquire and understand new knowledge or innovative topics related to petroleum engineering, as needed, using appropriate learning and research strategies.
SO8. Design real solutions related to petroleum engineering that add unique value in response to specific needs, considered from the point of view of those involved or the hydrocarbon industry.
First Year
Description:
It is a core course for Engineering, Natural Sciences, Exact Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities, students. Topics, such as, topological notions, limits and continuity of real variable functions, derivatives and their applications, antiderivatives and integration techniques, and the definite integral with its applications, are examined. This course is aimed to the development of student’s skills and know-how in the derivation and integration processes, as a fundamental basis for the following upper level courses in its academic training process
Description:
Physics: Mechanics is a basic, theoretical-practical training course aimed at engineering students, with laboratory experimentation activities, which provides the fundamentals of particle mechanics, rigid bodies and fluid mechanics, in an environment of active learning.
Description:
In this course, students apply the Design Thinking methodology to identify, analyze real-life problems or needs, to design innovative solutions. Students work in multidisciplinary teams to present solution proposals that add value to customers/users from private companies, public organizations and non-profit organizations.
Description:
This basic and general education subject presents grammatical structures to produce a simple paragraph based on a writing program. Additionally, it allows the identification of a specific argument in oral and written communication. It also considers learners’ personal opinions about different topics related to social, academic, and professional aspects. It includes the necessary vocabulary to make comparisons between present and past, books or movies description, creation of simple students’ profile, opinions about inventions, formal apologies and tell past events.
Description:
General Chemistry is a theoretical-practical course aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of Engineering and Natural Sciences, which provides a scientific basis of the matter and its interactions, and seeks to develop in students the ability to solve problems related to the content of the subject. It begins with an Introduction to Thermochemistry, then the analysis of the physicochemical properties derived from the state of aggregation of matter: liquids, solids and solutions, the study of the Kinetics and Equilibrium of reactions and solubility.
Description:
This subject of basic instruction is a theoretical-practical course that covers the fundamental basis of temperature, thermal expansion, ideal gases, heat, laws of thermodynamics, electrostatics, electrical circuits and electronic circuits in an environment of active learning.
Description:
Vector calculus is a course aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of Engineering, Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences who developed problem-solving and problem-solving skills in the n-dimensional context. For this purpose, the course consists of 5 general themes: three-dimensional analytic geometry and functions of several variables, differential calculus of scalar and vector fields, optimization of scalar functions of several variables, line integrals and multiple integration, surface integrals and theorems of the vector theory; being the main applications of this course: the optimization of functions of several variables applied to practical problems, the calculation of lengths, area, volumes, work and flow, using objects of the plane and space.
Description:
The course presents students with strategies to solve common problems in various professional fields through the design and implementation of solutions based on the use of a programming language. It covers the basic principles so that the student can read and write programs; emphasizing the design and analysis of algorithms. In addition, it introduces students to the use of development and debugging tools.
Description:
This subject of basic formation and general education presents the grammatical structures for the production of an academic paragraph, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. In addition, it allows the identification of specific arguments in oral and written communication, considering the production of one's own criteria on different topics of a social, academic or professional nature. The necessary vocabulary is also applied to refer to the different forms of communication, share work experiences and the use of digitl technology, tell short stories about interpersoanl relationship and personalities, and comment on the future of the environment.
Description:
This entry-level professional training course for Petroleum covers the fundamental concepts and principles of petroleum geology, its subsoil location, and common techniques used for its exploration. Rocky materials and their behavior, the formation of sedimentary basins, and the main geological structures that are formed are studied. In addition, it illustrates what is related to the genesis environment, migration, and oil accumulation
Description:
This entry-level professional training course of the Petroleum career describes the origin of the hydrocarbons and addresses general aspects of geosciences and petroleum properties. It also studies the structure of the industry, the importance it has had in the social-industrial development of Ecuador and the world, as well as the geopolitics of oil and the impact generated by petroleum activities. Finally, it addresses the role of the petroleum engineer and his professional career.
Second Year
Description:
This professional training course is designed for engineering careers based on classical mechanics and presents the concepts, definitions, and laws of rigid body mechanics. The statics of particles in a plane and in space, equivalent force systems in rigid bodies, the equilibrium of rigid bodies, distributed forces, centroids, centers of gravity, moments of inertia are studied. In addition, the analysis of structures, forces in beams and cables, and friction are studied.
Description:
This is an introductory course for students of engineering programs based on classical mechanics that emphasizes the understanding and application of fundamentals thermodynamics. This course first covers diverse forms of energy and the properties of pure substances. Then, energy balance problems for closed systems and control volumes, and the application of the second law of thermodynamics to cycles. Finally, entropy is studied and its implications in the analysis of processes and cycles.
Description:
In this subject, we study the development of the academic prosumer profile of the students, which should be consolidated throughout each individual's life, based on the processing of complex, holistic, and critical thinking. We aim to foster understanding and the production of academic knowledge through rigorous analysis of realities and readings from various academic/scientific sources.
Description:
This is a training basic course training and provides the knowledge to the engineering and science student can convert data into information, associate everyday situations with statistical processes, and determine scientific conclusions through experimental observations, applying descriptive statistics, notions of probability, models of random variables and inferential analysis.
Description:
This subject of basic instruction and general education presents grammatical topics for the elaboration of an outline and a structured composition, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. In addition, it allows the identification of arguments in oral and written communication on contemporary and academic topics. Additionally, appropriate vocabulary is applied to discuss issues related to different cultures, places where we live, everyday news, entertainment media, and past and future opportunities.
Description:
This subject of professional training of the initial level of the Petroleos career introduces the theoretical-practical foundations related to the drilling engineering of vertical oil and gas wells, as a means of verifying the existence of hydrocarbons. The technical characteristics of the associated equipment and their activity are studied, and the site selection process, the fluids to be used and the different operations that make up the drilling design and planning process are analyzed.
Description:
This initial level professional subject in the Petroleum career includes the study of the physical properties of the rocks that make up an oil field, as well as the procedures for their analysis and determination, both in the laboratory and in the field. Several methods are presented for the interpretation of data obtained from cores.
Description:
This transversal course is aimed at the basic training of students in the engineering area who require mathematical foundations to analyze the differential equations that arise in the process of modeling natural phenomena in the different areas of study. The course combines classical quantitative methods, such as integration of linear and non-linear differential equations and systems of equations and Laplace transforms, with qualitative methods that make use of relevant topics in linear algebra, which in turn are developed in an integrated and effective way.
Description:
The cross-sectional course of Numerical Methods is aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of engineering and science, which require developing skills in planning and solving problems using numerical methods. For this purpose, the subject addresses the following topics: nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, interpolation, differentiation and integration, and, resolution of ordinary and partial differential equations. The emphasis is on the computational analysis and implementation of numerical algorithms to solve engineering problems with a controlled error.
Description:
This subject of basic formation and general education, presents the grammar structures to produce a persuasive essay, through the transversal development of the writing programme. In addition, it allows students to identify specific arguments in the oral and written communication, as well as, to express their own opinions about different topics of social, academic, or professional fields. It also includes the necessary vocabulary to stablish a conversation, narrate situations of their environment, activities to reach their goals, analyze cause and effect and personal and professional opportunities.
Description:
This professional training course of the initial level of Petroleum Engineering career presents the properties of the reservoir fluids, their changes as a function of pressure and temperature, and the prediction of their behavior. State's equation models used for the analysis, interpretation and prediction of hydrocarbons behavior during phase changes due to exogenous changes are studied. In addition, the empirical correlations for properties quantification and prediction of the equilibrium relationships are presented, ending with the analysis of the sampling methods in the field, the PVT analysis and techniques that solve petroleum engineering problems.
Third Year
Description:
This transversal course addresses the conditions required to innovate and the process associated with developing an innovation from an entrepreneurial point of view. Subsequently, topics such as the identification of opportunities, value creation, and prototyping and validation of products/services proposals are reviewed, as well as the elements of the business model and financial considerations that are essential for the feasibility and adoption of an innovation. Finally, entrepreneurial competences and process associated with the development and adoption of an innovation are studied.
Description:
This course is an introduction to the mechanics of fluids, and contributes to the professional training of engineering students, with emphasis on the understanding and application of the concepts, laws and equations of conservation of mass, momentum and energy, integral, differential and dimensional analysis methods, and of the techniques for solving problems in the field of engineering. The topics to be covered include fundamental concepts, fluid properties, pressure distribution across fluids at rest and their applications, integral, differential, and dimensional analysis techniques for engineering problem solving, and study of incompressible viscous flow in pipelines and around blunt and aerodynamic bodies.
Description:
This professional training subject at the intermediate level of the Petroleos career describes directional well planning, types of trajectories, geological, mechanical, environmental and economic constraints. The operational practices and criteria for the application of technology for the drilling of directional, horizontal and multilateral wells in locations with difficult access are studied.
Description:
This intermediate-level professional subject in the Petroleum career introduces the methods of acquisition, processing, and interpretation of data from well logs. The principles of measurement, description of equipment, applications, and limitations of electrical, acoustic, and nuclear tools used in well logs are presented. In addition, the evaluation models of hydrocarbon formations applied according to the lithology of the reservoir are described, which as a whole contributes to the reservoir characterization process.
Description:
This subject of professional training of the intermediate level of the Petroleos career, describes the necessary foundations of the different operations that are carried out during the completion and reconditioning / repair of oil and / or gas wells (workover), in search of economic development and sustainable thereof. In addition, different intervention programs for hydrocarbon producing wells are analyzed and the necessary safety regulations that intervene in the operations are presented. Finally, the characteristics of the production problems and the fundamentals of fishing operations in oil wells are exposed.
Description:
This intermediate level professional training subject in the Petroleum career provides a global and detailed vision of the different components of the infrastructure necessary to produce, process, transport, store and transfer oil and / or gas to the custody of a third party or an oil and / or gas pipeline. In addition, it studies the basic knowledge of production waste disposal systems including burning and venting of waste gas, re-injection of formation water and waste from operations. Finally, the oil, water and gas flow measurement and control systems are detailed and, in addition to this, the safety concepts and procedures observed in an operation of this nature are exposed.
Description:
This intermediate level professional subject in the Petroleum career includes the fundamentals of reservoir engineering, rock-fluid properties, flow potential and the use of the Darcy equation. The calculation of the hydrocarbon volume in the site and the production is approached, through the balance of materials and its variants for each type of reservoir. This knowledge contributes to the determination and validation of the level of reserves of hydrocarbon deposits.
Description:
This transversal training course for all students of the institution has five chapters. It introduces the key principles of sustainability and the path to sustainable development. Addresses ecological principles by deepen into biodiversity, ecosystems, human population and ecosystem services. Study the fundamentals of renewable and non-renewable resources as well as the alternatives for sustainable use. Analyzes environmental quality specifically in the air, water and soil components, delving into issues such as climate change, eutrophication and deforestation. Finally, it emphasizes on the economic axis with topics such as circular economy and on the social axis on topics such as governance and urban planning.
Description:
This intermediate-level subject in the Petroleum career includes the analysis of saturation and flow in reservoirs, the deduction of the hydraulic diffusivity equation applied to a porous-radial medium and its solution methods for different initial conditions and Outline. The basic mathematical models applied to flow and pressure restoration tests in wells are exposed. In addition, conventional well test data interpretation techniques are analyzed, as well as type curve methods and pressure derivative analysis, in order to obtain dynamic properties of the reservoir.
Fourth Year
Description:
This advanced level professional subject in the Petroleum career examines the fundamentals, methods and calculation procedures in order to determine the pressure drop in the components of an oil production system, from the reservoir to the separator. Then, a total analysis of the system is carried out, generating design parameters of the production system, with natural or artificial energy, analysis and diagnosis of operational problems. Additionally, the concepts, models, and calculations for the dimensioning of artificial lift systems such as mechanical, hydraulic and electrosubmersible are applied.
Description:
This advanced level professional subject in the Petroleum career emphasizes the understanding and application of the analysis of production decline and decline, and of the basic methodologies for the quantification of oil reserves and recovery efficiency. The theoretical-practical foundations of water and gas injection, and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques are examined.
Description:
This advanced level professional subject in the Petroleum career provides the basic principles of numerical simulation applied to the construction of dynamic reservoir models, their initialization, construction, and validation, for the purpose of predicting the behavior of reservoirs through collation historical, and its respective evaluation. The effect of the changes in the properties of the rock and the fluids in the reservoir is analyzed and the fundamentals for the simulation used in processes of enhanced oil recovery that allow the increase of production and its reserves are discussed.
Description:
This professional course of the advanced level of the Petroleum degree comprises relevant aspects of the petroleum project management and evaluation process, including risk analysis based on probabilistic numerical simulation, specialized applications, and criteria for integrated petroleum project management. This knowledge is applied to the development of petroleum projects with sustainability criteria.
Description:
In this capstone course, a project is carried out that evidences the application of the profiles declared in the career, developing processes of creativity, organization and relevance that involve it in a professional design experience. In the first part of the course, the needs of the client / user / public are identified, the problem / opportunity is defined, data is collected and critical factors are analyzed. In the second part, alternative solutions are created framed in the regulations and restrictions of each user. It concludes with the design and analysis of the results.
Additional
ARTS, SPORTS AND LANGUAGES ELECTIVE COURSES
1 credits - 1.9 ECTS
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE COURSES
1 credits - 1.9 ECTS
SELECTED ELECTIVE COURSE
3 credits - 5.8 ECTS
SELECTED ELECTIVE COURSE
3 credits - 5.8 ECTS
Petroleum Engineers from ESPOL, in the first 5 years of his professional life, will be able to:
1. Solve professional challenges at a national and regional level and apply their knowledge considering the social, economic, and environmental aspects framed within the ethical and moral context.
2. Communicate effectively in Spanish and English as part of specialized or interdisciplinary teams in diverse cultural environments.
3. Contribute to developing and implementing solutions related to Petroleum Engineering, as a sole propietor or an employee
4. Acquire and improve technical and scientific knowledge skills throughout professional life, taking into account technological advances in the oil industry.
Occupational Profile
The Petroleum Engineer is trained to design, control, and plan the reservoirs management, drilling, production, transportation of hydrocarbons, and environmental management of petroleum fields.
Have approved at least 48 credits in Vocational Training and Itinerary.
Have approved at least 26 credits in General and Complementary Education.
Have approved at least 31 credits in Basic Sciences and Mathematics.
Accredit a minimum experience of 336 hours of professional practices, divided into; 96 hours of community internships and 240 hours of professional internships in the industry corresponding to 7 credits.
Pass the graduation process, equivalent to 8 credits.
The Capstone Project is a culminating requirement for graduation. These projects provide students with the experience of applying acquired knowledge and skills to the needs of society, with a focus on sustainability.
The IDEAR Fair showcases all Capstone projects, offering students a valuable opportunity to showcase their work and hone soft skills such as communication and teamwork. It is also a space for students to network with potential clients and future employers.
Explore all of the Capstone projects completed by the Petroleum program.
The Petroleum student will be able to access the realization of Pre-Professional Practices considering:
- Being able to integrate multidisciplinary groups that are in charge of the development of Well Drilling and Production, Reservoir Engineering, Transportation, Storage and Commercialization of Hydrocarbons.
- Ability to express yourself orally and in writing. Preparation of technical reports, proposals and studies.
- Ethical and professional responsibility
- Availability of credits to carry out internships (5 credits for pre-professional business internships if carried out in PAO 1 or PAO 2.
- Be an active student and not be in a probationary situation.
- The student will be able to access the Pre-Professional Practices once they have approved the subjects of the profile to which they will be assigned, these are defined below:
DID YOU KNOW?
The Petroleum career has the student chapter of the international organization Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). This organization carries out activities aimed at the polytechnic community, as well as its members around the world. During the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, our chapter has been recognized for its excellence, receiving the prestigious Excellence Award for Outstanding Student Chapter recognition awarded to 25% of SPE chapters by this organization. In 2023, the chapter earned the Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter, awarded only to the top 10% of SPE chapters in the world, being the first and only in the country to achieve this important milestone.
