Introduction

Heriot-Watt University's Institute of Petroleum Engineering is a specialised centre in teaching, training and research with the largest Petroleum Engineering research programme in the UK. The Institute is multi-disciplinary and focuses on upstream oil and gas resources. It was founded in 1975 to work with the emerging upstream North Sea industry and now has well established industrial and academic links around the world. It has a world class reputation.

The Institute currently employs more than 100 staff, 50 research students and 60+ residential masters' students. There are also overseas and Distance Learning teaching initiatives involving more than 200 students worldwide, including at our Dubai Campus Our principal objectives are to provide:

• Specialist, high quality learning and teaching
• employment success for our graduates
• collaboration with business and industry