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Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Resources

The Faculty in Brief

The Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Resources is one of the newly established faculties in Sana’a University in the year 2019, when the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science was separated and developed into an independent faculty that includes the Department of Earth Sciences and the Department of Environmental Sciences, and the establishment of a new third department, i.e. the Department of Petroleum Engineering. As a result of this, the academic staff of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences was transferred to the new faculty. The Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Sciences offers three bachelor’s programs for each of these three departments, and it looks forward to opening new departments and programs as part of its future plans. This is in addition to offering two M.Sc. programs in geological sciences and environmental sciences, in addition to two doctoral programs in the two aforementioned specializations. The department is now in the process of opening a master’s program in Petroleum engineering.

The Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Resources is one of the qualitative academic and research institutions that aims to be a distinguished scientific edifice that effectively contributes to achieving the university’s mission and meeting the needs of the local, regional and global market by providing distinguished educational, research, and community services.

Values

  • Belonging & quality
  • Excellence & professionalism
  • Integrity & transparency
  • Clarity & collaboration
  • Joint responsibility & equality
  • Equity, accountability & academic freedom

Mission

The Faculty seeks to produce qualified cadres in the field of petroleum and natural resources, capable of competing in the local and regional labor market, by providing distinguished educational, research and community services, in a stimulating learning environment that encourages creativity and innovation.

Vision

To excels locally and regionally in the fields of petroleum sciences and natural resources and contributing to sustainable development.

Objectives

  1. Providing high-quality education that copes with the new developments in the fields of petroleum and natural resources;
  2. Qualifying specialized, highly-proficient graduates capable of competing in local, regional, and global markets;
  3. Building capacities and attracting specialized teaching cadres to improve the educational performance;
  4. Promoting partnership with relevant institutions and companies;
  5. Contributing to community service and providing consultations and technical and research studies.

Organizational Structure of the Faculty

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Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Resources

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