Pursue career growth or academic exploration with postgraduate studies at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources.
Whether you’re engaging in taught programmes or leading original research with academic support, our dedication goes far beyond the classroom experience.
The School of Postgraduate Studies oversees all aspects of postgraduate education, including postgraduate diploma, master’s, and doctoral programmes. It serves as the central hub for those advancing their studies beyond the undergraduate level.
We help you expand on your undergraduate foundation and enhance your creative and critical thinking skills. With a wide range of taught and research degrees, you can explore and choose the programme that aligns best with your interests.
The programmes are aimed at providing excellent training in postgraduate research in the various disciplines. The areas of study are designated from time to time depending on the availability of qualified staff, equipment, library, laboratory and other facilities. The School recognises the accomplished researcher and the student as the core movers of all advances in all fields of learning and research. It further recognises that postgraduate programmes are designed to provide framework for vibrant interaction and partnership between the lecturer/research supervisor and the postgraduate student. For this reason, the School places a high premium on the quality of its staff and the quality of students admitted as well as on creating and developing the platforms and frameworks for academic interaction and mentoring.
The School aims to provide an enabling environment for the acquisition of advanced learning in the disciplines or specialization areas through research, lectures and seminars. By providing the postgraduate students with structures and frameworks for research, they are afforded the opportunity to become experts in the respective disciplines and areas of specialisation for careers in the academia and industry in both the public and private sectors of the Nigerian and global economy.
1. To create top quality human resource in order to enhance the local content in the Oil & Gas and Energy industry of the country.
2. To design, develop and deliver cutting edge education and training programmes for professionals in the industry.
3. To engage in research, consultancy and development activities in all technical and managerial aspects of the Oil & Gas sector.
4. To take the leadership role in promoting the economic development of the immediate community and the society at large through specific education, training and outreach activities.
Vision statement of the School of Post Graduate Studies
To act as a centre of academic excellence that will stimulate accelerated development through research and human resources development with interest in the Oil and Gas/Allied sectors of the economy
Mission statement of the School of Post Graduate Studies
To attract, educate, train and transform qualified persons to high level manpower equipped with specialized skills in research and innovation deployable in the Oil and Gas/Allied sectors of the economy.