Launched in 2000 under an Emiri decree and in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines, the Petroleum Institute (PI) aspires to:

• Provide academic programs leading to BS degrees in various engineering fields including chemical, electrical, mechanical, petroleum and petroleum geosciences engineering.
  
  
• Foster the creation of knowledge that benefits the regional oil and gas industry.
  
  
• Operate as a leading international educational and research center for the oil and gas industry, in partnership with the best engineering and science universities in the world.
  
  
• Provide continuing education opportunities to professionals in the oil
  and gas industry.
  

It is funded by ADNOC and its international partners, namely: BP, Japan Oil Company, Shell and Total.

The PI has graduated the first group of engineers in summer 2006 and witnessed the enrolment of the first female students in the fall of the same year.

P.O Box 2533, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Tel:  009712 5588100
Fax: 009712 5085 200
Website: www.pi.ac.ae
E-mail: webmaster@pi.ac.ae