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We offer an overview of the top 75 best oil and gas universities in the world according to QS World University Rankings. Education in the field of petroleum engineering will allow you to take a high-paying position in the growing labor market in the oil and gas industry.
An oil engineer is engaged in the design of oil or gas production, manages the development and implementation of new technologies for efficient, sustainable production, participates in international high-level research at the production sites.
The bachelor's course in oil and gas begins with a solid foundation: for 2 years, students attend lectures, basic engineering classes, where they get acquainted with the basics of electrical engineering, electronics, mechanical engineering, ICT, and other engineering disciplines.
TOP universities for petroleum engineers offer programs that allow you to become professionals and get a job in a sought-after industry.
Having received the degree of petroleum engineer in one of the leading universities in the world, graduates occupy the following positions:
- Geologist
- Geophysicist
- Oilman
- Drilling Engineer
- GIS Analyst
- Technologist
- Development Engineer
- Facility Engineer
- Safety Engineer
- Environmental/Regulatory Specialist
- Chemical engineer
- Petroleum Accountant
- Energy economist.
Top 75 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Engineering - Petroleum
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Texas at Austin | 94.6 |
| 2 | Texas A&M University | 92.7 |
| 3 | University of Alberta | 86.7 |
| 4 | KFUPM | 85.3 |
| 5 | Imperial College London | 85 |
| 6 | Khalifa University | 81.8 |
| 7 | Colorado School of Mines | 80.8 |
| 8 | Heriot-Watt University | 80.3 |
| 9 | Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) | 79.8 |
| 10 | Middle East Technical University | 79.7 |
| 11 | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) | 77.6 |
| 12 | The University of Manchester | 77.3 |
| 13 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 76.9 |
| 14 | University of Surrey | 75.9 |
| 15 | The University of Queensland | 75.3 |
| 16 | Kyoto University | 74.5 |
| 17 | Sultan Qaboos University | 73.7 |
| 18 | University of Leeds | 73.6 |
| 19 | Politecnico di Torino | 73.3 |
| 20 | Sharif University of Technology | 72.6 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University | 72.2 |
| 22 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology | 71.7 |
| 23 | University of Tehran | 71.2 |
| 24 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | 70.8 |
| 25 | Adelaide University | 70.7 |
| 26 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 70.4 |
| 27 | Aalborg University | 70.3 |
| 28 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) | 70.2 |
| =29 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | 70 |
| =29 | Universidade de São Paulo | 70 |
| 31 | University of Copenhagen | 69.7 |
| 32 | Curtin University | 69.6 |
| 33 | University of Southern California | 68.4 |
| 34 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 68.2 |
| 35 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) | 68 |
| =36 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 67.8 |
| =36 | University of Calgary | 67.8 |
| 38 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) | 67.7 |
| =39 | Istanbul Technical University | 67.5 |
| =39 | King Saud University | 67.5 |
| =39 | University of Oklahoma | 67.5 |
| 42 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | 67.3 |
| 43 | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University | 66.8 |
| 44 | University College Dublin | 66.7 |
| 45 | Universidad Industrial de Santander - UIS | 66.4 |
| =46 | Cairo University | 66.1 |
| =46 | University of Oslo | 66.1 |
| 48 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | 65.5 |
| 49 | Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) | 65.4 |
| 50 | Hanyang University | 65.3 |
| 51-100 | AGH University of Krakow | n/a |
| 51-100 | Alexandria University | n/a |
| 51-100 | American University of Beirut (AUB) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Amirkabir University of Technology | n/a |
| 51-100 | Anna University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | n/a |
| 51-100 | Baku State University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Brunel University of London | n/a |
| 51-100 | Case Western Reserve University | n/a |
| 51-100 | China University of Geosciences | n/a |
| 51-100 | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | n/a |
| 51-100 | Chulalongkorn University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Cranfield University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Dalhousie University | n/a |
| 51-100 | East China University of Science and Technology | n/a |
| 51-100 | Escuela Politécnica Nacional | n/a |
| 51-100 | Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Kazan (Volga region) Federal University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Kyung Hee University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Kyungpook National University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Lebanese American University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Loughborough University | n/a |
