Both undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered. The Bachelor of Science degree is discussed in this document. There is also information available regarding graduate programs . Curriculum A Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering can be obtained at The University of Texas at Austin in four years of study. The curriculum provides students with both the technical background they need as engineers and the ability to understand and communicate effectively with others.
More details are available in the undergraduate catalog .
In January 1986, the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering moved into the new Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building. Space assigned to Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering is over 100,000 square feet including laboratories, classrooms, and offices. These new facilities include nine classrooms outfitted with complete audio-visual facilities, a large and comfortable study hall, computer terminal rooms, and a tutoring room for interaction with teaching assistants. A reference collection and periodicals reading room facilitate staying abreast of current developments. Microcomputers are used extensively, especially in the drilling and production laboratories, to augment experiments and to solve realistic field problems.