Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun
The Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) in Delta State, Nigeria was established and approved by the Federal Executive Council meeting of 14 March, 2007 and admitted its first set of undergraduates in 2008.
The university was established under the Federal Government of Nigeria initiative to build a specialized university in the Niger Delta to produce manpower and expertise for the oil and gas sector.
The National Universities Commission(NUC) approved sharing of facilities between the Petroleum Training Institute Effurun and FUPRE until it moved to its permanent site on development of its main campus at Ugbomro, Uvwie Local Government Area.
Administrative structure
The administrative structure of the university consists of:
- Chancellor
- Vice Chancellor
- Principal Officers of the University
- Members of the Governing Council
Faculties
The institution has a Collegiate system which will be developed in three phases over a period of six years
- The College of Science is the Foundation College;
- The College of Technology in the second phase of development.
- The College of Management Sciences has been earmarked for the third phase of development.
The College of Science and College of Technology has started running courses for its academic session while the College of Management Sciences will commence at a later date.
Departments and courses
The main focus is petroleum engineering and technology related courses such as:
- Chemistry
- Environmental science
- Industrial Chemistry
- Geophysics
- Geology
- Marine Engineering
- Mathematical Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
- Computer Science
- Electrical/Electronics
- Petroleum Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
The school moved to it permanent site in 2010.
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