Best Universities for Petroleum Engineering in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Petroleum Engineering. A graph of 7.59M citations received by 440K academic papers made by 1,420 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. China University of Petroleum - Beijing

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
15,445
Founded
1953

2. University of Texas at Austin

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

3. Southwest Petroleum University

For Petroleum Engineering

#2 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
34,755
Founded
1958

4. Stanford University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

5. University of Calgary

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

6. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

7. Colorado School of Mines

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
98%

8. Imperial College London

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

9. China University of Mining and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#3 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1909

10. University of Alberta

For Petroleum Engineering

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

12. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

13. Northeast Petroleum University

For Petroleum Engineering

#4 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
23,848
Founded
1960

14. University of California - Berkeley

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

15. Delft University of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

17. Pennsylvania State University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

18. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

19. University of Tulsa

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1377
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,095

20. Tsinghua University

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

21. China University of Geosciences Beijing

For Petroleum Engineering

#7 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1952

22. University of New South Wales

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

24. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

25. University of Houston

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

26. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#3 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
44,000
Founded
1996

27. Harvard University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

28. Ohio State University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

29. Curtin University

For Petroleum Engineering

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
58,607
Founded
1966

30. California Institute of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

31. University of Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#8 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

32. University of Arizona

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

33. Yangtze University

For Petroleum Engineering

#9 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
36,000
Founded
2003

35. Zhejiang University

For Petroleum Engineering

#10 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

36. University of Cambridge

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

37. Petroleum University of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#11 in Asia
#1 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1939

38. University of Southern California

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

39. Chongqing University

For Petroleum Engineering

#12 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

40. University of Oxford

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

41. Technical University of Denmark

For Petroleum Engineering

#7 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

42. Petronas Technology University

For Petroleum Engineering

#13 in Asia
#1 in Malaysia
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1997

43. Xi'an Shiyou University

For Petroleum Engineering

#14 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
23,000
Founded
1951

44. National University of Singapore

For Petroleum Engineering

#15 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

45. Columbia University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

46. University of California - Los Angeles

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

47. University of California-San Diego

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

49. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Petroleum Engineering

#16 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

50. University of Stavanger

For Petroleum Engineering

#9 in Europe
#2 in Norway
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1994

51. Tianjin University

For Petroleum Engineering

#17 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

52. University of Regina

For Petroleum Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
68%
Founded
1911

53. Texas Tech University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

54. Jilin University

For Petroleum Engineering

#18 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

55. University of Tehran

For Petroleum Engineering

#19 in Asia
#2 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
52,588
Founded
1934

56. University of Utah

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

57. Cornell University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

58. Seoul National University

For Petroleum Engineering

#20 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

59. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Petroleum Engineering

#21 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

60. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#22 in Asia
#15 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

61. University of Toronto

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

62. University of Science and Technology of China

For Petroleum Engineering

#23 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

63. University of Wyoming

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
97%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$10,212
Enrollment
10,813

64. University of Rochester

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

65. Dalian University of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#24 in Asia
#17 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1949

66. Duke University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

67. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
99%

68. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Petroleum Engineering

#10 in Europe
#1 in Russia
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1948

69. University of British Columbia

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

70. University of Bergen

For Petroleum Engineering

#11 in Europe
#3 in Norway
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

71. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#25 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

72. West Virginia University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1115
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
97%

73. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

74. Princeton University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

75. Rice University

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

76. University of Melbourne

For Petroleum Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
77,162
Founded
1853

77. University of Maryland - College Park

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

78. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#26 in Asia
#19 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

79. University College London

For Petroleum Engineering

#12 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

80. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

81. Queensland University of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1989

83. University of Washington - Seattle

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

84. Peking University

For Petroleum Engineering

#27 in Asia
#20 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

85. Missouri University of Science and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
99%

86. Indian School of Mines

For Petroleum Engineering

#28 in Asia
#1 in India
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
1926

87. Osaka University

For Petroleum Engineering

#29 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

88. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#30 in Asia
#3 in Iran
Enrollment
12,468
Founded
1958

89. Nanyang Technological University

For Petroleum Engineering

#31 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

90. Monash University

For Petroleum Engineering

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

91. Sichuan University

For Petroleum Engineering

#32 in Asia
#21 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

92. Kyoto University

For Petroleum Engineering

#33 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

93. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

94. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

95. State University of Campinas

For Petroleum Engineering

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1966

96. University of Sydney

For Petroleum Engineering

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

97. National Chiao Tung University

For Petroleum Engineering

#34 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

98. University of Central Florida

For Petroleum Engineering

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
92%

99. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Petroleum Engineering

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

100. Wuhan University

For Petroleum Engineering

#35 in Asia
#22 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893