 ug to offer master s ug to offer master s in petroleum engineeringin petroleum engineering ug to offer master s ug to offer master s in petroleum engineeringin petroleum engineering ug to offer master s in petroleum engineering webmaster sat 9082018 1641  vice chancellor the university of guyana ug in partnership with the university of the west indies uwi will roll out master s and associate degrees in petroleum engineering next january vicechancellor professor ivelaw griffith said the vicechancellor made the disclosure at the education lecture theatre ug on wednesday during a meeting on proposed higher education consortium on engineering and mining he said some of the courses will be delivered in guyana and some in trinidad we are going to be rolling out in partnership with the west indies a master s in petroleum engineering from next january i am in talks with caribbean airlines to talk about fare discounts so that the students who have to travel can benefit from discounted fares and the lecturers who have to go back and forth can benefit he said he said many companies related many positive things about the benefits of hiring graduates and they have signalled their intentions to set up shop in guyana the vicechancellor said in preparing for firstoil and beyond ug started preparations in september of last year with a listening session of industry stakeholders to understand what their perspectives are and desired interests we may not be able to meet all those interests but it is better to have a baseline but we also know that with the industry listing we had focused primarily on technical and engineering we know that the pursuit of oil and gas goes beyond engineering and technical he said he explained that all aspects of the university s programmes were inspected and all suitable areas in capabilities and gap analysis were identified and collaboration with institutions outside of guyana commenced a ug team had visited the university of trinidad and tobago and the university of the west indies and an agreement was struck to develop various courses name change  continuing the journey we have worked towards renaming the faculty of technology to the faculty of engineering and technology we have brought on board two technical advisers for the vicechancellor one from uwi and one from the university of trinidad and tobago who has been helping us get the ground work and preparation done he explained he also noted that a variety of curriculums are being provided the partnerships we are looking for go beyond engineering and technology but even if you were to limit the partnership potential possibilities we are more than just about petroleum engineering and mining so we have been saying to them we want to make investments in mechanical we want to make investments in civil we want to make investments in electrical we want to make investments in natural sciences in math s psychics and those are critical basis to enhance what we will do said professor griffith at the end of the meeting the vicechancellor noted that it is hoped all the participants will agree on a process and time frame for adopting and signing of an agreement on priority activities meanwhile director of the department of energy ministry of the presidency dr mark bynoe said guyana has a fivepoint vision in moving the oilandgas sector ahead he said it is important for guyana not to be locked into oil and gas and lose the bigger picture oil and gas will just be the precursor to take us where we ought to be it s imperative that we look at capacitybuilding outside of just the oil sector what information are we using in decisionmaking how can we be certain that the data we are getting is accurate where are our economic models so it s imperative we look beyond oil and gas dr bynoe said participants at the event included representatives from the essequibo technical institute the government technical institute gpl training school the guyana industrial training centre leonora technical institute linden technical institute ministry of education and the tvet council among others source  https guyanachroniclecom 20180906 ugtooffermastersinpetroleumengineering 