<p>I'm an international student fron Sri Lanka who will be moving to USA next year to study petroleum engineeringat Wyoming University. I have several questions regarding the major.</p>
<p>Will I be able to find a job easily through this major, when compared to a major like electrical engineering?
My uncle said that it is difficult to find jobs in the petroleum sector these days and due to the lack of flexibilty in the major,unlike mechanical engineering I wil have a big chance of being unable to find a job after graduating.
Being an international student will have little chance of finding a petroleum job in USA?
I also herad thta PE at Wyoming isn't well reputed compared to Texas A & M,will this reduce my job prospects?
Will their be a big demand for PE engineers in the future or will it be the opposite?
Will I be better off choosing chemical engineering or mechanical engineering due to it's employability in oil sector or do PE?
Do you have the same chance of getting into Petroleum Engineering even with a Chem engineering,mech engineering or PE degree?
It'll be great if you can answer my questions.</p>
<p>Petroleum engineering jobs are usually tied to the price of oil, the higher the price of oil, the more likely it is will be to get hired.
Yes you will be put at a disadvantage going to Wyoming over TAMU, but it isn’t anything you can’t overcome.
You won’t have problem finding employment as long as you legally can work in the United States.
The demand in the future will depend on the price of oil.
If you want to do petroleum engineering, you should major in petroleum engineering.
No, petroleum engineers have a better chance than Chem/Mech.</p>
<p>I think less risk if you do your degree in Canada, especially at U of Alberta or Calgary. You can most definitely convert your student visa into a work visa. The unemployment rate in the province of Alberta is basically negligible and economy is booming (fueled by the oil industry there…pun not really intended).</p>
<p>Is this for a 4 year undergrad petroleum? If so, then you will have a tough time to get a company to sponsor/hire you for internship or job. If it’s for graduate or PHD, then you might get an opportunity. I say finish your undergrad in your native country and then do petroleum PHD or master in US/CAN/UK.</p>
<p>Any engineering degrees can qualify you to work in oil/gas companies if you have work experience or impress the recruiters at career fairs.</p>
<p>Petroleum engineering in the coming labor market is a career crap shoot. If you don’t go to the top schools for Pete; if you don’t have a high GPA; if you don’t get internships early; if you don’t graduate when the price of oil is touching $100 a barrel, then, put simply, it entails a lot of risk. </p>
<p>Both a chemical and a mechanical engineer can be a petroluem engineer–which further adds to the petroleum engineer’s job dilemma. But a petroluem engineer can neither be a chemical engineer nor mechanical engineer.</p>