<p>I am a senior year undergrad at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I am doing my BS in Petroleum Engineering.
I was planning to apply for grad school in the spring of 2011 but I am confused about whether to apply in the US or Canada.</p>
<p>Also can someone please tell me where I can find good reliable rankings of the various petroleum colleges.</p>
<p>Currently I have a GPA of 3.2. I also got 1300/1600 in my GRE.</p>
<p>PS: I am an international student.</p>
<p>I would go to a US school. It increases the chance of working in the US (which is higher paying, significantly).</p>
<p>I’d get a job with a petro company and do grad school part time while working full time. It’ll save you a bundle, you can start getting real work experience, and you start collecting a paycheck.</p>
<p>The only downside is you give up the college lifestyle and you don’t have much of a social life.</p>
<p>I would forget grad school, “unless you’re having trouble finding a job.” But I wouldn’t see why, since Alaska is the largest recruiting state for anything that involves oil & gas plus the scarcity of other American programs in your area. </p>
<p>But if you insist, I would apply to a U.S. school, any U.S. school for the reasons Payne just mentioned. And beyond that I would choose the cheapest grad school, for in this industry, “work experience triumphs all.” (Those US News rankings are complete crap; you would have to be naiive to believe any company pays attention to those things; they come out with some bogus ranking for every major just so they can sell magazines.) And you are wasting at least one year of experience by going to grad school in the first place, unless you want to work part time, which seems highly impractical to me.</p>
<p>Thanks for your inputs guys</p>
<p>Tigerbait you are right, I am finding it difficult to get a job right now. Because most of the companies like conoco and exxon do not want internationals. (unless they are exceptional, which I am not) </p>
<p>I was thinking about applying for a Canadian university because I figured it would be comparatively easier to get a job in Canada. I dont really care about the initial salary right now. Getting a job matters the most.</p>
<p>Also does anyone think that the quality of education I would be getting in US universities be greater than that in Canadian ones??</p>
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Agreed. I believe a masters will be required to get a job in the US.</p>
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I think a masters degree in the US will be superior than getting a masters degree in Canada.</p>
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No. However, your thesis quality might be superior. Then again, it might not. Depends on the topic/program.</p>
<p>Hi everybody;</p>
<p>I am working as a drilling engineer in Petronas based in Malaysia, and i am thinking of master in petroleum in the USA. My question is…Is it possible to find a job after the master there…in any American oil and gas companies?</p>
<p>For petrolium engineering Colorado school of mines is by far the best university. Mines is the only top school in the us that specializes in mineing and energy engineering.</p>
<p>Hi,
My profile:
GRE-M740/Q550
GPA-4.36/5.0(top 1 in class)
1st Degree-Petroleum Engineering
Please advice me on the safe schs i can apply to get admission for Fall 2011 and possible funding as I dont want to apply to Tulsa,TAMU,UT and co just to be rejected like U. of Ok,Norman just did for my Spring 2011 App.
Your advice is highly needed.</p>
<p>Hi everybody</p>
<p>im senior year undergrad school at oneof the universities of iran in the feild of applied chemitry .i would like to continue my education in the field of petroleum enginnering in canada.i have some problems,suchas finding a good university .my TOEFL score is 570 , i dont have GREscore ,i have 2 ISI papers and an international paper in the feild of polymer enginnering,inorganic chemistry and nano camposits.your advice is highly needed.</p>
<p>guys make your own threads if you have questions. Not only would more people answer it, but it’s also annoying when people take your threads and turn it into theirs. as for OP’s question, in engineering, experience really trumps education. If by “not found a job” you mean you’ve been searching for one for a few weeks, than that’s not searching. It will take months, but if you have good grades (and yours are decent) and come from a good school, (which you do, especially since its in Alaska) then finding a job shouldn’t be too tough. The only other thing I have to say is have you done internships? Those are REALY vital to getting a job (more so than GPA) and if you haven’t done internships or co-ops that’s gonna hurt you. But if you have, than just keep on looking (and more thoroughly than just on-campus recruiting) and you should find a job. Grad school for engineering students is mostly unnecessary, unless you want to be a manager in which case an MBA comes in handy, or if you want to work in academia and become a professor.</p>
<p>You do realize you are asking almost entirely Americans on this board, who know almost nothing about Canadian engineering or jobs, let alone details pertinent to engineers?</p>
<p>Last time I checked, Canadian economy is doing extremely well compared to the US economy. The requirements for engineers were the same in both countries (beliefs about superior education is just classic American-centric bias, unless someone has some data to show you). Moreover, you can readily roll your student visa into a work permit so the issue of your international status is irrelevant.</p>
<p>Here is some information on working in Alberta in Petro. You may be able to get a job even as an international without any Canadian education because of a labor shortage. The average salary is $120k:</p>
<p>[WAGEinfo</a> - Petroleum Engineers - Wage Detail](<a href=“http://alis.alberta.ca/wageinfo/Content/RequestAction.asp?aspAction=GetWageDetail&format=html&RegionID=20&NOC=2145]WAGEinfo”>http://alis.alberta.ca/wageinfo/Content/RequestAction.asp?aspAction=GetWageDetail&format=html&RegionID=20&NOC=2145)</p>
<p>I’m working in Fort McMurray for a Senior OG firm. Average household income here is ~160K, plus the company I work for gives ~$1500/ month towards your mortgage. Other than that, from what I have seen, Petroleum engineering salaries in Canada and the US are very similar.</p>
<p>Also, Canada has some of the best petroleum engineering programs in the world. University of Calgary (U of C), and University of Alberta (U of A) are probably your best choices. Industry recruits heavily from these two schools.</p>
<p>I know that Alberta is starting to face a labour shortage again, so you would probably have an easier time finding a job in Canada than the US.</p>
<p>Americans think they earn the most and have the best schools, which isn’t necessarily true. </p>
<p>Last time I checked Canada had ~170 Billion bbls of recoverable oil, and the US had ~19 Billion. The site I work on has 8 Billion+ bbls of oil alone.</p>
<p>hey guys right now an in my undergraduate for petroleum engineering in china. but i would love to transfer myself to canada or usa. but i dont know any universities. the other thing is that am looking for some cheap university. with the low tuition fee and other expenses.
please do help me with this.</p>
<p>hi guys i want to get admission for bsc petroleum engineering in canada… can anyone tell me about any cheap university in canada where i can work and afford my living and study expense
please do help me with your answers … i am from pakistan</p>
<p>heloooo any one answer my previous post plzzz</p>
<p>hi guys i want to get admission for bsc petroleum engineering in canada… can anyone tell me about any cheap university in canada where i can work and afford my living and study expense
please do help me with your answers … i am from pakistan</p>