PETROLEUM-GAS UNIVERITY OF PLOIESTI, ROMANIA

FACULTY OF PETROLEUM REFINING AND PETROCHEMISTRY

SINCE 1948

In 2018 the Faculty of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry

celebrates 70 years of existence. On this occasion, starting with the
academic year 2018-2019, the traditional Bachelor program
Petroleum Processing and Petrochemistry is launched in English
language.
CONTENT

• Discover Romania
• The Prahova County
• Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
• Faculty of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry
• Academic structure/ studies/fees/facilities
• How can you become a student at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti?
 Discover Romania
Romania is located in the Southeastern Europe and is one of the
biggest states from this area. It borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria,
Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia and Moldova.
On its territory is located almost all the Danube Delta surface
and the southern and central Carpathian Mountains. Romania
has a temperate-continental climate, with four distinct seasons.
From the administrative point of view, Romania is divided into 41
counties and the Municipality of Bucharest, which is the most
populated city (approx. 2 million Population).
Romania has approx. 20 million Population (89,5% Romanian,
6,6% Hungarian, 3,9% others)
The official Language is Romanian.
Since 2007, Romania has been European Union member.
National Currency: Leu/RON (1 EURO=4,7 lei in July 2018).
The National Day is 1st December - The day of The Great Union
from 1918.
Time zone- East European Time (GMT+2) Summer EEST (UTC+3).
 THE PRAHOVA County

The Prahova County is located in the historical region called Muntenia, with the capital city at
Ploiesti and it is the third most populated county from the country. Prahova is known also for
the touristic region, the Prahova Valley, located in northwestern region, and also for wine area
Dealul Mare, with Tohani and Valea Calugareasca vineyards.
The most important urban center from this county is Ploiesti city, known for oil processing
industry. Ploiesti is located 60 km of Bucharest and it has a large tradition in oil processing,
being the place in which, in 1857, the first refinery in the world was built by the Mehedinteanu
brothers. The petroleum fraction obtained in this refinery was used for the public lighting of
Bucharest Municipality, which was the first town in the world with street lighting. Due to the oil
industry, Ploiesti city became the regional center of this area. According to the last 2011
census, the city has 209945 population.
Ploiesti city is the place in which in 1967, the transfer of Petroleum-Gas Institute from
Bucharest was decided. Nowadays, there are located three important refineries: OMV PETROL
LUKOIL, Vega-ROMPETROL.
 PETROLEUM-GAS UNIVERSITY OF PLOIESTI
• Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti was founded in Bucharest, in 1948, as
Petroleum-Gas Institute. The Institute had, as a main aim, to train the
engineers required by the petroleum and gas industry in Romania. In 1975
was finished the transfer of Petroleum-Gas Institute of Ploiesti. In 1992, the
Petroleum-Gas Institute of Ploiesti became University of Ploiesti, as new
faculties and sections in the fields of economic studies and humanities
were set up. For a better definition of tradition and structure, in 1993 the
University of Ploiesti changed its name into ‘’Petroleum-Gas University of
Ploiești”.
• The present academic structure of the Petroleum-Gas University of
Ploiesti includes five faculties: the Faculty of Petroleum-Gas Engineering,
the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of
Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry, the Faculty of Economic Sciences
and the Faculty of Letters and Sciences.
• Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti is among the most active academic
backgrounds which sustain the collaboration, the exchange of experience
with prestigious higher education from all over the world, both students
and teachers being involved in bilateral programs. Through these
programs, you will have the chance to meet students from universities of
Germany, France, Belgium, England, United States of America, Russia,
Ukraine, Japan, New Mexico, France, Poland, Slovakia, Greece or Taiwan.
The Erasmus Bilateral Agreements offer multiple choices of optimal
solutions in order to develop specific skills for your specializations.
 THE faculty of petroleum
refining and petrochemistry

Faculty of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry trains

specialists who are part of the international elite of the industry.
Around 7000 engineers, researchers, teachers and others from
Romania and also from 68 countries have graduated this faculty.
We are proud to say that in any industrial location from Europe,
Asia, Africa or U.S. there are specialists prepared in our
laboratories. The graduates of this faculty can handle jobs as
engineers in oil processing refinery, also in research institutes
and design installations of chemical and petrochemical
industries or as specialists in test laboratories of various oil
companies and assessment of air quality, water or soil.
THE faculty of petroleum refining and petrochemistry
Field of study - Bachelor studies (4 years) Programme of study

New
• Petroleum Processing and Petrochemistry (Romanian and English Language)
Chemical Engineering
• Chemical and Biochemical Processes Informatics and Engineering (Romanian Language)
(Full-time courses)
• Control and Security of Food Products (Romanian Language)
New

Environmental Engineering
• Engineering and Environmental Protection in Industry (Romanian Language)
(Full/part time courses)
Field of study – Master (1.5-2 years) Programme of study
• Computer Aided Chemical Engineering Applied in Refineries and Petrochemistry-1.5 years
Chemical Engineering
(Romanian Language)
(Full-time courses)
• Advanced Technologies for Petroleum Processing - 1.5 years (Romanian Language)

Environmental Engineering • Advanced Technologies in Environmental Protection Engineering - 1.5 years (Romanian Language)
(Full-time courses) • Monitoring of Environmental Agents and Products Quality - 2 years (Romanian Language)

Field of study – PhD (minimum 3 years) Chemical engineering

Academic Structure
The academic year starts on 1st October and ends at
the end of July next year.
Each academic year is divided into two semesters
lasting 14 weeks.
Each semester is followed by an examination period-
4 weeks and in September there is a third period of
review exams.
The Christmas Holiday (December-January) and
Summer Vacation (August) each of them lasts 4
weeks.
During the academic year, we have three free
national days: November 30th, December 1st, January
24th, the second day after Easter, the first day after
Whitsuntide, 1st May and August 15th.
STUDIES
The education system from the European Union
countries is structured according to the Bologna process
which assures high standards for a coherent and
armonious development of higher education.
The main reforms to the Bologna process provides a
structuring of higher education on three levels:
Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD’s degree. The system
operates according to ECTS system in order to facilitate
mobilities and to equal studies. The diploma supplement
allows the comparison of diplomas from universities in
different states.
The Bachelor’s degree studies have a duration of eight
semesters for technical faculties and 6 semesters for
humanities faculties.
The Master’s degree for technical faculties are
structured in 3 or 4 semesters, while humanities
faculties masters lasts 4 semesters.
 Annual FEES

• Fee for the preparatory year - 2700 Euro

• Fee for Bachelor studies-2700 Euro
• Fee for Master studies -2700 Euro
• Fee for PhD studies-3000 Euro
• Accommodation fee 50÷200 Euro per month (depending on
the number of people in the room)
 Facilities

The Petroleum-Gas University campus has a material base including:

80 lecture and seminar rooms with a capacity of 100 places and an auditorium of 500 places
140 laboratories equipped with modern appliances and installations both for teaching
activity and for basic applied research activity
A library with over 450 000 volumes, with reading rooms, book storehouse, a department of
bibliographical information and a university publishing house
A network of computers connected to the internet with over 600 computers, 10 Novell
servers, UNIX server for e-mail, Linux server for university websites
(www.upg-ploiesti.ro);
A gym and sports grounds for handball, basketball, volleyball and tennis;
7 hostels for students with a capacity of 2,500 seats, rooms 1, 2 or 4 people
A student cafeteria with a capacity of 500 persons;
A GP’s and a dentist’s cabinet;
A ‘Student House of Culture’’ where cultural and artistic activities, shows, conferences,
symposiums: take place frequently;
A university sports club with 10 different specialties.
 How can you become a Student at Petroleum-
Gas University of Ploiesti?

• All international students interested in applying for any of the programmes organized by the Petroleum – Gas
University of Ploiești, Romania can find useful information on CNRED website https://www.cnred.edu.ro/en

• For information in English on the procedure for the recognition and equivalence of the study documents visit
CNRED website https://www.cnred.edu.ro/en/higher-education

• Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti can assure the necessary support in order to send your documents to the
Ministry of National Education for the recognition and equivalence of the study diplomas
 How can you become a Student at Petroleum-
Gas University of Ploiesti?

The selection of candidates will be done within the limits of the available places using the criterion of the average mark for the
graduated studies.

The application file shall include:

a) birth certificate – copy and certified translation;
b) copy of the document certifying permanent residence abroad;
c) copy of the passport;
d) application for the issuance of the letter of acceptance (Annex 1); https://www.upg-ploiesti.ro/en/admissions-2018-bachelor
e) copy and certified translation of the high school diploma or its equivalent, certified by the authorities of the issuing country;
f) copy and certified translation of the high school graduation certificate for the graduates of the current year;
g) transcripts for all the study periods – copies and certified translations;
h) graduation certificate for the preparatory year of Romanian language or the linguistic competence certificate;
i) medical certificate (in an international language) to testify to the fact that the candidate does not suffer from contagious
diseases or any other diseases incompatible with the future profession.
The documents will be sent to the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti

The admission calendar https://www.upg-ploiesti.ro/sites/default/files/admitere/licenta/2018/en/calendar_2018.pdf

Petroleum-Gas Univeristy of Ploiesti

Bucharest Bvd., no. 39, code 100 680, Ploiesti,

Romȃnia, PO BOX 52
Phone: +40 244 573 171, +40 244 575 600
www.upg-ploiesti.ro
https://www.upg-ploiesti.ro/en/admissions-2018-bachelor
Support for candidates coming from non-EU countries (dianapetre@upg-ploiesti.ro)