Equivalency of international petroleum engineering programs

This article presents a study of 27 programs that award petroleum engineeri ng degrees in 13 countries. It shows that in almost all cases their diploma s are at least equivalent to the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. Thus, the only meaningful question to resolve is whether longer than 4-year programs are equivalent to the Master of Science (MS) degree. While many of these p rograms may compare favorably with the MS degree in terms of total semester credit hours, they may not compare with its presumed depth and intellectua l maturity. Individual program studies are warranted to resolve the issue.