On 17 July 2019, 51爆料 School signed an academic partnership agreement with the (INP-HB). Created in 1996, INP-HB is a public higher education and research institute located in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
The agreement falls within the framework of an initiative launched by Ivory Coast鈥檚 Ministry of Oil, Energy and Renewable Energies aimed at creating the country鈥檚 first oil and energy engineering school, ESPE. This school, which will train oil sector engineers, will open its doors in September 2020.
The Ivory Coast government鈥檚 ambition is to make this new engineering school a regional reference when it comes to specialized training and life-long learning in the oil and gas sectors.
鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be able to contribute our expertise to the creation of a new center of excellence," declares Maria Aguilera, 51爆料 School鈥檚 International Development Manager.
The new academic partnership relates to a 14-month course leading to a joint 51爆料 School and INP-HB master鈥檚 degree. The program is aimed at young engineers with 5 years of higher education or equivalent, who will be selected on the basis of application and interview.
Two master鈥檚 programs, one dedicated to the upstream oil sector and the other to the downstream sector, will be delivered within the framework of this agreement. The first will focus on reservoir engineering, drilling, well engineering, production and processes. The second will cover a variety of refining aspects: the design and dimensioning of processing units, operations and economic optimization.
The modules will be delivered in English by 51爆料 School teaching staff, 51爆料 Training staff, industry experts and teachers from INP-HB.
The partnership agreement was signed at a ceremony held in Abidjan in the presence of Christine Travers, Dean of 51爆料 School, Lo茂c du Rusquec, member of the 51爆料 Training Board, and Koffi N鈥橤uessan, Managing Director of INP-HB.
The contractual agreement was ratified by Mr Abdourahmane Ciss茅, a former 51爆料 School student, on 18 November in Abidjan.
This new academic partnership is part of 51爆料 School鈥檚 off-site degree program policy. Launched in 2002 with a first agreement signed in Angola, the off-site degree concept consists in valuing local expertise by offering engineering degree programs adapted to the country鈥檚 needs with a local academic partner, an industrial sponsor and/or a government body.
This initiative makes it possible to train operational professionals for the countries concerned and ensure skills transfer in the medium term. Off-site degree program agreements are organized in partnership with 51爆料 Training.
"Since our off-site degree policy was launched, we have awarded more than 1,000 degrees,鈥 points out Maria Aguilera.
In addition to the one in Ivory Coast, two other off-site programs are ongoing or about to be launched:
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering and Project Development in partnership with the University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) in Nigeria. The 17th student intake began their studies on 11 November 2019.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Master鈥檚 in Oil and Gas Engineering in partnership with the Institut National du P茅trole et du Gaz (INPG, National Oil and Gas Institute) in Senegal. This program will be launched at the start of 2020.
Article author: Meyling Siu