The undergraduate programs of the FOGI KBTU 5B072100 – Chemical Engineering, 5B070800 – Petroleum Engineering, 5B071500 – Marine Engineering, and 5B070600 - Geology are accredited by The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology, Aldgate House, 33 Aldgate High Str., London EC3N 1 EN, UK - telephone: +44 (0)20 7382 2600; http://www.imarest.org

1. Mission

The Faculty mission is professional training of specialists for  highly technological and science intensive production in the oil & gas industry and petrochemical manufacture, meeting the requirements of the modern market and international standards.

2. Objectives

• To raise the quality of training  highly qualified specialists, bachelors and masters in the oil & gas and petrochemical specialities who meet the requirements of consumers, on the basis of  introduction of modern educational technologies and constant perfection of the faculty educational activities.
• To provide graduates’ competitiveness  in the global educational services market and the personnel market of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• To provide increase of the faculty research activities in order to integrate education, science and industry.
• To  integrate into the world educational process through the establishment of mutually advantageous cooperation with the leading western universities with the aim of conducting joint activities directed at improving the quality of training specialists for oil and gas and petrochemical industry.
• To expand links with businesses- potential employers- to organize industrial internships and subsequent employment.
• To train specialists harmoniously combining fundamental technical knowledge with high morality and patriotism.

3. Programmes

Bachelor Degree Programmes:

• 5B070800- Petroleum Engineering (BSc)
• 5B072100 – Chemical Technology of Organic Compounds (BSc)

Master’s Degree Programme:

• 6M070800 - Petroleum Engineering (MSc)

4. Staff

FOGI currently has 44 teaching staff that includes 32 professors, 10 lecturers and 2 tutors.

Each academic year FOGI invites professors and experts from the oil-gas and chemical industry and international universities to deliver lectures on relevant disciplines.

5. Laboratories

Departments of FOGI have laboratories available for use in the educational process for specific courses.

Laboratories and software programs are listed below by department:

Department of Petroleum Engineering

-  Engineering Geology and Petrophysics

-   General and Structural Geology

-   Petrography and Lithology

-   Drilling and Cementing Fluids

-   Development of Oil and Gas Fields

-   Drilling and Oilfield Equipment

-   Drilling Oil and Gas Wells

-  Landmark

-   Schlumberger

Department of Chemical Engineering

-  General and Inorganic Chemistry

-  Analytical Chemistry

-  Chemistry of Oil and Gas

-  Laboratory of Processes and Engineering Units

-  Surface Phenomena and Dispersions

-  Scientific Research & Development

     and 14 specialized laboratories in

-  Institute of Organic  Catalysis and Electrochemistry

-  Institute of Chemical Sciences

Engineering-Physics Department

-  Physics;

-  Materials Science;

-  Engineering Graphics;

-  Hydraulics, Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics;

-  Standardization, Certification & Technical Measurements;

-  Mechanics & Strength of Materials;

-  Invensys;

-  Computer Laboratories.

6. Partners

Partners of FOGI are Heriot-Watt University, Tokio