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The University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES) is a private university located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India specialising in fields of petroleum, energy and power. Established in 2003, it has been expanding its business and legal studies.

History and governance

UPES was established in 2003 by an act of the state of Uttarakhand and is India's first public-private university. The university is a non-profit entity managed by the Hydrocarbons Education & Research Society.

Location

The campus is located in Dehradun, which is well connected and in proximity to popular Himalayan tourist destinations such as Mussoorie, Auli and the Hindu holy cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh along with the Himalayan pilgrimage circuit of Char Dham.

Academic offerings

The university offers over 100 undergraduate and postgraduate programs.It provides undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including doctorates, in the core sectors of petroleum and energy.

UPES has five schools and centres for continuing education.

School of Engineering (SoE)

SoE offers B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. programs across a wide spectrum of specialisation areas including Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Exploration, Energy Systems, Geoinformatics Engineering, Geo-Science Engineering, Automotive Design Engineering, Mining Engineering, Instrumentation and Process Control, Aerospace Engineering, Disaster Management, Mechatronics Engineering, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Fire Safety Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Industrial Engineering.

The SoE has the following departments:

• Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Department of Nuclear Science Technology
• Department of Health, Safety and Environment
• Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Automotive Design Engineering

School of Business (SoB)

SoB is situated at Kandoli Campus of UPES and offers BBA, MBA & Ph.D. programs in domains including Oil and Gas, Energy Trading, Power, Aviation, Port, Supply Chain and Logistics, Agri Business, Tourism & Hospitality, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Business Analytics, and International Business.

SoB has the following departments:

• Department of Energy Management
• Department of Transportation Management
• Department of Economics & International Business
• Department of General Management (including Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Strategic Management, and Decision Sciences)

School of Law (SoL)

SoL offers basic and specialised law courses in Corporate Law, Energy Specialization, and Taxation Laws in addition to technical courses such as Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Law and integrated and specialised programs which are the first of their kind in the South Asian region. These include a BA LLB with specialisation in Energy Laws, a BBA LLB (Hons) in Corporate Law, a B.Com + LLB with specialisation in Taxation Laws, a B.Tech Energy Technology + LLB with specialisation in Intellectual Property Rights, and a B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering with specialisation in Cyber Laws.

School Of Design Studies (SoD)

The School of Design offers visual design courses covering aspects of transportation, industrial and product development.[7]

• Undergraduate program
  • B.Des.
• Postgraduate Program (M.Des.)
  • Transportation Design
  • Industrial Design
  • Product Design
  • Interaction Design