Educational Programs in Energy

UH offers several innovative educational programs at all levels and in the four major energy sectors: upstream, midstream and downstream, alternatives and enablers, and policy and management. UH also offers continuing professional studies, as well as certificate programs that may be completed either in conjunction with a graduate level degree or as a stand-alone.

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Upstream

The upstream energy sector involves exploration and production of oil and gas, including underwater or underground crude oil, natural gas fields and drilling wells. Professionals in this sector include geologists and geophysicists, who determine where resources can be found; petroleum engineers, who work with geoscientists to understand geologic formations, and mechanical engineers, who optimize physics and materials science to design, examine and manufacture mechanical systems.

Educational Program	Undergraduate	Graduate	Doctoral	Certificate
Chemical Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Geographic Information Systems				✔
Geology	✔	✔	✔
Geophysics	✔	✔	✔
Geosensing Systems Engineering		✔	✔
Hydrogeology				✔
Mechanical Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Petroleum Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Petroleum Geology		✔
Petroleum Geophysics		✔
Petroleum Technology				✔
Subsea Engineering		✔		✔
Supply Chain Management	✔	✔

Midstream & Downstream

The midstream and downstream energy sectors comprise bringing oil and gas to distributors, conversion and storage of natural resources, refinement of fossil fuels, as well as marketing and distribution of fossil fuels. Professionals in this sector include construction managers, who maintain and operate pipelines and other modes of transporting energy resources; experts in geopolitics, for those interested in policy and law, and various technology regulations, and industrial and materials engineers, who refine fossil fuels for distribution.

Educational Program	Undergraduate	Graduate	Doctoral
Chemical Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Chemistry	✔	✔	✔
Civil Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Construction Management	✔	✔
Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Law		✔
Industrial Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Materials Engineering		✔	✔
Mechanical Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Mechanical Engineering Technology	✔	✔
Organizational Leadership & Supervision	✔
Public Policy		✔
Supply Chain & Logistics Technology	✔	✔

Alternatives & Enablers

Energy sustainability involves a wide range of disciplines focused on the leading edge of the industry as consumers seek more sustainable options to power their lives. Energy efficiency, including the reduction of energy loss during transmission, will drive short-term gains in energy productivity, a transformation that will be touched by architecture, policy and law, electric grid cyber security, power technology, superconductivity and chemical, industrial, environmental and power engineering.

Educational Program	Undergraduate	Graduate	Doctoral	Certificate
Architecture	✔	✔
Atmospheric Sciences		✔	✔
Biochemistry	✔	✔	✔
Chemistry	✔	✔	✔
Earth Science	✔
Electrical Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Electrical Power Engineering Technology	✔
Energy & Sustainability Minor
Environmental Design	✔
Environmental Engineering		✔	✔
Environmental Sciences	✔
Global Energy, Development & Sustainability				✔
Industrial Design	✔	✔
Physics	✔	✔	✔

Policy & Management

Public policy, regulatory and business issues are central to the future of the energy industry, regardless of the fuel source. Programs in energy management, energy finance, public policy, energy law and industrial psychology all offer strong energy components, with specialized programs including the Gutierrez Energy Management Institute (GEMI), the Upstream Energy Safety Certification Program and a graduate certificate program in Global Energy, Development and Sustainability.

Educational Program	Undergraduate	Graduate	Doctoral	Certificate
Accounting/Accountancy	✔	✔		✔
Applied Mathematics		✔
Architecture	✔	✔
Civil Engineering	✔	✔	✔
Computer Science	✔	✔	✔
Computer & Systems Engineering		✔
Construction Management	✔	✔
Economics	✔	✔	✔
Economics of the Energy Value Chain				✔
Energy & Sustainability Minor
Energy Finance				✔
Energy Investment Analysis				✔
Energy Risk Management				✔
Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Law		✔
Environmental Engineering	✔	✔
Finance - GEM Track	✔
Global Energy, Development & Sustainability				✔
Global Energy Management	✔
Organizational Leadership & Supervision	✔
Professional Project Management				✔
Public History		✔	✔
Public Policy		✔
Supply Chain Management	✔	✔
Technology Project Management		✔		✔

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