Management in the Oil and Gas Business

Profession

The profession of a manager involves leading and organizational activities. A manager is a professional leader who not only performs the assigned work, but also makes independent decisions, manages processes and personnel, solves various organizational and managerial tasks in the field of production, marketing, product service, and at the same time independently deals with administrative and economic issues.
The profession is characterized by a focus on a specific area of economic activity — activities in the oil and gas industry.

Educational Process

The curriculum combines the training of a specialist in their field with the formation of professional competencies in the management of oil and gas enterprises. Students study modern management principles of Russian and foreign oil and gas enterprises, master practical skills in managing oil and gas enterprises, learn a foreign language in the field of professional communication. Classes with students are conducted by leading Russian and foreign teachers.
Achieving learning outcomes involves a combination of theoretical knowledge with the practice of solving professional problems at oil and gas enterprises.
Main profile disciplines: “Modern problems of subsoil use”, “Innovation management in the oil and gas complex”, “Economics of mineral raw materials”, “Oil and gas production management”.
Students under the program, together with leading scientists from Russian and foreign universities and research centers, annually participate in international scientific and practical conferences and seminars.

Practice

Education under the program involves the educational and industrial practices.
The leading industry enterprises and research centers are the main practice bases:
— production companies of the oil and gas complex and extractive industries in Russia, the CIS countries and far abroad (“Lukoil”, “Rosneft”, etc.);
— “Institute of Comprehensive Development of Subsoil named after Academician N.V. Melnikov RAS”;
— academic and industry research institutes.
The student is given the opportunity to undergo individual practice at a specialized enterprise of students’ own choice.

Career

Graduates of the program are oriented to work as a manager in the oil and gas industry.
The main employers of graduates are:
— enterprises of the oil and gas industry;
— organizations controlling labor safety and ecology;
— research and design institutes of the oil and gas profile;
— educational institutions of oil and gas specialization;
— representative offices of Russian and international companies involved in the development and development of oil and gas fields.
Upon graduation, students can work in leading Russian and foreign companies, such as:
— Gazprom Neft;
— LUKOIL;
— NK “Rosneft”;
— Mining company “Katoka Ltd.” and etc.