Type Public Rector Mihai Pascu Coloja Campus Urban Number of students 8,600 Color Blue/Yellow | Established 1948 Location Ploiești, Romania Phone +40 244 573 555 Founded 1948 Academic staff 318 | |
Former names Petroleum and Gas Institute,
University of Ploiești Address Bulevardul București 39, Ploiești, Romania Similar Commercial Academy of Satu M, Constantin Brâncoveanu University, Constantin Brâncuși University, Protestant Theological Institute o, Technical University of Civil E | ||
Petroleum & Gas University of Ploieşti (UPG) is a public university in Ploiesti, Romania. Founded in 1948 under the name of Institute of Petroleum and Gas, in response to the increasing industrialization in Romania and the lack of high level education in the petroleum and gas fields, it gained fast the status of university, hence changing its name to the actual one in 1993 and extending with new faculties and departments in the field of economic sciences and humanities.
At the moment, the UPG's academical structure includes 5 faculties: Faculty of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Petroleum Technology and Petrochemistry, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Faculty of Letters and Sciences.