One hundred percent of Baku Higher Oil School graduates are employed

Baku. 12 February. REPORT.AZ/ In 2017, Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS), where the teaching program is based on the most advanced technologies and experience of the world leading universities, bid farewell to its first graduates.In total, 102 young specialists graduated from the Higher School, including 48 petroleum engineering students and 54 chemical engineering students, Report informs.

Many of them already work in leading transnational companies, while others continue their studies to obtain Master and PhD degrees at prestigious universities in Azerbaijan or abroad. Besides, some of the BHOS first graduates work and study at the same time.

Six graduates of the Higher School are in military service now. Being contracted by Azneft Production Union, they will start working in the company after completion of the military service. Statistical data of BHOS graduates in accordance with their employment are as follows:

Company/Organization	Number
STAR & PETKIM (Turkey)	24
AzneftPU	18
Polymer (SOCAR)	6
Baku Higher Oil School	6
Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery	5
BP	5
Halliburton	2
Maire Tecnimont	2
GilanHolding	2
Schlumberger	1
SOCAR Head Office	1
Umid LLC (SOCAR)	1
Azərikimya	1
NIPI“Neftegas”	1
TOTAL	75 persons

As these data confirm, BHOS graduates do not experience any difficulties in job recruitment in the above mentioned transnational energy companies, as the students of the Higher School actively take part in internship programs of those companies during their academic years. This provides both the companies and the students with an opportunity to know each other more closely.

In addition, BHOS enjoys close cooperation and friendship ties with leading energycompanies, and their top managers and experts regularly conduct masterclasses, workshops and training courses for the Higher School students. This helps to increase their awareness of the companies’ activities and raise future engineers’ interest in working for those companies.

Here is a list of universities and countries where BHOS graduates continue their studies.

Higher Educational Institution	Country	Number	Degree Course
Colorado School of Mines	USA	1 person	Ph.D.
Baku Higher Oil School	Azerbaijan	14 persons	Master
Stanford University	USA	1 person	Master
Azerbaijan State University of Economics (MBA program)	Azerbaijan	6 persons	Master
Hamburg University of Technology	Germany	2 persons	Master
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany	1 person	Master
Polytechnic University of Turin	Italy	1 person	Master
Polytechnic University of Milan	Italy	1 person	Master
Polytechnic University of Catalonia	Spain	1 person	Master
Ege University	Turkey	1 person	Master
University of Debrecen	Hungary	1 person	Master
Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary	1 person	Master
University of Finance and Administration	Czechia	1 person	Master
TOTAL	OnePh.D. student and 31Master students

It shall be reminded that a mission of the Baku Higher Oil School is to train highly qualified petroleum, chemical and process automation engineers in order to develop a new generation of Azerbaijani specialists with an advanced level of English and excellent knowledge in selected areas of engineering, technology and design.