Petroleum University of Technology
The Petroleum University of Technology is a leading Iranian public university funded by the Ministry of Petroleum particularly by its main company, the NIOC . It was founded in 1939 in Abadan in response to the increasing industrialization of Iran oil company, and is officially the second oldest university in Iran after University of Tehran It offers B.Sc.,M.S and Doctorate programs for upstream and downstream oil and gas industry such as petroleum engineering, chemical engineering, instrumentation engineering, accounting, and marine engineering.
It has four campuses in Ahwaz, Abadan, Tehran and Mahmudabad and some research centers.