INSTITUTE GOVERNANCE
UPIK is Governed under The Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act of 2001 as amended. The Act establishes the Governing Council as the Top Management Organ and the Principal as the Accounting Officer. UPIK has a fully constitute Council with a sound membership of accomplished personnel in the Oil and Gas Industry.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
UPIK Implements a Quality Managements System mapped to International Accreditation Bodies the City & Guilds, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board(ECITB), American Welding Society (AWS), Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organizations (OPITO) and ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System) and ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) ISO Certification acquired.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
UPIK is an equal opportunity Institution with policies that foster equity to all regardless of ethnicity, political affiliation, gender, religion or any other societal disparities. The Institute has affirmative action programmes for the disadvantaged learners especially the female who still have low visibility in vocational training.
TOWARDS A GLOBAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN OIL & GAS TRAINING
ERA and UPIK Signed MOU
On Thursday , 14th December 2023, Power Regulator-ERA and the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba (UPIK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding whose strategic objective is to increase on the number of Certified Electricians in Uganda.
EACOP Partners with UPIK
East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda Petroleum Institute in Kigumba (UPIK). This MoU provides the framework that will guide the collaboration between the parties towards the realization of the Project’s National Content Capacity Building initiatives.
UPIK signed MoU with Vallourec
UPIK signed another important MoU with Vallourec Oil and Gas Uganda. The MoU aims to provide internship and job opportunities for our students as well as knowledge transfer to technical staff. Brick by brick, we stall become the center of choice for oil and gas training.
Inter-Religious Council Tour
UPIK was honoured to have the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda at the Institute as they commence their tour of Oil & Gas projects areas hosted by UNOC_UG and the PAU_Uganda
The Deputy Governor
On Friday 29th September 2023, UPIK was privileged to host the Deputy Governor (BOU) Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego and the ED PAU Mr. Ernest N.T. Rubondo together with other Senior officials from BOU & PAU.
Quality Curricula
Tailored to meet industry demands, the curricula is developed with an international partner IFP – Training and validated by all industry stakeholders.
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS (SPE) UPIK CHAPTER
A Community of enthusiastic and innovative younstars ready to make the world a better place.
