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Petroleum Institute, British Council sign joint deal

ABU DHABI, September 14, 2015

The Petroleum Institute University and Research Centre has signed a joint partnership agreement with the British Council to make the university an accredited place to hold the IELTS test, starting from this month, taking its mission of development and modernisation forward.
 
It aims at providing students at the university with the convenience of applying for the IELTS test within the Petroleum Institute campus in Abu Dhabi, said a statemnet.
 
The institute has a goal of becoming a world-class institution in both engineering education and energy industry research. 
 
The institution currently has over 1,900 undergraduate and graduate students, more than 200 faculty members, it said.
 
Dr Thomas Hochstettler, president of the Petroleum Institute, said: “The MoU marks a significant milestone for us at the Petroleum Institute.  This agreement will most assuredly facilitate the development of our students as productive, articulate contributors to the culture and prosperity of the nation.  We welcome with enthusiasm this opportunity to partner with the British Council for our mutual benefit in the future”.
 
Marc Jessel, country director UAE, British Council, said: “The British Council is honoured to have signed this partnership with the Petroleum Institute that will provide students from the university with the internationally recognised and accepted IELTS qualification.  This partnership represents our continued commitment of supporting the leading Higher Education institutions in the UAE, by providing qualifications that recognise their ability to communicate in English, which is becoming a valuable 21st Century skill sought after by more and more international employers.
 
"British Council's IELTS is the world's most popular English language proficiency test for higher education and global migration, with over two million tests taken in the last year alone." - TradeArabia News Service



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