INTRODUCTION:
The department of Petroleum Engineering was founded in 1989. The graduated session was in 1994. Petroleum Engineering is the practical applied basic sciences to the development , recover, control, and evaluation of petroleum reservoir. The department aims at graduating engineering who would help in the need of the country in this major and to have national engineering career to KOC, KISR, University, Ministry, and any other area of Petroleum applications and studies.

The number of graduating students is "126" and the number enrolled studtens now is "119" students. The number of faculty members at the department is "18", two of them are professors, three are associate Prof. and the rest are assistant Prof. That makes the department the second largest department in PE arroound the world in the ratio of faculty members to students.

The activities of the department are not only teaching but also giving short courses and experiment services to KOC and other companies. The program of graduate studies started on 2001, and the number of studients who are studing for their Ms degrees 27 students.

The department organized the " Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition " which was held for the first time in Kuwait with the cooperation of KFAS, KOC, and some other companies in Kuwait.

At the education exchange agreement between Kuwait and Japan, two groups of students and faculty members visited Japan in 2002 and 2003 and Four students finished their eight weeks training course in summer 2003. On the other hand two students finished their training course in the USA on the behalf of Chevron Texaco, while Schulmberger provided the department with a computer software " Eclipse " which costs arround sixteen millions of dollars.

The Department of Petroleum Engineering at Kuwait University has adapted the outcome requirements of ABET EC 2000 Criterion as a process for future evaluation. The achievement of these outcomes by the graduates of the program plays a major role in achieving the Program Goals and supports the mission of the program. The Petroleum Engineering Department has worked extensively on the continual improvement of the assessment processes which have been one of the major priorities since 1998. The department efforts have been concentrated on establishing a structured and systematic process for continual assessment and improvement. Thus far, the Department has been successful in implementing the following:

By adapting the outcome requirements of ABET EC 2000 Criterion, our program adapted new methods for teaching and for evaluation of student performance. These efforts have also affected positively the preparation of the present Questionnaire.