College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna State

General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering Technology (UGSET), Kaduna, was established by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) to strengthen indigenous human capacity for Nigeria's oil and gas industry. It has also been known as the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna (CPESK), and the CPESK name remains in use in parts of its materials. The institution aims to provide a platform where theory and practice meet, producing skills and research-based solutions to current and future challenges of the oil and gas sector, and to raise the employability of Nigerians in the petroleum industry at home and abroad.

The university is registered and licensed by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run postgraduate degree programmes (MSc and PhD). It works with Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Continuing Professional Development, Talent Management and Career Progression training, and vocational training for skilled manpower in oil and gas is also planned. It is further expected to serve as a platform for domesticating the Fund's overseas scholarship and training of stakeholders. The stated mission is parallel training and industry-specific certification for individuals at the lower to middle level of the oil and gas sector.

Current degree offerings are six full-time, two-year Master's programmes in the Computing area: Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology and Software Engineering. The course catalogue also groups programmes under faculty headings including Computing, Communications Technology, Physical and Earth Science, Chemical Science, Economics and Finance, Management Sciences and Energy Law, with a PhD level provided for in the catalogue. Teaching combines lectures, seminars, projects and hands-on learning, with academics and industry professionals as instructors.

The campus occupies 170 acres behind the International Trade Fair Complex on the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway. Its core academic area holds the Admin Block, the Management Development Wing (lecture theatre, seminar rooms, computer halls), the Technology Development Wing (workshops, laboratories, classrooms, computer halls) and the Library and Graduate Studies Wing. Student accommodation consists of en-suite hostel rooms with laundry, kitchen, dining hall, indoor recreation area, snack bar and common rooms. A clinic, mosque, chapel, staff school and indoor sports hall are on site.

The university is governed by a Board of Trustees chaired by the Executive Secretary of PTDF, and a Governing Council. It is led by a President, with a Registrar, Bursar, Librarian, a Director of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance and a Director of Facilities among its management team. Coordinators oversee a Split Site Programme and a Postgraduate Certificate Programme.