ADVANCED UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT (AUP) Department

Department News & Events

		Nina Pasha-Zaidi, an AUP English faculty member, recently completed her Ph.D. in International Psychology from the The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. More
		On 25th April 2012, the PI played host to a very distinguished guest. Mr Abdullatif Al Mulla, Group CEO of TECOM Investments and former General Manager of Microsoft South Gulf took time out from a busy schedule to address the PI community. More
		04/Oct/2011: Students in the Advanced University Placement (AUP) Department at the Petroleum Institute visited Masdar City in Abu Dhabi on October 4. More
		04/Sep/2011: September 4th is the first day of classes for the 2011-12 academic year. An impressive 295 male students and 78 female students have enrolled at the PI during the previous three weeks. More
		07/Mar/2011: Graeme Ward, AUP Mathematics, completed his Doctorate in Mathematics Education from Curtin University, Australia. More
		22/Feb/2011: Lauded by the evaluators during the recent ABET mock site visit for its high academic standards and dedicated faculty, the PI’s AUP Department is gathering in both prestige and visibility. More
		13/Feb/2011: Mara Barrow from AUP English has been put in charge of a new project to improve the environment in Zarkuh. More
		17/Jan/11: Asli Hassan, AUP English, has completed her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her dissertation was based on a collaborative research involving faculty and students across AUP disciplines. More
		07/Dec/09: Janet Olearski, AUP Learning Enhancement Coordinator, is the author of a new children’s book entitled Mr Football, which was published this month by Helbling Languages in their ‘Original Fiction’ series. (ISBN 978-3-85272-159-0)
		26/Jul/09: A new story entitled ‘Swimmers’, by Janet Olearski, Learning Enhancement Coordinator, appears in the latest issue of the London-based literary magazine Pen Pusher (Issue 13, Summer/Autumn 2009).
		07/Apr/09: Vance Stevens was an invited speaker at IATEFL's Learner autonomy Pre-conference event. More