The school began to recruit master students on 1978, and was granted the right to confer doctoral degrees on 1986. Oil and gas field development engineering (combined with petroleum mechanical engineering) became the first batch of national key disciplines in 1989. The State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Development Engineering was approved for construction, and postdoctoral research was established in 19 1.
After 60 years of construction, the school has now developed into an industry-oriented, multi-disciplinary coordinated development, outstanding oil and gas advantages, distinctive features, and the main disciplines of petroleum are at the leading level in the country.
The school has 19 teaching colleges (departments) and 1 engineering training center. The disciplines cover eight disciplines, including science, engineering, management, economics, literature, law, teaching and arts. There are 72 undergraduate majors with enrollment qualifications, eight national specialty construction sites, 16 Sichuan specialty,1kloc-0/Sichuan undergraduate talent training base.
There are 5 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 29 first-class disciplines authorized by two disciplines doctoral degrees, 20 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees, 88 first-class disciplines authorized by two disciplines master's degrees, 7 master's degree categories, and 8 disciplines authorized by in-service master's degrees of university teachers.
There are 4 in Post-Doctoral Research Center, 1 national "double first-class" construction discipline, 1 first-class discipline, 3 national key disciplines in two disciplines and 15 provincial and ministerial key disciplines. There are 2 national teaching teams, 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers and 7 provincial teaching teams.
At present, there are 78 scientific and technological innovation teams above university level, including 2 innovative teams supported by the "Innovation Team Development Plan" of the Ministry of Education, 8 innovative teams funded by the "Youth Scientific and Technological Innovation Research Team Funding Plan" of Sichuan Province, and 49 young scientific and technological innovation teams (including training) of Southwest Petroleum University.