Forty-eight SPE Student Chapters around the world have won the 2025 Regional Outstanding Student Chapter Award. Student chapter awards recognize those that go above and beyond to fulfill SPE’s mission by serving local members. The awards honor exemplary efforts in the categories of technical dissemination and professional development, community involvement, and member recognition and appreciation.
Student chapters excelling within their super region receive the Regional Outstanding Student Chapter award. These top student chapters advance to the global round for consideration for the Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter.
In the list below, chapters are organized by category and accompanied by their size designation as of the previous year-end.
- Small: Fewer than 100 members
- Medium: 101–200 members
- Large: 201 or more members
Community Involvement
Africa
Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (Large)
Federal University of Technology, Minna (Large)
Igbinedion University Okada (Medium)
Nile University of Nigeria (Large)
Asia Pacific
Dibrugarh University (Large)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE (Medium)
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Rib (Small)
Middle East and North Africa
Kuwait University (Medium)
Member Recognition and Appreciation
Asia Pacific
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) (Large)
UPN Veteran Yogyakarta (Large)
Technical Dissemination and Professional Development
Africa
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (Large)
First Technical University Ibadan (Small)
Kumasi Technical University (Small)
Lagos State University (Large)
Redeemer's University (Large)
University of Port Harcourt (Large)
Asia Pacific
Bandung Institute of Technology (Large)
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (Large)
Nowrosjee Wadia College (Small)
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (Small)
Presidency University Bengaluru (Small)
STT Migas Balikpapan (Large)
UMPSA (Medium)
Universitas Pertamina (Medium)
Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Large)
University of Indonesia (Large)
UPES (Large)
Europe
Dnipro University of Technology (Medium)
NU Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic (Large)
University of Bucharest (Medium)
University of Clausthal (Small)
Latin America and Caribbean
Univ Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana (Medium)
Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (Large)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Medium)
Middle East and North Africa
American University of Ras Al Khaimah (Small)
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Large)
King Saud University (Small)
NED University of Engineering & Technology (Medium)
Suez University (Large)
University of Boumerdes (Medium)
North America
Pennsylvania State University (Medium)
Texas A&M University (Large)
Universidad Politécnica del Golfo de México (Large)
University of Houston (Medium)
Russia and Caspian
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Medium)
Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (Large)
Satbayev University (Medium)
SPE student chapters are located around the world and provide an operating framework for SPE activities at a university level. Student members elect officers annually. Each SPE chapter is sponsored by an SPE section and has the support of their university department.