Highlights
Highlights
Format
- Resident course: 4-month program delivered in Florence
- Localized courses: customized versions delivered at customer locations
Target
- Young professionals at Baker Hughes customer organizations
- Strong academic records, and technical backgrounds
- Good English proficiency and positive approach towards life-long learning in a multicultural environment
Network
- Nearly 1,200 industry professionals have graduated so far
- 528 from resident courses, and 662 from localized courses
- Representing over 140 customers and 40 countries
Overview
Created in 2005 as a concrete and innovative way of supporting the industry, the Baker Hughes University is a fullstream educational program available to young talents at our customers’ organizations. It offers a comprehensive deep dive into the world of energy, and the chance for participants to become part of a global network of future leaders.
The program provides the leadership and technical skills needed to manage the evolution of this complex and fast-paced industry. Its main goal is to create a global forum based on knowledge-sharing and a shared vision about the future of the sector, giving major industry players the chance to foster their relations and build new synergies.
- February to May
- September to December
- Leadership & Digital
- Energy
- Processes
- Equipment
- Strong technical background
- 4-6 years working experience
- English fluency
- Age: under 32 years
- OGU Classroom
- Technical Training Academy
- Digital Lab
- Plants Visits
- Roundtable
- Meet Baker Hughes leaders
- Teambuilding activities
- Buddy program
Over the years, we've conducted 21 customized versions of content from our Resident Program in a condensed 4-6 week format known as Localized Courses. These are delivered at Baker Hughes customer sites around the world in order to better fit their logistical and educational needs.
Leadership & Digital
Classes aimed at enhancing leadership processes and techniques, also favoring digital upskilling:
- Personal leadership skills
- Management competencies
- Financial competencies
- Presentation skills
- Project management
- Negotiation skills
- Marketing fundamentals
- Agentic leadership
- Additive manufacturing in the oil and gas industry
- Digital foundations
- Digital solutions
Energy
A comprehensive overview of the energy industry, its macro-economic models, and its market dynamics:
- E&P project development
- Energy economics
- Environmental risk management in the oil and gas industry
- Oil and gas E&P contracts and value chain
- Towards energy transition
Processes
A journey into oil and gas value chain processes, from production to transportation and refining:
- Gas and LNG chain and economics
- Downstream processes and economics
- Pipeline integrity and inspection
- Power plant
Equipment
A deep dive into oil and gas technology, with a focus on equipment design, operation, and maintenance issues.
- Drilling and field management
- Compressors, turbines, pumps and valves
- Subsea production systems
- Modularization
- Troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience