The mission of the Department of Petroleum Engineering lies in educating and preparing specialists of oil engineers who can occupy various positions in governmental and private sectors. Similarly, it tries to prepare them to be good citizens who believe in human and moral values and are aware of their responsibility towards their religion, country and people.

1. Graduating engineering cadres with high professional skills and ethics.

2 . Improving the educational and administrative process in accordance with international accreditation standards to achieve the vision of the department. 

3. Improving the capabilities of the teaching staff and attracting experienced ones to the college.

4. Fostering the confidence of the community and institutions in its outcomes.

5 . Scientific and training cooperation of our students with foreign companies operating in the oil fields in Basra.

A graduate of petroleum engineering with a bachelor's degree can be familiar with discovering and exploring geological structures that contain oil and oil drilling wells. Moreover, he/she can participate with geologists in drilling, designing and building oil wells. In addition, he can be an engineer for oil and gas production and refining operations. He/she can also contribute to the engineering and construction of oil reservoirs that contribute to the ideal recovery process. Likewise, the oil engineer can contribute to estimating the number of oil wells that can be drilled in the discovered oil fields by simulating the reality of the oil field and estimating it economically by using advanced computer programs prepared for this purpose. The oil engineer may have to work continuously in different fields, locations and countries in the world, thus enabling the graduate to develop his skills and capabilities through which he may become a manager or president of his own oil company or international oil companies.