Total Energies to offer Scholarships To PNG University of Technology Students

TOTALENERGIES PNG Ltd (TEP PNG) has signed an understanding with the University of Technology (Unitech) to offer scholarships to third-year students beginning in the New Year.
The Papua LNG project operator scholarship programme would initially target the electrical, mechanical or civil engineering, applied physics, communication for development, geographical information sciences or a bachelor of science in agriculture disciplines.
TotalEnergies BSE director Marie-Alix Dognin said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing recently sealed a partnership where they would support scholarships at Unitech.
“We are used to working with institutions in Port Moresby which is easy to run in terms of logistics and links and this is the first time to have a close partnership with an institution in Lae,” Dognin said.

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The first phase of the programme would involve 25 top-performing students and would cover full tuition fees, return airfares, full board and lodging fees, book allowances and stipends.
Building on its existing partnership with Unitech in August, senior executives from TotalEnergies, including project management, paid a visit to the campus in Lae and were given a tour of the school of engineering, even meeting with the different department heads.
In the spirit of nurturing this relationship, TotalEnergies made a donation of six laptops, Cisco wireless controllers, routers, firewalls and two VoIP phones to the institution.
Unitech Vice-Chancellor Prof Ora Renagi expressed delight in the partnership with TotalEnergies.
“Unitech is focused; we have a vision to be a world-class university, graduating world-class technocrats – that’s our target,” he said.
Part of Papua LNG’s national content plan was focused on developing the skills and competencies of all Papua New Guineans, to enhance their employability for future projects as well as contribute to the wider PNG talent pool.
In line with one of three key pillars: promoting the employment and training of citizens, the project was destined to become a major contributor to the country’s workforce environment.
Applicable to all Papua New Guineans, consideration would be given to students from the project areas in both Gulf and Central.
TotalEnergies PNG managing director Jean-Marc Noiray referred to the occasion as a milestone for Unitech and a beacon of higher education for the Papua LNG project area.

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