The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) is the specialised university for the energy and oil sectors. It is situated at Dehradun, india. It was established through an act of the State Legislature of Uttarakhand in the 2003. UPES is India's first Energy University and Asia's first and only Energy and Core Sector University. UGC and NAAC recognised, UPES offers over 42 graduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs to more than 4200 students in the sectors of oil and gas, power, aviation, shipping, automobile, international business, law, infrastructure, electronics, IT and logistics and supply chain. The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) and Centre for Aviation Studies (CAS), UPES, offer Executive programs through distance learning mode for the working professionals. A statutory university, UPES was established in 2003 through an Act (UPES Act, 2003) of the State Legislature of Uttarakhand. It is situated in a picturesque, 27-acre campus in Pondha valley, Dehradun.