Petroleum Engineering (Online) (Taught)

Become a world-class petroleum engineer, ready to take up roles in the upstream oil and gas industry. Join our accredited online MSc in Petroleum Engineering, designed in partnership with industry.

Prepare for a career as a world-class petroleum engineer.
MSc Petroleum Engineering is accredited by the Energy Institute. It’s designed to ready you for career success in the oil and gas sector. You’ll gain the skills you need to deliver viable oil and gas field development plans. You’ll learn to appraise and select the right technologies for safe production recovery of hydrocarbon oil and gas and you’ll train using industry-standard simulation software.

Studying part-time online, you’ll cover every aspect of petroleum engineering, including:

• the fundamentals of petroleum geoscience

• formation evaluation

• well drilling and production

• reservoir engineering and simulation.

Hand-in-hand with industry
This degree has been developed by experienced industry professionals. Its content is reviewed and supported by an Industry Advisory Board of energy experts working in the field. This ensures that what you learn here is always current and connected to industry skills needs.