Petroleum Engineering MSc (Online)

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.

You can also study this degree full-time on campus.

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.

Accredited online degree

This online MSc is accredited by the Energy Institute (EI).

The EI is the global professional body for the energy sector. It’s the only membership body spanning the whole of the energy industry.

How you’ll study

Online learning

This distance learning MSc Petroleum Engineering is delivered flexibly online.

Your teaching

Your teaching is delivered through MyAberdeen, our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It holds all the materials, tools and support you’ll need in your studies. Take a look around MyAberdeen.

You can access your learning materials on computer, smartphone and laptop, 24 hours a day. You’ll find a range of resources at your fingertips, including online access to our award-winning Sir Duncan Rice Library.

Assessment

This degree usually combines online assessment with written exams that you attend in person.

However, due to Covid-19, in-person exams will not take place until the September 2022 term at the earliest. Until then, we’ll be using alternative online assessments.

Careers

On graduating with an accredited Masters in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, you’ll have acquired one of the most respected degrees of its kind in the UK. Your qualification will be recognised by industry employers around the globe.

You’ll receive exactly the same degree qualification as you would on campus.

Petroleum engineering is an over-arching discipline. You can use your qualification in this field to find work in its more specialised areas, including reservoir engineering and drilling.

You’ll be ready to seek work as a:

• Drilling Engineer
• Operations Engineer
• Piping Specification Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Reservoir Engineer
• Reservoir Simulation Engineer.

Students should have a 2:1 (upper-second) UK honours degree (or equivalent) in any branch of Engineering or Applied Mathematics. You can also apply if you have: a high 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or Applied Mathematics at least two years’ relevant experience or a 2:1 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Geology, Physics or Chemistry and at least two years’ relevant experience. Key subjects you must have covered: Mathematics and Physics.