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MSc Petroleum Engineering

Key information

Level
Postgraduate Taught
Delivery type
Full Time, Part Time
Degree qualification
MSc
Mode of delivery
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Location
Dubai
Start date
September, January

The MSc in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University is a degree of lectures and project work that encompasses a wide range of petroleum engineering fundamentals pertinent to the modern petroleum industry.

The degree allows students to study specific courses as well as undertake a field development project (with other students) and an individual research project. Project work provides an opportunity for ideas and methods assimilated through lectures and tutorials to be applied to real field evaluation and development design problems. The courses are applied in nature and have been designed so that a graduate is technically well prepared for, and has a sound knowledge of, the industry into which they will be recruited.

The degree has the principal objectives of providing specialist, high quality learning and teaching, along with a range of transferable skills, research awareness and improved employability.

January entrants

Students starting the MSc Petroleum Engineering in January should note that the part-time option runs for 4 semesters (24 months) + projects (May to August, 4 months) (total duration 32 months). 

Your student experience

This programme is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the UAE and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) in the United Kingdom.

All applicants seeking admission must secure recognition for their bachelor's degree through the UAE Ministry of Education – Higher Education Affairs. The process for obtaining attestation varies depending on whether your bachelor's degree was completed within the UAE or abroad. Ensuring that your degree is attested and recognised by the Ministry of Education is a crucial step in the admissions process.  

To learn more about the process of how to obtain the certificate of recognition, please visit the MOE equivalency page.

 

 

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Course content

January Intake - Dubai

Mandatory January

  • Reservoir Engineering - Well test Analysis
  • Petroleum Economics
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Production Technology

Mandatory September

  • Drilling Engineering
  • Formation Evaluation
  • Geoscience with Integrated Data Science
  • Reservoir Engineering

Mandatory Second January

  • Field Development Project
  • Individual Project

September Intake- Dubai

Mandatory- September

  • Drilling Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering
  • Formation Evaluation
  • Geoscience with Integrated Data Science

Mandatory - January

  • Reservoir Engineering - Well test Analysis
  • Production Technology
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Petroleum Economics

Mandatory - May

  • Individual Project
  • Field Development Project

Fees and funding

AED 165,850 per year

  • All tuition fees inclusive of VAT.

Additional information

Financial support

We endeavour to arrange financial support for students accepted on to the courses, negotiating annually for industrial scholarships. These are allocated following interviews in early summer.

Entry requirements

We have standard entry requirements for all of our courses that you will have to meet.

For MSc entry, a good relevant engineering Honours degree (first or second class) with a background in chemical, bioengineering, mechanical, physics, oil and gas or geology with good mathematical competence will be considered. Equivalent overseas qualifications will also be considered.

To find out more about the specific entry requirements for your country, please refer to our International Entry Requirements.

If you hold a degree from a different background and believe you may qualify for this programme or to find out more about the entry requirements for this programme, please send an email to dubaienquiries@hw.ac.uk

Why Heriot-Watt

As the first British university to set up a campus in Dubai in 2005, we have established ourselves as a pioneer in the higher education market in the UAE. The five-star accreditation by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) secured in 2019, 2020, and 2022 is a testament to our reputation for world-class teaching.

The futuristic Dubai campus is designed to offer interactive and collaborative learning experiences with innovative classroom styles fostering group work and engagement like Collaborative lecture theatres, Digitally Classrooms and Seminar rooms. The campus also has dedicated cutting-edge laboratories and workshops that span various engineering disciplines along with Psychology, IT, Photography, Design and Architecture.

Our practical, leading-edge research combined with strong links to business and industry, have made our graduates highly employable and sought after by the best organisations worldwide, with over 90% in graduate-level jobs or further study within six months of graduation. On top of that, we have beautiful campuses, across the globe, so you'll get a truly international education through our Go Global programme.

Employability

Our programmes are recognised by graduate-recruiting businesses around the world, and many of our graduates are employed at the most senior technical and management levels in international oil and gas companies.

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