Masters Degrees (Petroleum Geoscience)

The Applied Petroleum Geoscience programme is a unique programme in subsurface geoscience and exploration at Heriot-Watt University.

The hydrocarbon industry is one of our most important sectors, helping to cater for needs as diverse as domestic energy, transportation and plastics manufacturing.

The hydrocarbon industry is crucial to provide us with domestic energy, transportation, plastics and other everyday needs. Petroleum Geoscience by Distance Learning with the University of London lets you earn a Masters degree in this booming sector which fits around your work or family commitments.

The MSc is developed by Royal Holloway at one of the UK's leading centres for Earth Science research.

The MSc in Petroleum Geoscience is a one-year, full-time, multidisciplinary course that aims to train multi-skilled petroleum geoscientists for the modern petroleum industry.

Achieving this MSc will help raise your profile as a skilled, confident and versatile petroleum geologist with high standards of professional judgement.

This programme is ideally situated to take advantage of the oil and gas industry in Aberdeen city and its industry experts who have a strong input into the programme content and structure.

The course is taught over one year, full time, by leading researchers in the field from the University of Manchester. Course content is continually refreshed and updated to reflect current thinking and geoscience techniques.

With the increase in technology and IOT plus the 'Big Data' revolution the collation of data and the power it holds to transform organisations, ensure health and safety in difficult to reach places, keep ahead of life cycles, drive change and innovation has huge potential for any organisation.

Our MSc Advanced Applied Field Geoscience is the most fieldwork intensive MSc in the UK.

Petroleum geology (oil and gas geology) is a large sector which employs 1000s of graduates every year.

The MSc in Petroleum Engineering is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to tackle the oil and gas industry’s most challenging problems.

Aberdeen has been a major world hub and European headquarters to the oil and gas industry with major FTSE 100 multinationals located in the city since the 1970s and the city and industry is world renowned for its learning and innovation.

The MSc in Petroleum Engineering programme aims at broadening, strengthening and integrating knowledge and understanding of the oil and gas industry processes.

The course is taught over one year, full time, by leading researchers in the field from the University of Manchester. Course content is continually refreshed and updated to reflect current thinking and geoscience techniques.