Masters Degrees (Petroleum Geoscience)

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. Read more

The Applied Petroleum Geoscience (APG) MSc at Heriot-Watt University is one of the top training programmes for geoscientists working in the oil and gas industry. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

If you want to study a specific area of geology the School of Geosciences offers an MSc by research degree. Read more

Sustainable energy and geothermal energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in particular, are central components of the UK government’s strategy for reducing greenhouse emissions and reaching net-zero by 2050. Read more

The MSc in Reservoir Evaluation and Management (REM) teaches students how to be successful subsurface geoscientists and engineers, able to build models that can provide good predictions of hydrocarbon reservoir behaviour. Read more

Geospatial technologies have come a long way in the past few years. Smart technologies have enabled us to pin point places, people, and manage life on earth with a rapidly growing set of technological innovation which takes us from Cartographer to instantly accessible. Read more

If you have an interest in the earth in relation to minerals extraction Geophysics offers you plenty of scope to get involved in the profession itself and expertise required to explore different types of terrain. Read more

You study heritage and Archaeology of the far Northern hemisphere such as Scotland, North Atlantic, Scandinavia, Baltic Europe, Northern Russia and Siberia, and North Pacific North America. Read more

This programme accepts graduates from any discipline to convert and become fully RICS accredited in Land Economy and Rural Surveying. Read more

This programme is ideal if you want to study flexibly around work or other commitments or you want to study from anywhere in the world if you have a very busy lifestyle. Read more

In recent years Archaeology has been reinvigorated by the ability of researchers to use modern technology to provide in depth insight and evidence to provide much more information about early civilisations than was possible previously. Read more

In recognition of current climate discussion, there is a need to expand the energy mix to low-carbon sources whilst securing supply from traditional resources. Read more