Petroleum Engineering MSc

About This Programme

One-year MSc Petroleum Engineering combining lectures and project work with applied real-field evaluation and development design problems. September intake mandatory (Sep): Drilling Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Formation Evaluation, Geoscience with Integrated Data Science. (Jan): Well Test Analysis, Production Technology, Reservoir Simulation, Energy Project Economics. (May): Individual Project, Field Development Project. January intake follows the same modules in shifted order (Jan/Sep/Second Jan). Entry: Bachelor's degree with Honours (first or second class) in chemical, bioengineering, mechanical, physics, oil and gas, or geology engineering; strong mathematical competence required; UAE Ministry of Education attestation needed. IELTS 6.0 (no band below 5.5). September and January intakes (January is part-time only). Full-time 1 year; part-time 1 year (Sep) or 32 months across 4 semesters + 4-month project (Jan). Tuition AED 172,484/year full-time (incl. VAT) or AED 86,242/year part-time, significantly higher than other HW Dubai MScs, reflecting specialist nature. Financial support: programme team negotiates annual industrial scholarships. Accreditations: UAE MoHESR; UK QAA. 90%+ graduate employment within six months. Programme Leader: Mudassar Nazeer (Assistant Professor). Academic staff: Karl Stephen, Amy Gough, Morteza Haghighat Sefat (Associate Professors / Assistant Professor). Inter-campus transfer available via Go Global to UK and Malaysia.

What You'll Study

Entry Requirements

Accreditation & Professional Recognition

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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