Drilling and Well Engineering (Taught)

Course summary

This degree is aimed at graduates who have a relevant academic background, as well as industry practitioners who possess appropriate industry experience. The course focuses on the effective well construction, and aims to develop high levels of professional skills in the key areas of well design, drilling and operations management. You will benefit from the academics teaching this course, who have a wealth of industry experience. The course benefits from several industrial visits and state-of-the-art drilling simulators. Typical students on this course include recently qualified graduates and those working in areas such as oil and gas, energy, national oil companies, engineering firms and project service companies.

Modules

Subsurface, Wells, Facilities, Engineering Project Management, Well Completions and Subsea Systems, Drilling Technology, Drilling Operations Management, Advanced Well Engineering, Individual Engineering Research Investigation

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

Energy Institute, The

How to apply

International applicants

Applicants whose first language is not English should have an IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no component lower than 5.5, or an equivalent. We accept a variety of in-country and secure English language tests, find out more:https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/international-students/english-language-requirements

Entry requirements

Applicants normally hold a 2:2 undergraduate honours degree or its equivalent in Engineering. Applicants with either a relevant non-Engineering background such as Geology, Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics and/or applicants with a lower degree classification or those with relevant work experience will be considered on a case by case basis.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Additional fee information

For more information on RGU’s tuition fees please visit the RGU website- https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/courses/896-msc-drilling-and-well-engineering You may qualify for a scholarship or financial award. For more information please visit the RGU website- https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/finance-funding/funding-and-scholarships-search

Sponsorship information

You may be eligible for scholarships or funding. Find out more on the RGU website - https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/finance-funding/funding-and-scholarships-search