Program Overview

Oil and Gas Management MSc

Overview

This course is ideal if you are intending to pursue a management career in the oil and gas industry, or if you are already working in the sector and would like to develop management skills and knowledge at master’s level. Graduates from a range of technical, non-technical and commercial backgrounds are eligible to apply.

Course Details

Core Modules

• Engineering Research Project
  • You investigate an area of engineering and work independently to a level recognised to be at the forefront of the discipline.
  • The topic can be in the form of a research project or a design project.
  • Key skills in research and in knowledge application and creation will be developed through keynote lectures and self-managed independent study.
• Global Oil and Gas Industry
  • This module equips you with the tools needed to solve the challenging and complex economic climate faced by the oil and gas industry globally.
  • You investigate the applications of key management principles to oil and gas industry’s daily operations and productions.
• Petroleum Economics and Simulation
  • This module provides you with a detailed understanding of petroleum economics as well as concepts related to asset and project assessment and valuation.
  • You investigate the economics of the oil industry and the cost stabilities of large oilfields and their economies of scale.
• Quality, Health, Safety and Environment
  • The module provides an understanding of the aims, responsibilities and means to achieve effective Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) management systems in Oil and Gas related organisations.
• Risk Management in Projects
  • We provide you with an advanced level of study in risk management in projects.
  • You explore a range of tools and techniques used in risk identification, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, risk-planning responses, PERT and risk monitoring.
• Supply Chain Management
  • This module demonstrates how to benchmark an organisation and introduces you to the concepts of key performance indicators, total quality management (TQM), six sigma, total productive maintenance (TPM) and supply chain management.
• Sustainability
  • You will investigate how the role of the engineer is becoming more focused on serving society as well as industry and to recognise the impact of engineers’ decisions on society and the environment.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants are normally expected to have at least a lower second class (2.2) UK honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in a subject related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, business, management, computing and IT.
• Students with a degree awarded outside the UK must also meet the University's minimum English language requirements.
• International applicants who need a student visa to study in the UK should check our web pages on UKVI-compliant English language requirements.

Employability

• The course equips you with the relevant technical skills to pursue a career as technical manager in the oil and gas sector in a consultancy, contracting company or government organisation.
• Managers are employed worldwide in all industries and every organisation needs managers.

Professional Accreditation

• This course is accredited by the Energy Institute for Membership of the Energy Institute (MEI) status.

Full-time

• Fee for UK applicants: £8,365 a year
• Fee for international applicants: £17,000 a year
• Length: September enrolment: 1 year, January enrolment: 16 months, including a summer break
• Start date: January or September

Part-time

• Fee for UK applicants: £930 for each 20 credits
• Length: September enrolment: 2 years, including a summer break, January enrolment: 28 months, including two summer breaks
• Attendance: 1-2 days a week
• Start date: January or September