Master of Engineering Science (Petroleum Engineering)

MEngSc(Curtin) - 314260 Science and Engineering

This comprehensive course will provide you with a multidisciplinary education and hands-on training in petroleum engineering. You will cover a wide variety of subjects central to the petroleum engineering field, including applied geology and geophysics, drilling and reservoir engineering, hydrocarbon phase behaviour, formation evaluation, petroleum economics and project management. In your final semester you will complete an individual research project and develop a thesis under the guidance of one of our highly experienced staff. To assist your studies, we will provide you with access to top of the range computer hardware and software, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers online information library.

2013 entry requirements:

Minimum English language entry requirements:
IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
Writing 6

Speaking

Reading

Listening

Professional recognition
Overall band score 6.5

Students may apply for student membership of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (U.S). Upon graduation you may apply for active membership of the society.

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

N/A 90 N/A paper based Internet based (22 in each section) minimum test of written English (TWE)

Career opportunities
There is a strong demand for qualified petroleum engineers in the oil and gas industry, both within Australia and internationally. Our graduates have found work as fully qualified petroleum engineers in the upstream oil and gas industry.

Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): Grade C Pearson Test of English Academic: 58 Those applying from certain countries (such as China, India and Vietnam) will need to achieve a required level in the IELTS test in order to be issued with a student visa by the Australian

Credit for previous study

Applications for recognition of prior learning are assessed on an individual basis.

Units

Current students: Please refer to the Handbook's full course structure when enrolling. Credits needed to graduate: 400
Core units
Advanced Drilling Practices 600 Advanced Reservoir Engineering 601 Applied Geology and Geophysics 602 Drilling Engineering Fundamentals 603 Field Development Planning 604 Formation Evaluation 604 Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering 605 Hydrocarbon Economics and Project Management 602 Numerical Reservoir Simulation 612 Petroleum Engineering Thesis 601 Phase Behaviour and Flow Assurance 606 Production Technology 607 Stimulation and Intervention Operations 600

issued with a student visa by the Australian Government. Results from IELTS and TOEFL are valid for two years.

Hrs/Wk
4.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0

Credit
25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0

Where:
Bentley

When:
February

How:
Full-time

Study:
On-campus

4.0

25.0

Duration:
2 years full-time

4.0 20.0 4.0 3.0 3.5

25.0 100.0 25.0 25.0 25.0

Fees for 2013:

International onshore - fee paying
Offer letter (100 credit) published fee Indicative year 1 fee Total indicative course fee $15,500 $31,000 $63,600 $146

See Courses Handbook for full course structure

Indicative essential incidental course fee

Other postgraduate degrees in Petroleum Engineering

Master of Petroleum Engineering Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Engineering *The indicative fees shown above apply to international students studying on-campus in Western Australia.

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2014 entry requirements:

Minimum English language entry requirements:
IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
Writing 6

Speaking

Reading

Listening

Overall band score

6.5

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

N/A 90 N/A paper based Internet based (22 in each section) minimum test of written English (TWE)

Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): Grade C Pearson Test of English Academic: 58 Those applying from certain countries (such as China, India and Vietnam) will need to achieve a required level in the IELTS test in order to be issued with a student visa by the Australian Government. Results from IELTS and TOEFL are valid for two years.

Where:
Bentley

When:
February

How:
Full-time

Study:
On-campus

Duration:
2 years full-time

Fees for 2014:

International onshore - fee paying
Offer letter (100 credit) published fee Indicative year 1 fee Total indicative course fee Indicative essential incidental course fee $16,300 $32,600 $67,000 $130

*The indicative fees shown above apply to international students studying on-campus in Western Australia. CRICOS: 064461G This page was last updated on 14 February 2013

Find out more:

Tel: 9266 7331 Or visit: www.courses.curtin.edu.au