PETROLEUM

GEOSCIENCES
APPLIED GRADUATE STUDIES

Embrace the international

world of geosciences
and exploration
Language:
Duration:
Degree:

English
16 months
Engineering degree /
Master's degree

Continuous or alternating school /

company program

he world demand for

hydrocarbons is constantly
growing. The oil and gas
industry is facing a key challenge:
discover new reservoirs and better
understand the architecture
of existing reservoirs in order
to optimize their development.
Two professions are vital to this
challenge: geologists and
geophysicists. The IFP School
Petroleum Geosciences program
was designed with this in mind.
Students are trained in new
concepts, new technologies and new
tools in geology and geophysics, at
the level of both sedimentary basins
and reservoirs.

Our academic approach focuses on

shaping professionals. You will learn
your job from world-class speakers
from industry and applied research.
You will be able to implement
cutting-edge technologies
(acquisition and processing of
seismic and well data, sedimentary
basin evaluation, reservoir modeling

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and characterization, etc.) and

the methodologies needed to make
decisions for exploration. All these
skills can also be applied to
underground storage (gas or CO2),
geothermics or civil engineering.
Our course content changes as
innovations occur in industry. For
this purpose, we provide you with
all the necessary tools: case studies
based on real data provided by
industry, use of industrial software,
and the organization of numerous
field trips in geology and geophysics.
The two program majors (geology
and geophysics) are organized in
parallel, but many courses are
common to the two, allowing
students to obtain an understanding
of the other field. In addition to the
constant use of English (the
language our classes are taught in),
you will conduct work and projects
with students from many different
origins and cultures (2/3 of our
students are foreign and come from
many countries throughout the
world). This also helps to prepare
you for industries that are by nature
international.
On completion of your program, you
will have numerous opportunities for
an international career, either in
national or international oil and gas
companies, or with service providers
(oil and gas supply service sectors).

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

34%

French oil & gas companies

Oil & gas equipment
and services

25%

Foreign oil companies

(private)

18%
15%
8%

National oil companies

Others

PETROLEUM
GEOSCIENCES
APPLIED GRADUATE STUDIES

Students in this program (around 40)

are almost all sponsored by
companies (through sponsorships,
apprenticeships, or study leave) that
finance their living expenses during
the academic period and contribute
towards their tuition.

PROGRAM CONTENT

This program is divided into

3 major themes:
Geology Major

Among these companies, the

following were IFP School partners
in recent years (non-exhaustive list):
BP, BRGM, Cepsa, CGGVeritas,
ExxonMobil, GDF Suez, IFP, Ifremer,
Lundin, Nioc, Onhym, Petroleum
Geo-Services, Shell, StatoilHydro,
Total, etc.

Geophysics Major

Geology, geophysics and exploration tools

Seismic methods
Drilling and well-site
geology
Well-logging - Evaluation
of formations

Multi-scale geological
analysis
Seismic methods
Well-logging - Evaluation
of formations

Seismic interpretation and basin evaluation

Professionals

Advanced basin analysis

and evaluation
37%
17%

Seismic interpretation
Basin analysis and
evaluation

Advanced seismic
interpretation

Characterization of reservoir

Apprentices

1%

45%

Introduction to
Petroleum
Geosciences
Structural analysis
Reservoir engineering
- Production

Clastic deposits
Carbonate deposits
Advanced reservoir
characterization and
modeling

Scholarship
recipients

Reservoir
characterization and
modeling

Advanced seismic
methods
Reservoir geophysics
Advanced reservoir
geophysics

Courses common to both majors

Sponsored (continuous)

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

The two examples of schedules

shown below correspond to the most
frequently encountered cases for
students in this program: 16-month
continuous program for students
with a 4- or 5-year engineering
degree, and alternating school /
company 19-month program for
students with a 5-year engineering
degree.

There are other possible cases as

well:
11-month continuous program for
students with a 5-year engineering
degree who have already done
work in a company for at least
4 months that is validated by
IFP School at admission;

Continuous program
16 months
Alternating school / company program
19 months
IFP School
Company

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22-month alternating school / company

program for students in their second

to last year of a major European
school or university having signed
an agreement with IFP School.

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