Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university, acceptable GPA, English proficiency test (TOEFL/IELTS), two recommendation letters, personal statement

Core courses
Petroleum Engineering Courses (Minimum 21 credit hours)

Students select a minimum of seven courses from the Petroleum Courses:

PENG 000/5211 – Advanced Drilling (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5112 – Well Control (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5221 – Advanced Production Engineering (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5222 – Petroleum Assets Evaluation (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5131 – Applied PVT and EOS Modelling (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5232 – Advanced Well Testing (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5233 – Enhanced Oil Recovery (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5134 – Reservoir Management (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5235 – Compositional Simulation (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5136 – Advanced Reservoir Simulation (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5141 – Advanced formation evaluation (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5142 – Cased-hole logging (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5243 – Applied Techniques in Unconventional Reservoirs (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5144 – Geostatistics (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5251 – Selected Topics in Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering (1 – 3 cr.)
PENG 000/5252 – Selected Advanced Topics in Petroleum Engineering (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5253 – Independent Study (3 cr.)
PENG 000/5254 – Research Guidance Thesis (3 cr.)
General Elective Courses (Maximum 9 credit hours)
Students may elect to take three courses (9 credits). A minimum of two courses must be taken from offerings in petroleum engineering/engineering disciplines (including ENGR). No more than two 4000 level courses may be taken for graduate credit, subject to approval of the advisor and department chair.

Capstone Project (3 credit hours)
PENG 000/5255 – Capstone Project (3 cr.)

Students are required to attend the library and writing modules of ENGR 5940 and to undertake an engineering project approved by the chair of the supervisory committee, which consists of the student advisor and two additional faculty members. A final report is submitted and orally defended in the presence of the supervisory committee.