
Overview
The program offers a certificate, professional master’s non-thesis, master’s non-thesis and master’s thesis option.
Careers for Petroleum Engineering students from Colorado School of Mines
- Acquisitions and Divestitures Engineer
- Analyst
- Application Engineer
- Certification Engineer
- Chemical Engineer
- Commissioning Engineer
- Completions and Production Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Drilling Engineer
- Exploration Engineer
- Field Engineer
- Gas Engineer
- Gas Pipeline Integrity Reliability Specialist
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
- The Petroleum Engineering Department offers a Professional Masters in Petroleum Reservoir Systems. This is an interdisciplinary program with geology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering components. Students will take a set curriculum of 30 hours of course work between all three disciplines.
- The department also offers a choice of a Master of Science (MS) degree or a Master of Engineering (ME) degree. For the MS degree, a thesis is required in addition to course work. For the ME degree, no thesis is required, but the course work requirement is greater than that for the MS degree. The Petroleum Engineering Department also offers Petroleum Engineering (PE) undergraduate students the option of a Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Program. This is an accelerated program that provides the opportunity for PE students to get a head start on their graduate education.
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Visit official programme websiteKey information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Credits
24 - 30
Delivered
Disciplines
Industrial & Systems Engineering View 381 other Masters in Industrial & Systems Engineering in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit official programme websiteAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Master’s Non-thesis
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Letters of Recommendation: Required – two letters. One letter of recommendation is required for current Mines students or Mines alumni.
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s): Required. Must be submitted for all schools attended (unofficial transcripts accepted for admissions review and must show successful completion of any required prerequisite course(s).
- Bachelor’s Degree
- GRE
- Letters of Recommendation: Required – three letters. One letter of recommendation is required for current Mines students or Mines alumni.
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s): Required. Must be submitted for all schools attended (unofficial transcripts accepted for admissions review and must show successful completion of any required prerequisite course(s).
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Visit official programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
38466 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 38466 USD for the full programme during 12 months. -
National
38466 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 38466 USD for the full programme during 12 months. -
In-State
17154 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17154 USD for the full programme during 12 months.
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