Overview

This master programme will provide you with advanced knowledge of petroleum wells in a life cycle perspective; from design and drilling via operation, control and production, to plugging and abandonment. 

This knowledge is based on classical topics like physics, mechanics, chemistry and fluid flow, but also specialised topics like reservoir technology, rock mechanics and material technology, and they are all needed within the primary application which is petroleum exploration and production. The study programme also concerns applications down-stream, like process- and energy technology, and computational applications in the form of mathematical modelling and computer programming. 

Career

The master's programme in Petroleum Engineering educates highly qualified engineers for a wide range of jobs in the oil and gas industry. This is an international industry, and master students in petroleum engineering will have many opportunities on the international jobs market after completing their degrees.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Reservoir Physics and Chemistry

Directional Drilling and Well Flowing Engineering

Computational Reservoir and Well Modeling

Modern Well Design

Modeling and Control for Automation Processes
Advanced Well and Drilling Engineering
Catalysis for Energy Conversion

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

62

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stavanger, Norway

Disciplines

Chemical Engineering General Engineering & Technology Mining, Oil & Gas View 12 other Masters in General Engineering & Technology in Norway

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

Upper Second Class _{(recommended)}

Admission to this master's programme requires a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian C (according to ECTS Standards) in your bachelor's degree. Applicants with a result Second-class lower Division or lower are not qualified for admission.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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62

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor's degree in the following disciplines is required:

Energy- and Petroleum Engineering
Geosciences with at least 20 ECTS credits in petroleum engineering courses

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in other engineering disciplines may also be considered if they document at least 20 ECTS credits in energy- and petroleum engineering courses.

Applicants must have the equivalent of 25 ECTS credits in mathematics, 5 ECTS credits in statistics and 7,5 ECTS credits in Physics.

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Tuition Fee

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International

190000 NOK/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 190000 NOK per year during 24 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 NOK per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Stavanger

10497 - 15897 NOK /month

Living costs

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Funding

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