Process Safety University Teknologi PETRONAS

Overview

The recent statistics in this region show a tremendous development of Major Hazard Installations indicating the requirement for more industrial practitioners who could manage process safety hazards. 

The main objective of this Process Safety programme from University Teknologi PETRONAS is to deepen understanding and equip the students with advanced skills and expertise in process safety, loss prevention, and risk assessment. Therefore, by working closely with well-known process safety institutions and experts, they have cooperatively and collectively developed a distinguished and leading MSc Process Safety programme in this region. 

Programme Outcomes

The aim of offering an MSc in Process Safety is to provide graduates and practicing engineers with advanced knowledge for safer design and operation of processing plant to prevent major accidents specifically fire, explosion and toxic release. Therefore, upon graduation the candidates shall be able to:

• Demonstrate in-depth and frontier knowledge and understanding in the relevant process safety field/s or practice.
• Critically and creatively apply knowledge in relevant process safety fields to resolve complex disciplinary and practical problems.
• Conduct credible problem solving or investigation to resolve complex issues and questions in the relevant process safety field or practice
• Conduct research or investigation with minimal supervision adhering to legal, ethical, professional and sustainable practice.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities through collaboration with peers and others.
• Communicate and interact effectively with peers in the relevant process safety field/s as well as general audience.
• Select and use suitable digital and analytical tool techniques to resolve problems.
• Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning and personal development.

Career Opportunity

Students graduated from this programme will be highly skilled and knowledgeable in the area of Process Safety where it will always remain one of the most important areas of focus for many industries such as oil and gas industry, petrochemical industry, chemical/pharmaceutical industry, consultant, regulatory/authority bodies and R&D scientific bodies. Example careers relating to this programme may include; Safety Engineer, Process Safety Engineer, Risk and Safety Manager, Process/Technical Safety Engineer, HSE Lead Engineer, Risk Analyst, Safety Consultant, etc.

Comprehensive coverage of the main discipline and thrust of process safety (includes Hazard Properties, Safety System, Process Technology/Design, Human Factor, and Risk Analysis) through offerings of developed modules.