Petroleum Engineering

Description

Petroleum Engineering is a specialised engineering discipline concerned with recovering hydrocarbons from the earth to satisfy the world's energy needs. It applies physical, mathematical and engineering principles to identify and solve problems associated with exploration, exploitation, drilling, production, processing, transportation and all the related economic and management problems associated with recovery of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy from deep beneath the earth's surface.

Petroleum Engineering also involves economic and management disciplines. There is a demand for graduates in the oil and natural gas industries, and related industries and research institutions.

Studying Petroleum Engineering at UNSW

Undergraduate students can study Petroleum Engineering through the Bachelor of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering degree program. Petroleum Engineering may also be studied at the postgraduate level through PhD (Research) and Masters (Research and/or Coursework) degree programs, and Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate programs.



Petroleum Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Stream
3045 Petroleum Engineering Major PETRA13045
3047 Petroleum Engineering/Science Major PETRA13047
3459 Music / Engineering Major PETRA13459
3704 Engineering / Arts Major PETRA13704
3705 Engineering Major PETRA13705
3715 Engineering/Commerce Major PETRA13715
3941 Advanced Science / Engineering Major PETRA13941
3942 Advanced Maths / Engineering Major PETRA13942
4776 Engineering / Law Major PETRA14776
4778 Engineering / Law Major PETRA14778
   

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