The overall aim of the Masters Degree programme in Petroleum Engineering is to prepare students to perform a wide variety of technical functions in the multi-disciplinary environment of Petroleum Engineering. This training is valuable to those students desirous of pursing a research career or a further doctoral degree or changing disciplines to Petroleum Engineering. 

The Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering at UTT may be labeled a “conversion” degree as it is offered to students with an engineering degree other than Petroleum Engineering or Geological Engineering. Graduates with applied physics, physics or other relevant degrees are also considered. The Programme has been designed to be a combination of coursework and a project thesis intended to encourage students to utilize their own initiative, under direction, to acquire the necessary knowledge and skill sets. Hence, the learning pedagogy will be focused on Problem Based Learning and Team study. 

The programme consists of one-year with three semesters where the first semester focuses on basic petroleum engineering courses while in the second semester advanced petroleum engineering courses are taught. Each course contains a research element where students are required to undertake independent research and study on the specified area intended to deepen their knowledge and basic skills in research methods.  Once the course work has been completed, by the end of the second semester the students are co-located in upstream operating companies to work in collaboration with the Exploration & Production (E&P) staff for a Field Development project thesis.  It is expected that the programme will entail at least twenty (20) credit hours per semester and require at least one year for completion. The first two semesters are course work while the third semester is a team project. The programme requires a minimum of 60 credit hours for graduation.