Petroleum Engineering - Master

Norway is recognised worldwide as a leader in the advances of offshore industry, and the University of Stavanger has close ties with the local and international industry. 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.

Living costsNOK 18,400 a month in Stavanger, rent included

kr 220,800

Living costs from SiT estimate from livingcost.org city data (Nov 2026), converted from USD at the ECB reference rate of 30 Oct 2026 (1 EUR = 10.312 NOK, 1.1172 USD)

Who can apply to this programme.

• A bachelor's degree within the following disciplines is required: Energy- and Petroleum Engineering Geosciences with at least 20 ECTS credits in energy- and 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. 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.

Taught in English.

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