Petroleum Geoscience

Course Overview

The excellent links with the international oil industry that Royal Holloway University of London has, combined with high quality teaching and research facilities make the Royal Holloway MSc an ideal option if you are a recent graduate looking for a focused, vocational training course, or if you are an early career professional wishing to enhance your career development. Royal Holloway University of London is one of the leading international centres for petroleum geoscience training and research. Our MSc Petroleum Geoscience course was established in 1985 and, with over 600 graduates from 32 countries, it is recognised around the world as one of the premier training courses for people starting out on careers in the hydrocarbon industry. You can choose between several course modules to specialise your training in topics focussing on basin evolution or structural analysis and tectonics. You will be joining a department where the Research Excellence Framework (REF) reported that 94% of research has been classified as 4* world leading and 3* internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour. By this criterion, Earth Sciences is 2nd place among UK universities. You will become part of a vibrant international graduate school, fully integrated into the research culture of the department. Employability & career opportunities: Our graduates are highly employable; 92% remain in petroleum geosciences and related fields after graduation - approximately 75% entering the industry and 20% continuing in research (mainly as PhD students). Graduates find employment in a wide range of companies, from multinationals (such as Shell, BP, Statoil, BG, Centrica, GDF-Suez), large independents (e. g. Tullow, Hess), small independent companies (e. g. Volantis), and a wide range of consultancy companies (e. g. Fugro-Roberston, RPS, Equipoise, IHS, Midland Valley)