Course summary

Petroleum engineering is crucial to the world’s economy, ensuring the extraction of oil and gas is safe, efficient and more affordable for customers. This qualification addresses all of the stages of oil and gas field evaluation, development and production to prepare you for a wide range of roles in the petroleum industry. Throughout the entire extraction process, petroleum engineers are tasked with reducing the effect of drilling on the environment. Petroleum engineering offers an exciting, international career. Advanced Certificate and Diploma in Petroleum Engineering qualifications aims to help students to develop their understanding of management within the context of the Petroleum Engineering industry. The qualifications in Petroleum Engineering provides a specialist work-related programme of study that covers the key knowledge, understanding and practical skills required in the petroleum engineering sector and also offer particular specialist emphasis through the choice of specialist units. The higher National Certificate constitutes part I of the course and is equivalent to Level 4 of a degree programme. The Higher National diploma constitutes both Part 1 & Part 2 and is equivalent to Level 5 of a degree programme.