Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering with Honours

Program Overview

This four-year Petroleum Engineering program provides a comprehensive foundation in engineering principles, specializing in areas such as reservoir simulation, drilling engineering, and well design. Students develop critical thinking, analysis, and software skills, preparing them for careers in the oil and gas industry as production engineers, reservoir engineers, and other specialized roles. The program emphasizes independent learning and industry-relevant projects to enhance students' employability upon graduation.

Program Outline

Outline:

Year 1

• Students will understand the basic principles of engineering in the areas of Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Geology, Engineering Materials etc.
Other modules aim to provide the basic academic skills required to meet the demands of employers, as well as thorough grounding in principles of IT and entrepreneurship. Important and relevant skills for managing activities and for their own independent learning are also introduced.

Year 2

• Here, students start specializing in modules that develop the necessary underlying knowledge and skills in Petroleum Engineering with modules such as Rocks & Fluid Properties, Formation Evaluation & Well Logging etc.
Other modules such as Introduction to Engineering Software and Applications is used to provide better understanding of software skills.

Year 3

• Specialized knowledge and skills in the areas of Reservoir Simulation, Drilling Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Well Design & Completion, Production Engineering, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Well Testing and Gas Engineering are the critical focus of this level.
There is further development of the ability to apply relevant engineering skills with strong critical thinking and analysis. Independent learning continues in all modules.

Year 4

• The final year Engineering modules provide the necessary industry application and technological skills which become very useful for employment upon graduation.
Students’ personal and professional development, technical capability and understanding of how to innovate, generate and manage the creation of new ideas will be enhanced via Engineering Projects.

Careers:

• Production Engineer
• Commissioning Engineer
• Reservoir Engineer
• Well Completion Engineer
• Drilling Engineer
• Process Engineer
• Oil & Gas Design Engineer
• Plant Engineer
• Petroleum Geologist

Malaysian Students Year 1: RM 27,500 Year 2: RM 28,500 Year 3: RM 29,500 Year 4: RM 30,500 Total: RM 116,000 International Students Year 1: RM 30,400 (USD 6,910) Year 2: RM 31,400 (USD 7,135) Year 3: RM 32,500 (USD 7,385) Year 4: RM 33,700 (USD 7,660) Total: RM 128,000 (USD 29,090)