Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, ABET Accredited

What will I be studying?

What will I be studying if I choose this academic field?

As a petroleum engineering student, you will study the technology of oil and gas drilling, production, reserves estimation, and the prediction of future production. You will also study the various techniques for evaluating the characteristics of petroleum-bearing formations and their fluid contents. Modern experimental and computational tools are used to study the technology of well logging, well testing, well stimulation, petroleum reservoir engineering, secondary and tertiary recovery and geology. Other areas of study include: economic analysis of oil and gas production, reservoir characterization, and artificial lift methods. Recent curriculum changes have been made to keep pace with rapid advances in well testing, computer simulation, environmental concerns, and advanced drilling techniques.

Curriculum

Student Organizations

There is a student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers that meets on a monthly basis and the National Petroleum Engineering honorary society, Pi Epsilon Tau.

Outstanding Research

The Missouri S&T Petroleum Engineering department is nationally ranked. Our department has the only Petroleum Engineering program in the state of Missouri, and is one of only 14 in the nation.

Our students are recruited by companies around the world to work in multinational, multi-million dollar projects early in their careers. In recent years, 100% of our graduates have had job offers upon graduation.

Missouri S&T is one of only three Petroleum Engineering Departments in the nation to have a well drilling simulator available to its students. This gives students additional insight in well drilling operations and hands-on experience.

The department chairman, Dr. Lenn Koederitz, has been awarded the University of Missouri Presidential Teaching Award and is a Distinguished Teaching Professor.

Missouri S&T Petroleum Engineering students find great value in working in industry during their college education. Over 80% of our students secure summer internships with the major multi-national oil and gas producing and service companies working on projects such as well log evaluation and computerized reservoir simulation.

Student organizations include the student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers which brings current industry speakers to Missouri S&T.

The small program size ensures excellent faculty contact and most class sizes are between 10-15 students.

75% of our faculty have authored textbooks that are used in their courses.

Financial Assistance