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Petroleum Engineering

MS in Petroleum Engineering (Geoscience Technologies)

MS in Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering involves the technology of economically developing and producing subterranean reservoirs of oil, gas, steam, and hot water and designing underground waste disposal facilities. This technology relies on basic concepts of physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and economics. Because more than 300 products are derived from petroleum, it has become a vital part of our everyday life. The petroleum industry is one of the largest and most prominent in the United States today, and the companies involved are dependent on the services of petroleum engineers to explore, discover, and produce oil and gas to meet energy needs.

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Petroleum Engineering program is one of the oldest in the country with considerable industry support and interaction. Its assets are numerous - the advantages of a relatively small, friendly program, combined with the University's impressive academic and research facilities; its proximity to major oil fields in California; and a quality education provided by experienced and nationally renowned faculty.

An undergraduate degree in Petroleum Engineering (or other engineering, math, or hard science with assigned deficiencies) from a regionally accredited college or university is required.

RELATED DEGREES AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA DEN@VITERBI

At the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science (MFD), our graduates are provided with a well-rounded engineering education to meet the needs of industry, academia and government labs, to conduct pioneering research, and to play an integrating and leadership role to the multi-disciplinary community of science and engineering.

The MFD fosters and cultivates synergies between the three degree programs to further research and development in energy production and delivery, nanotechnology, biochemical processes and medical devices. With expertise in advanced materials, and computational simulations and methods, we strive to lead the development of cross-disciplinary synergies that serve citizens worldwide with profound scientific, technological, social, and humanitarian advances.

An undergraduate degree in Petroleum Engineering (or other engineering, math, or hard science with assigned deficiencies) from a regionally accredited college or university is required.

Dual Degree Program: MS Petroleum Engineering/MS in Engineering Management

MS in Petroleum Engineering (Digital Oilfield Technologies)

Graduate Certificate in Digital Oilfield Technologies

Graduate Certificate in Petroleum Engineering (Unconventional Resources)

DEN@Viterbi

The DEN@Viterbi online delivery method enables students to advance their graduate and professional education fully online. For online DEN@Viterbi students, on-campus attendance is not required. However, our unique blended model allows DEN@Viterbi students to come to the USC campus and attend class in-person, further engaging with their on-campus classmates and faculty. 

In addition to over 40 graduate programs, professional (non-credit) courses are also available via DEN@Viterbi.  

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