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The University of Kansas

Earn your online master’s in petroleum engineering from KU.


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Fuel your future potential.

When you earn a master’s in petroleum engineering online from KU, you’ll be part of a community that focuses on aligning coursework, research, and industry collaboration to prepare students for successful careers. Our award-winning faculty works with you to build a skill set necessary to be successful in your chosen sub-discipline, including classic and unconventional reservoirs, enhanced oil/gas recovery and CO2 sequestration, data mining applications in reservoir engineering, numerical modeling and simulation, and advanced transport and phase phenomena.

Program snapshot

2
years to complete full degree
100%
online
$90K
est. annual alumni salary ten years after graduation*

Top-tier degree, faculty, and opportunity

Our online M.S. in petroleum engineering from KU is taught by internationally recognized researchers and experts in graduate education and sets you on a path of success through their student support, welcoming community, and professional development. KU is a globally recognized institution and one of just 38 public universities in the AAU, a group of America’s leading research universities. An online master’s in petroleum engineering from KU signals prestige, quality, and career readiness.

Finding the time to continue your education to advance your career can be complicated. At KU, we recognize that and construct our degree programs in a way that makes them achievable for everyone with the ambition to succeed. KU’s online M.S. in petroleum engineering program offers flexible online learning that fits your schedule. Our online courses are taught by the same highly regarded faculty and expert instructors and meet the same rigorous educational standards as our on-campus programs.

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