Online oil and gas Masters degrees

5 results

Progress in your oil and gas career with our flexible online Masters degrees.

  • Earn while you learn with hours that fit around full-time work.
  • Spread the cost with pay-per-term fees.
  • Take study breaks if you need to.
MSc

Advanced Chemical Engineering

Earn your Masters in chemical engineering online and prepare for a career in multiple sectors. This flexible online degree fits around full-time work.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
MSc

Decommissioning

Join the world’s first and only accredited online Masters degree in decommissioning oil rigs, platforms and offshore structures.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
MSc

Oil and Gas Engineering

Join an accredited online Masters degree delivered from the Energy Capital of Europe. Master the skills and technologies you need to pursue a career in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
LLM

Oil and Gas Law

Our LLM in Oil and Gas Law has been producing outstanding energy lawyers for over a decade. Join the flexible, online version of this LLM and earn your Masters part-time, without taking a career break.

  • Online learning
  • Blended learning
  • January or September
MSc

Petroleum Engineering

Become a world-class petroleum engineer, ready to take up roles in the upstream oil and gas industry. Join our accredited online MSc in Petroleum Engineering, designed in partnership with industry.

  • Online learning
  • January or September

Online short courses in oil and gas

29 results

Use our online short courses to earn postgraduate oil and gas qualifications flexibly, at your own pace.

  • Earn credits towards MSc and LLM qualifications.
  • Learn flexibly around full-time work.
  • 24/7 access to learning materials.

Add oil and gas training to your CV fast. Find your first course to get started.

Short course

Accounting and the Energy Industry

Develop your understanding of accountancy and the energy sector, and earn credits towards a Masters degree, with this flexible online short course.

  • Online learning
  • June
Short course

Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage

Prepare for a career in the energy transition with this Masters-level online short course in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Climate Law and the Energy Sector

Join legal experts online to learn about national and international climate law. Earn credits towards an LLM in this flexible online short course.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Co-operative Contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry

Develop the specialist skills you need to compete globally within oil and gas law. Earn credits towards an LLM with this flexible online contract law course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: Commercial Issues

Develop your expertise in the commercial aspects of decommissioning, and earn credits towards an MSc or LLM qualification.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: Regulatory Aspects

Learn to tackle the legal issues involved in decommissioning oil and gas installations. Earn credits towards an MSc or LLM with this Masters-level online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Economic Analysis for Energy Markets

Develop the analytic skills you need for complex decision-making in the global energy industry. Earn credits towards an MSc with this flexible Masters-level online short course.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis

Gain a clear and advanced understanding of risk and reliability analysis. Join this Masters-level online short course and earn credits towards an MSc qualification.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
Short course

Flow Assurance

Gain a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of fluid flow, vital for pipeline engineers and highly relevant across many sectors of industry.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Governance and Petroleum Developments

Learn how we can develop effective governance in new petroleum provinces across the world. Earn credits towards an LLM with this online course that fits around work.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

International Sale of Goods

Earn credits towards an LLM while you study a key area of international trade – when buyer and seller are located in different legal systems.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Investment Analysis for Energy

Learn to conduct investment analysis for the energy sector, and earn credits towards an MSc, in this flexible online short course.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Loss of Containment

Learn to assess, evaluate, and prevent loss of containment hazards in a range of process industries. Earn credits towards an MSc with this online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Negotiation Skills

Learn to negotiate better, whatever your work sector. Join our online negotiation course and earn credits towards an LLM as you study part-time.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Offshore Oil and Gas Decommissioning

Develop in-demand skills in the economic, legal and planning aspects of decommissioning. Earn credits towards an MSc with this Masters-level online short course.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Petroleum Economics and Policy

Develop your skills in energy economics at Masters level with this flexible online short course. Earn credits towards an MSc in Energy Economics and Finance.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Petroleum Law: Resource Management

Gain a global perspective on petroleum resources. Find out how state and industry interact. Earn credits towards an LLM in Oil and Gas Law with this part-time online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Process Design, Layout and Materials

Develop your process engineering skills in this flexible online process design course. Earn credits towards an MSc in Process Safety or Safety and Reliability Engineering.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Process Plant Equipment and Operations

Learn to improve the safety of large process systems in this process plant operations course. Study online and earn credits towards an accredited MSc in Process Safety.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Process Shutdown, Structural Decommissioning and Disposal

Develop the specialist engineering skills you need in the decommissioning sector. Learn to tackle the technical challenges of the process – and earn credits towards an MSc.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Project Management

Join our online project management course for engineers. Build the confidence and expertise to manage successful energy industry projects with this short course that fits around full-time work.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Quantitative Methods for Energy Economics

Learn to analyse the energy industry using the tools of energy economists. Earn credits towards an MSc with this Masters-level online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Regulatory Law for Petroleum Operations

Study health and safety law and environmental regulation in the oil and gas industry with a leading energy university. Earn credits towards an LLM in Oil and Gas Law with this part-time online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Reservoir Engineering

Develop the specialist skills you need to succeed as a reservoir engineer in this Masters-level online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Risk Allocation in Oilfield Service Contracts

Study the challenging interface between the oil and gas industry and English legal system. Earn credits towards an LLM with this online short course that’s part of LLM Oil and Gas Law.

  • Online learning
  • January
Short course

Safety and Risk Management

Develop your engineering skills with training in risk analysis techniques. Understand the technical and legislative needs for risk and reliability assessments with our focused online short course.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Well and Production Engineering

Develop the specialist engineering skills you need for a successful career in the oil and gas sector, and earn credits towards a Masters degree in engineering.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
Short course

Well Plugging and Abandonment

Develop specialist skills in a vital area of decommissioning with this flexible online engineering course you can fit around full-time work.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Well Testing: Analysis and Design

Study well testing online and earn credits towards an MSc in Petroleum Engineering. This Masters-level online short course fits around full-time work.

  • Online learning
  • September
Show all 29 Online short courses in oil and gas Show fewer Online short courses in oil and gas

Respected oil and gas qualifications from the University of Aberdeen

Earn a respected Masters degree

You’ll earn exactly the same Masters degree online as you would on campus.

Train with energy experts

Learn from engineers, lawyers, economists and academics with decades of experience in the global energy sector.

Hand-in-hand with industry

Make career connections with a university working with industry since North Sea oil began flowing here in 1975.

Join a university trusted by global oil and gas

Aberdeen is a major international centre of research and innovation in every aspect of the offshore oil and gas industry.

For decades it’s been the UK home of the biggest energy multinationals. Today, approximately 900 energy-related companies are located here.

Since North Sea oil began flowing here in the 1970s, the industry has trusted us with pioneering subsea and offshore engineering, researching and developing new technologies, and training its future leaders.

Build your oil and gas career network

Make career links with a university that’s been teaching oil and gas professionals for decades.

Global connections

Join us online for the opportunity to connect with and learn from oil and gas industry colleagues from around the world.

Online students join us from over 100 countries each year to get closer to our world-class energy city.

Online courses for every oil and gas career

Our online oil and gas degrees and short courses span almost all of our university departments, including:

  • Business
  • Engineering
  • Geosciences
  • Law
  • Natural and Computing Sciences.

Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in:

  • oil and gas companies
  • international law firms servicing the industry
  • government ministries.

Whatever area of the oil and gas sector you want to specialise in, we have the expertise for you.

The benefits of our online oil and gas courses

20% alumni discount

University of Aberdeen graduates enjoy 20% off postgraduate online short courses and degrees.

Earn as you learn

We fit around full-time work, so you can earn qualifications while you keep earning a salary.

Flexible

Flexible hours and 24/7 access, so you can study when it suits you.

Study oil and gas courses on campus instead

If you’d rather study oil and gas on campus, we have lots of postgraduate on-campus options.

See on-campus oil and gas courses