Overview

At the Faculty, students will have access to well-equipped laboratories and sophisticated computers equipped with licensed engineering software such as NEXUS, COMPASS, t-navigator and other commercial reservoir simulation software.

Industrial-based projects will also open the way for insights from industry experts. By the end of this four-year Petroleum Engineering programme at UCSI University, they will have learnt to address pressing issues and design innovative solutions that benefit society and organisations.

Career Opportunities

In terms of responsibilities, graduates from the Petroleum Engineering (Hons) course can conduct studies for the exploration, development and extraction of oil and gas deposits as well as; plan, design, develop and supervise projects for the drilling, testing, re-working and completion of oil and gas wells. A graduate of this programme will find career opportunities as one of the following:

Drilling Engineer
Production Engineer
Field Engineer
Reservoir Engineer
Operation Engineer
Project Development Engineer
Mud Engineer
Well Completion Engineer
Cost Engineer
Workover Engineer
Process Engineer
Subsea Engineer
Offshore Engineer
Simulation Engineer
Health and Safety Engineer

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Engineering Design and Drawing
Elements of Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
Petrophysics Laboratory
Environmental Engineering
Drilling Engineering Laboratory
Petroleum Geology
Reservoir Engineering
Oil and Gas Production Operations
Well Completion

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-25 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-02-04 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

40

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PTE Academic

47

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IELTS

5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Disciplines

Mining, Oil & Gas View 7 other Bachelors in Mining, Oil & Gas in Malaysia

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Academic requirements

GPA

2

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

40

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47

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5

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Other requirements

General requirements

STPM

Minimum 2Cs including Mathematics and one relevant Physical Science subject

A Level

Minimum 2Ds including Mathematics and one relevant Physical Science subject

UEC

Minimum 5Bs including Mathematics and one relevant Physical Science subject

Diploma/ Advance Diploma/ equivalent

Minimum CGPA 2.0
Subject to Faculty discretion after reviewing transcript and syllabus. Max credit transfer of 30% of the programme total credits

Other qualifications deemed equivalent to STPM/A-Level by Malaysian Qualifications Agency

Minimum overall average of 60%, inclusive of minimum 60% in Mathematics and one relevant Physical Science subject

International Baccalaureate

Minimum 26/42 points from 6 subjects (inclusive Mathematics and one relevant Physical Science subject)

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

34881 MYR / year

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Citizens or residents

28680 MYR / year

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Living costs

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

2210 - 3815 MYR / month

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