Your complete guide to a PhD in Mining, Oil & Gas

Everything you need to know about studying a PhD in Mining, Oil & Gas

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Mining, Oil and Gas, also known as Mining and Petroleum Engineering, include all operations involved in the exploration, evaluation and extraction of minerals, metals, petroleum and fossil fuels from earth. Mining studies investigate mineral resources and are responsible for planning and supervising the construction of mines. Petroleum and Gas studies teach how crude oil and gas reservoirs are evaluated and appropriate ways of executing drilling operations.

You will learn about all phases of extraction, from discovery, feasibility studies, optimisation of extraction, construction and maintenance of mines and wells, to the safety of the crew and evaluating effects on the environment. Mining and Oil experts are also the ones who have to decide when a mine or well is no longer safe to use or is depleted and needs to be closed down.

Typically, students and graduates of Mining, Oil and Gas degrees choose a particular specialisation such as raw materials, processing, reservoirs, drilling and completion, production, mine management, and more. Studies are connected to other disciplines such as Geology, Sustainibility and Resource Management.

Oil engineers spend a good amount of time in offices and laboratories, but also at mining or drilling sites. They need to be able to make accurate estimations about amounts of oil available in deposits, and evaluate constuction, extraction and transportation costs. Their job can involve extensive travelling.

Graduates and professionals in Mining, Oil and Gas work in the extraction industry, but also in research and development, legal advising, education, manufacturing and machinery design, or managerial positions. Example roles include mine manager, drill planner and designer, technical service manager, production engineer, government inspector, petroleum attorney, investment analyst, chief executive.

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Best Universities for Mining, Oil & Gas on PhDPortal

Universities Location Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking (2017) TopUniversities Ranking (2018)
University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing, China 1 38
University of Queensland Saint Lucia, Australia 2 3
Central South University Changsha, China 3 28
Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan 6 24
The University of Western Australia Perth, Australia 7 11
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa 8 -
University of Toronto Pickering, Canada 9 17
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, United States 10 -
Imperial London, United Kingdom 11 -
University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia 12 5
McGill University Montréal, Canada 13 6
Nanjing University Nanjing, China 13 42
Peking University Beijing, China 15 -
Pennsylvania State University State College, United States 16 4
Northeastern University China Shenyang, China 17 -
Curtin University Perth, Australia 19 2
China University of Geosciences Wuhan Wuhan, China 20 -
University of Tehran, Kish International Campus Kish, Iran 21 -
ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland 22 -
Monash University Clayton, Australia 23 -
University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 24 18
Melbourne Business School Melbourne, Australia 25 14
Université Grenoble Alpes Grenoble, France 26 -
Sichuan University Chengdu, China 27 -
University of South Australia Adelaide, Australia 28 -
University of Newcastle Newcastle, Australia 29 30
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada 30 6
Luleå University of Technology Luleå, Sweden 31 -
Islamic Azad University Of Dezful Shushtar, Iran 32 -
AGH University of Science & Technology Kraków, Poland 33 33
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Delft, Netherlands 35 -
Tsinghua University Beijing, China 36 -
University of Lorraine Maxéville, France 37 -
Seoul National University Anyang, South Korea 38 -
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa 39 -
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa 41 22
University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia 42 20
University of Texas at Austin Austin, United States 43 -
Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey 44 -
Colorado School of Mines Golden, United States 45 1
Aalto University Helsinki, Finland 46 -
University of Utah Salt Lake City, United States 47 18
Amirkabir University of Technology Tehran, Iran 48 -
Tarbiat Modares University Tehran, Iran 49 -
Chongqing University Chongqing, China 50 -
Queen's University Kingston, Canada - 6
TU Bergakademie Freiberg Freiberg, Germany - 9
University of Chile Lo Prado, Chile - 10
RWTH Aachen University Aachen, Germany - 12
The University of Arizona Tucson, United States - 13
National Autonomous University of Mexico Coyoacán, Mexico - 16
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia - 21
University of Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil - 25
University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia - 26
China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou) Xuzhou, China - 27
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana, United States - 29
Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey - 31
National University of Science and Technology (MISIS) Moscow, Russia - 31
University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark - 32
Laval University Québec, Canada - 34
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Khargapur, India - 35
University Sains Malaysia George Town, Malaysia - 35
Michigan Technological University Houghton, United States - 37
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, United States - 39
Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia - 40
University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom - 40
The University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom - 43
University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal - 44
METU Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey - 45
Ruhr University Bochum Bochum, Germany - 46
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, United Kingdom - 47
University of Liverpool Liverpool, United Kingdom - 47
Wuhan University Wuhan, China - 49
University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom - 50
Waseda University Shinjuku, Japan - 50
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