Overview

As a Ph.D. candidate in the University of North Dakota's Petroleum Engineering program, you'll become an innovative, critical thinker poised to solve today's energy problems and build technology that unlocks tomorrow's hydrocarbon reservoirs. The Department of Petroleum Engineering backed by significant support from the state and the oil industry.

As a Ph.D. candidate in UND's petroleum engineering program, you'll have an inside track to participate in practical research projects in line with industry needs - and make significant contributions when you graduate.

Careers

Petroleum engineers are in great demand. Employers of petroleum engineers are involved in the following fields:

Petroleum exploration
Geologic formation characterization
Drilling and fracturing
Computer simulation
Equipment and process design to optimize recovery
Monitoring of production and processing

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Data Mining in Petroleum Engineering
Advanced Production Engineering
Reservoir Geophysics
Petroleum Geostatistics
Natural Gas Engineering
Practical Seismic Processing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Grand Forks, United States

Disciplines

Mining, Oil & Gas View 21 other PhDs in Mining, Oil & Gas in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students admitted to UND Petroleum Engineering Department as a graduate student have two options for PhD:

Master’s Degree (in Engineering or a related field of study) to PhD
Bachelor’s Degree (in Engineering or a related field of study) to PhD

In addition to meeting the general provisions in the UND graduate catalog and the minimum requirements in items 1-2 above, candidates are assessed using a holistic process that considers Student’s Record of Publications, GRE test scores transcripts of previous college work, relevant research and work experience, letters of recommendation, research interests, and English language skills.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

27562 USD / year

≈ 27562 USD / year
Out-of-State

20655 USD / year

≈ 20655 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

13770 USD / year

≈ 13770 USD / year

Additional Details

online: $845 per credit

Living costs

Grand Forks

United States

1000 - 2180 USD / month

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

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Additional Details

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Grand Forks

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