Oil and Gas Safety Engineering
University of Central Lancashire
UCAS Code: 4A63 | Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)
Entry requirements
104 - 112 UCAS points including Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science.
104 - 112 UCAS points including 15 level 3 credits in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
Pass IB Diploma including 104 - 112 UCAS points from Higher Level subjects, including HL Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science.
104 - 112 UCAS points including Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science.
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
Must include relevant Maths content
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Must include relevant Maths content
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Must include sufficient Maths Content
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Must include sufficient Maths content
104 - 112 including Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science.
T Level
including Maths or Physics or Chemistry or Environmental science or Applied science
UCAS Tariff
including Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science or Applied Science. Our typical offer is 104 - 112 UCAS Points. We operate a flexible admissions policy and treat everyone as an individual. This means that we will take into consideration your educational achievements and predicted grades (where applicable) together with your application as a whole, including work experience and personal statement.
About this course
**Course overview**
- Are you aiming for a senior role in safety engineering in the oil and gas industry? Working in state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll gain the knowledge and experience to achieve this.
- You’ll gain practical experience using state-of-the-art safety engineering techniques. You’ll also gain an advanced understanding of the necessary scientific, engineering and technological principles.
- We address the development and application of emerging technologies within the often contradictory constraints of safety, economy and the law.
- ?The course is developed and run by a recognised Centre of Excellence for Safety Engineering.
**Why study with us**
- Benefit from our dedicated fire and safety engineering laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.
- Our course has been developed in consultation with employers and professional bodies.
- Access the latest high-quality equipment and facilities in our new £35m Engineering Innovation Centre.
**Further information**
Following a first successful cohort of this course, it is planned that this course will apply for accreditation to the Energy Institute (EI) for Engineering Council (EC) for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).
Modules
Year 1: Introduction to Oil and Gas Engineering, Introduction to Combustion and Fire, Safety and Fire Law, Energy Transfer and Thermodynamics, Engineering Design Practice, Engineering Analysis 1, Skills for Fire Studies
Year 2: Oil and Gas Engineering Operations, Reliability Engineering in Complex Systems, Accidents and Catastrophes, Safety, Health and Environmental Management, Project Management, Computational Engineering, Engineering Analysis 2
Year 3: Oil and Gas Production Engineering, Safety Case Development and Management, Fire Protection Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Analysis, Engineering Design Project, Engineering Dissertation
Year 4: Geotechnical Systems: Oil and Gas Engineering Applications, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Energy and the Environment, Advanced Engineering Design Project, Engineering Dissertation
Tuition fees
Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:
The Uni
University of Central Lancashire
School of Engineering
What students say
How do students rate their degree experience?
The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.
Safety engineering
Sorry, no information to show
This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.
Who studies this subject and how do they get on?
Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)
After graduation
The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.
Engineering
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
What about your long term prospects?
Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
Engineering
The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.
£27k
£30k
£32k
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
Explore these similar courses...
Higher entry requirementsLower entry requirements
Nearby UniversitySame UniversityThis is what the university has told Ucas about the criteria they expect applicants to satisfy; some may be compulsory, others may be preferable.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
This is the percentage of applicants to this course who received an offer last year, through Ucas.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
This is what the university has told Ucas about the course. Use it to get a quick idea about what makes it unique compared to similar courses, elsewhere.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
Course location and department:
This is what the university has told Ucas about the course. Use it to get a quick idea about what makes it unique compared to similar courses, elsewhere.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF):
We've received this information from the Department for Education, via Ucas. This is how the university as a whole has been rated for its quality of teaching: gold silver or bronze. Note, not all universities have taken part in the TEF.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
This information comes from the National Student Survey, an annual student survey of final-year students. You can use this to see how satisfied students studying this subject area at this university, are (not the individual course).
This is the percentage of final-year students at this university who were "definitely" or "mostly" satisfied with their course. We've analysed this figure against other universities so you can see whether this is high, medium or low.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
This information is from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), for undergraduate students only.
You can use this to get an idea of who you might share a lecture with and how they progressed in this subject, here. It's also worth comparing typical A-level subjects and grades students achieved with the current course entry requirements; similarities or differences here could indicate how flexible (or not) a university might be.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
Post-six month graduation stats:
This is from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey, based on responses from graduates who studied the same subject area here.
It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
Graduate field commentary:
The Higher Education Careers Services Unit have provided some further context for all graduates in this subject area, including details that numbers alone might not show
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
The Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset combines HRMC earnings data with student records from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?
Have a question about this info? Learn more here
