赫瑞瓦特大学的石油工程理学硕士课程是一个讲座和项目工作计划，包括与现代石油工业相关的广泛的石油工程基础知识。该计划允许学生学习特定的课程，并进行现场开发项目（与其他学生一起）和个人研究项目。项目工作为通过讲座和辅导所吸收的思想和方法提供了一个机会，可将其应用于实际现场评估和开发设计问题。这些课程是在自然界中应用的，并且经过精心设计，以使毕业生在技术上为入职行业做好充分的准备，并对其有所了解。
The MSc in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University is a programme of lectures and project work that encompasses a wide range of petroleum engineering fundamentals pertinent to the modern petroleum industry.<br><br>The programme allows students to study specific courses as well as undertake a field development project (with other students) and an individual research project. Project work provides an opportunity for ideas and methods assimilated through lectures and tutorials to be applied to real field evaluation and development design problems. The courses are applied in nature and have been designed so that a graduate is technically well prepared for, and has a sound knowledge of, the industry into which they will be recruited.<br><br>The programme has the principal objectives of providing specialist, high quality learning and teaching, along with a range of transferable skills, research awareness and improved employability.