Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering — Bachelor at London School of Oil and Gas Management

Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering


Course Overview

The Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over 3 years across on-campus, online and distance routes at the London School of Oil and Gas Management, a specialist division of Harold International College of London. The programme concentrates on the systems engineering of integrated oilfield assets from wells through processing, and it is written in step with UK sector practice, professional-body standards including Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and Energy Institute (EI), and live employer demand across the Petroleum Engineering & Upstream Operations space.

By graduation you will graduate ready to deliver a systems engineering final-year project on an integrated oilfield, and you will finish with evidenced capability that reads clearly on a UK CV, from written technical reports and case portfolios through to the applied artefacts that operators and consultancies expect from Bachelor-level candidates. Year one covers foundational modules, year two adds electives and a structured industry placement, and year three closes with a substantial capstone or dissertation reviewed by industry examiners. Begin your full honours degree with LSOGM.

Key Features

  • Three-year UK Level 6 honours degree with part-time and accelerated routes available
  • Foundation modules in year one, electives and industry placement in year two, capstone in year three
  • Modules aligned with Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Energy Institute (EI) and Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) competency areas
  • Named programme-tutor and personal-tutor pairing across all three years
  • Structured industry placement inside a UK operator, service firm or consultancy in year two
  • Final-year project or dissertation reviewed by industry examiners as well as academic markers
  • Careers service link to UK operators, contractors and London commercial teams for graduate recruitment

What You Will Learn

  • Apply systems engineering methods to integrated oilfield design
  • Model integrated production systems from well to export
  • Design control, safety instrumented and telemetry systems
  • Assess subsurface-surface interactions for oilfield performance
  • Use digital twin concepts for oilfield surveillance
  • Coordinate multi-discipline design reviews
  • Deliver a placement-based systems engineering project
  • Present a final-year project to industry and academic reviewers

Who This Course Is For

  • A-Level and BTEC leavers targeting a UK BEng route into oilfields
  • International applicants moving into UK upstream engineering
  • Mature applicants with oilfield technician experience
  • Career changers from adjacent process or electrical engineering
  • Working professionals converting to a full Bachelor route

Career Pathways

  • Field Development Engineer
  • Production Engineer
  • Petroleum Engineer
  • Reservoir Simulation Engineer
  • Facilities Engineer
  • Digital Oilfield Engineer
  • Subsea Engineer

LSOGM careers service links Bachelor finishers with UK operators, contractors, service firms and London commercial teams recruiting into the Petroleum Engineering & Upstream Operations space. Support includes mock interviews, UK CV clinics, LinkedIn profile reviews, structured introductions to Aberdeen and London recruiters, and alumni-network sessions with practitioners already working in the target career pathways. The service is available to students on all three study modes and continues after graduation, and every Bachelor finisher receives structured follow-up in the first six months of the job market.

Entry Requirements

  • 112-128 UCAS points (or equivalent), including at least one science-related A-Level (or BTEC Extended Diploma at DMM or above).
  • GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 5/B (or equivalent).
  • IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
  • Two references, normally academic; senior professional acceptable for mature applicants.
  • Personal statement covering your interest in Oilfield Systems Engineering.

Why Study at LSOGM

The London School of Oil and Gas Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSOGM sits within reach of the City's energy trading floors, the offshore expertise of Aberdeen and the North Sea, and one of the world's densest concentrations of oil, gas and energy sector employers, professional bodies and standards organisations.

Every intake, on-campus, online or by distance learning, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Three parallel study modes make LSOGM programmes accessible around work, family or shift patterns in the energy sector. Curricula are reviewed annually against live employer demand, faculty are practising engineers, HSE specialists and energy economists, and students leave with evidenced capability, from process safety audits to reservoir models to trading briefs.

For Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering students specifically, LSOGM connects the taught syllabus to live UK sector practice: guest sessions with practising engineers, HSE specialists or energy economists as relevant, seminar readings drawn from operator technical papers, and applied exercises anchored in named UK basins, terminals and refining regions rather than generic textbook examples. Students who come from outside the UK receive additional English-for-technical-writing support and structured pastoral care through the international admissions team.

Apply for Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering

Applications for the Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering are reviewed on a rolling basis across all three study modes, with multiple intakes each year to fit around work and family patterns in the energy sector. Begin your full honours degree with LSOGM. Click Enrol Now. Admissions responds within one working day. Take the next step with the Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering and join a cohort structured around live UK operator practice. Enrol Now and admissions will respond within one working day.

Frequently asked questions.

Common questions about Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering.

The Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering runs 3 years. Full-time cohorts typically finish inside the shorter end of that range, while part-time and distance-learning routes on the Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering take longer around work, shift or rota patterns.

The Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering is delivered in three parallel modes at LSOGM, on-campus in central London, live online and by distance learning. All routes share the same seminar structure and named programme-tutor support.

Yes. The Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering is a UK Level 6 honours qualification, typically 3 years full-time. The syllabus is aligned with Society of Petroleum Engineers competency areas and follows UK further and higher education conventions, so employers recognise the structure of the Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering.

Applicants to the Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering need 112-128 UCAS points (or equivalent), including at least one science-related A-Level (or BTEC Extended Diploma at DMM or above), along with the standard LSOGM references and statement of intent. IELTS 6.5 is required for non-native English speakers.

Tuition for the Bachelor of Oilfield Systems Engineering varies by study mode and residency. LSOGM admissions confirms the current fee schedule, instalment plans and any employer-sponsored funding routes in writing within one working day of application.