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Master of Science in Subsea Engineering

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The Nation’s First Graduate​ Subsea Engineering Program

The Master of Science in Subsea Engineering at the University of Houston is a non-thesis,10 course graduate curriculum program. A four-year bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering related field is required in order to apply for the Subsea Engineering program. The curriculum is comprised of three primary categories. The Subsea Engineering courses are available online and face-to-face in a classroom setting.

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Degree Plan

Leveling courses:

Up to 3 courses may be required for students who are admitted conditionally into the program or who did not take these courses in their previous education:

  • MATH 3321 - Engineering Mathematics (or equivalent)
    OR
    MATH 3363 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations (or equivalent)
  • MECE 3363 - Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (or equivalent)
  • MECE 4364 - Heat Transfer (or equivalent)

 

Category 1: Required Co​urses (3 courses)

Every student must take this required three-course sequence. These courses serve as the foundation of the engineering science knowledgebase needed for the remaining graduate curriculum.

Required Courses

SCH

MECE 6384 - Methods of Applied Mathematics I, or MECE 6385 - Methods of Applied Mathematics II

  3

SUBS 6310 - Flow Assurance

  3

SUBS 6397 - Subsea Structures and Design

  3

 

Category 2: Restricted Electives (6 courses)

The courses listed below have been specifically developed for the Subsea Engineering Graduate Program. Every student must take at least six of the courses from this prescribed elective list. Additional Subsea Engineering courses are currently being developed and will be added to this list. Students may submit a graduate petition if deviations from this requirement makes sense for individual career paths.

Subsea Elective Courses

SCH

SUBS 6320

Riser Design

  3

SUBS 6330

Pipeline Design

  3

SUBS 6340

Subsea Processing and Artificial Lift

  3

SUBS 6350

Subsea Controls and Systems Engineering

  3

SUBS 6351

Design of Blowout Preventers

  3

SUBS 6360

Materials and Corrosion

  3

SUBS 6370

Computational Methods and Design Experiments

  3

SUBS 6380

Subsea Systems

  3

SUBS 6397

Subsea Control Theory

  3

SUBS 6397

Digital Approach to Oil and Gas Applications

  3

SUBS 6397

Advanced Flow Assurance

  3

 

Category 3: Suggested Electives (1 course)

Categories 1 and 2 have prescribed 9 of the 10 mandatory courses that are required for the MS in Subsea Engineering. This leaves 1 course that can be selected by the student subject to approval by the Director, through a graduate petition form, prior to taking the course(s). Subsea Engineering is an interdisciplinary engineering field, so students are strongly encouraged to take at least one course from another department or program within the Cullen College of Engineering. However, students may take a Subsea Engineering course as their final elective. The Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering graduate courses applicable to MS in Subsea Engineering include:

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSES

SCH

MECE 6335

Heat Transfer with Phase Change

  3

MECE 6341

Viscous Flow Theory

  3

MECE 6353

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

  3

MECE 6361

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

  3

MECE 6397

Feedback Control Systems

  3

MECE 63XX

Selected Courses require approval from Program Director

  3

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING COURSES

SCH

PETR 6328

Petroleum Fluid Properties and Phase Equilibria

  3

PETR 6368

Well Drilling & Completion I

  3

PETR 6372

Petroleum Production Operations

  3

PETR 6306

Oil Field Facilities Design and Operation

  3

PETR 6336

Petroleum Energy Markets

  3

PETR 6312

Well Logging: Evaluation of Petroleum Formations

  3

 

Academic Requirements

For each graduate program offered, students must have an overall G.P.A. of a 3.0 or higher. Any graduate student who receives a grade of C+ or lower in four graduate courses (whether or not in repeated courses) is ineligible to receive an advanced degree at the university.

Each student assumes responsibility for being familiar with the academic program requirements as stated in the current catalogs of the college, university and this website.