PME-GEPG intake 2010

General Information

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in collaboration with AIT Center in Vietnam (AIT-VN) offers the Professional Master Program in Geoexploreation & Petroleum Geoengineering (PME-GEPG) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for staffs, who are working in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, where the demands in highly-qualified HR of interntational standard are increasing. Students will be provided with the most neccesary and updated knowledge in geoexploration, reservoir engineering and management, production and drilling technology, projects and risk management for O&G industry.

The Professional master program in Geo-Exploration and Petroleum Geo-Engineering (PME-GEPG) of AIT has been offered beyond the Bangkok campus in cooperation with the AIT-Vietnam (AITVN) as an application-oriented and flexible program. The instructors are Professors from AIT, and other well-known universities and intitutes in the world as well as the oil and gas companies operating in Vietnam.

Program structure

AIT Professional Master Program is planned to complete in minimum one year. Students will take 33 credits, consisting of 24 credits of course work and 9 credits of research. In the first two semesters (8 months), the student will take courses equivalent to 24 credits. In the remained months student will carry out a research project equivalent to 9 credits.

Program curriculum:

1. Fundamentals of Geosystem Exploration 3(3-0)
2. Petroleum Reservoir Engineering 3(3-0)
3. Decision Analysis and Risk Management for O&G Industry 3(3-0)
4. Drilling and Well Completion Operation 3(3-0)
5. Exploration Geophysics 3(2-3)
6. Petrophysics 3(2-3)
7. Production Technology 3(3-0)
8. Petroleum Geochemistry 3(3-0)
9. Workflow in Oil and Gas E&P Operations in Vietnam (a seminar course)

Teaching Schedule

The students need to spend about two weeks per month to attend two the classes as scheduled below:

§ Monday: 18h00 – 21h00

§ Tuesday: 18h00 – 21h00

§ Wednesday:18h00 – 21h00

§ Thurday: 18h00 – 21h00

§ Friday:18h00 – 21h00

§ Saturday: 09h00 – 12h00 & 13h00 – 16h00

Study place:

§ Hanoi: B3 Building, University of Transport & Communications

§ Ho Chi Minh City: 45 Dinh Tien Hoang, Dist 1, CMARD2 B uiliding

Faculty:

The faculty are professors from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and well-known universities in the world, i.e., Oklahoma (USA), Herriot-Watts (UK), Clausthal (Germany), ITC (Netherland), Kyoto (Japan), KIGAM (Korea), Chulalongkorn (Thailand), as well as experts from O&G companies operating in Vietnam. AIT Faculty's profile can be seen at www.set.ait.ac.th

The Professional master program in GEPG at AITCV, HCM City had successfully started in August 2008, with the students from various oil and gas companies in Vietnam such as Cuu Long JOC, Hoan Vu JOC, Thang Long JOC, Lam Son JOC, Con Son JOC, Phu Quy POC, Truong Son JOC, Chevron, Nippon Oil, Salamander Energy, Pearl Oil, etc.

Teaching Language: English

Entry requirement:

To be eligible for admission to the AIT Professional master's program, an applicant must:

• Hold a Bachelor degree (normally from a four-year program), or its equivalent, in an appropriate field of study.
• Have undergraduate grades significantly above average.
• Have good command of English
• At least three year of working experiences
  

Application form can be downloaded at http://www.aitcv.ac.vn/ . Application submission fee: 20 USD. This fee is paid to AITCV when applicants submit the application documents.

English Entry Requirement: AIT is an international institute with English as the sole language of instruction. Admission to AIT requires proof of English language proficiency which may be satisfied in any of the following:

• IELTS (4.5)
• TOEFL (Paper -based: 500; Computer - Based:173; or Internet - based: 61)
• AITEIT (4.5). Applicants can apply for English Test offered by AIT at AIT-VN. English Test fee: 20 USD.

English Training Program: AIT-VN will conduct 7-week intensive English Training for those who need more English and Academic Skills before joining the program. The English Training Program also guide participants how to conduct AITEIT.

Admission schedule :

Intake: August

First Deadline for application (for those who needs English training): 30 May

First Entrance Test and Interview for admission to the Master Program: 2 - 13 June

Intensive English training: 15 June - 31 July

Second Deadline for application submission (for those who do not need more English training): 30 July

Second Entrance Test and Interview for admission to the Master Program: 1 - 6 August

Start of class: August/September

Fee & Scholarships:

Total tuition fee is $US 13,800 including fee for an international field trip. Tuition fee is paid for 3 installments as below:

• 1^st installment: Registration fee: 500 USD & Tuition fee: 350 USD X 12 credits = 4,200 USD
• 2^nd installment: Tution fee: 350 USD X 12 credits = 4,200 USD
• 3^rd installment: Tuition fee: 350 USD X 9 credits = 3,150 USD

International trip fee is $US 1,750 including air ticket (round trip), travelling, and accommodation. This fee can be used for the trips of students to AIT, Bangkok, Thailand for proposal defense and final exam of research study or a study trip to another country in the region.

Contact person :

Ha Noi

Ms. Kieu Phuong Ly
AIT-Viet Nam
Building B3, University of Transport and Communications, Lang Thuong Ward, Dong Da Dist, Ha Noi.
Tel: (84-4) 37669493 (ext. 131)
Fax: (84-8) 37669492
Email: pme-gepg@aitcv.ac.vn

Ho Chi Minh

AIT-Viet Nam
Program Associate
3^rd Floor, CMARD 2 building, 45 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, Dist 1, HCMC
Tel: (84-8) 3910 7423 (ext.113)
Fax: (84-8) 3910 7422
Email: pme-gepg@aitcv.ac.vn