Career opportunities
The MSc gave me an insight into how we can use the subsurface to meet global energy demand.
I developed a skill set, knowledge, and network that I use every day in my PhD.
Chris Lloyd / Geoscience graduate, Now doing his PhD on carbon capture and storage.
The energy industry is the largest employer of earth science graduates, and employs more than half of our recent graduating students. Good employment prospects exist within the UK and globally in energy companies, service companies, consultancies and government bodies.
Technical skills in subsurface investigation and quantification taught on the program are directly applicable to employment within the growing areas of CCS (carbon capture and storage), network gas storage, compressed air energy storage, geothermal and other extractive industries.
Around one-quarter of our graduates use the research skills gained during the MSc project to continue into PhD study. Many students have the opportunity to work within sponsor energy companies during their MSc project, gaining valuable industrial experience and contacts.