This course is jointly run with the Department of Chemical Engineering
Join the next generation of geoscientists and equip yourself with the skills needed to ensure the long-term, sustainable supply and storage of low-carbon energy in line with global net-zero targets.
Our mission is to provide you with the technical knowledge and skills to work as a geoscientist in interdisciplinary careers and teams that ensure the supply sustainable, low carbon-intensity energy through:
- utilising the subsurface fully to extract energy (e.g. geothermal energy)
- storing energy in the subsurface (e.g. hydrogen storage)
- geological storage of captured carbon CO2
- subsurface disposal of waste from energy streams (e.g. radioactive waste)
This education and training will be facilitated by the integration of fundamental theoretical knowledge, laboratory, and industry-standard computational tools through blended learning, tutorials, seminars, field trips, and group work.
Course duration 12 months (full-time)
Total study time Approximately 25 hours per week of self-guided study
Teaching time Approximately 25 hours per week (inc. pre-recorded and live lectures, and practical exercises)
WHAT CAREER PATHWAYS ARE AVAILABLE TO ME?
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 course 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.
WHAT ROLES HAVE GRADUATES SECURED?
Our recent graduates have gone to work for companies including:
- Schlumberger
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Baker Hughes
- Arup
- Solitechnics
and have gone into roles such as:
- Geoscientist
- Fluid Technical Engineer
- Senior Geophysicist
- Senior Geologist
- Consultant
and many more!
OUR STUDENTS' MSc PROJECTS
The MSc project is one of the most exciting parts of a master’s degree — you are paired with an expert supervisor and get a chance to dive deep into a topic you’re passionate about, solve real-world problems, and bring your ideas to life. It’s where everything you’ve learned comes together, showcasing your skills, creativity, and potential to stand out in your field. Here are some projects that our MSc graduates have worked on:
🔎 Effects of Wicking of Graphene Oxide Dispersion on Electric Conductivity of yarns
Focus on study how the size and morphology of graphene oxide effect on the dispersion and surface functionalization of yarns in relation to electric conductivity.
🔎 Development of multifunctional graphene/nylon nanocomposite fibres for wearable electronics Focused on the synthesis of electrically conductive, thermally stable, strong and flexible nylon-based nanocomposite fibres by melt-spinning, using nanomaterials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes as nanofillers.
🔎 Effect of graphene as an additive on carbon fibre reinforced composites Focused on evaluating the potential of incorporation of graphene as an additive to CFRPs to improve the electrical and/or mechanical properties of the CFRPs.
🔎 Influence of Fabric Properties on Clothing Thermal Comfort under Different Environmental Temperatures Investigate how fabric heat and moisture transfer properties influence the thermal comfort performance of clothing under different ambient temperatures by using advanced testing instruments and computational models.
🔎 Digitalize fabric hand and skin comfort properties for denim garments Studies how to digitize fabric hand and skin comfort properties for creating digital product passports and traceability of constituting materials from fibres and yarns.
🔎 Evaluation of the mechanical and thermal properties of glass Fibre-Reinforced Composites Modified with graphene nanoplatelets Explores how the incorporation graphene nanoplatelets to these composites can improve their improving mechanical properties and thermal conductivity through an enhancement of the interfacial bonding between fibres and polymer matrix.
🔎 Natural fibres as reinforcing fillers in Polylactic acid (PLA) composites Investigates how the mechanical and thermal properties of a PLA matrix can be improved and how the processing of such polymer is influenced with the addition of natural fibres into it.
🔎 From textile waste to yarn: mechanical fibre recovery for cotton-PET blended textiles Aims to establish a predictive model for fibre damage during mechanical opening processes and quantify the effect of loosening parameters on the damage rate of cotton and polyester fibres.
Kevin Taylor Professor of Geoscience
Dept of Earth and Environmental Science
ACADEMIC'S VOICE
Gain an in-depth understanding of subsurface geoscience applications, join the next generation of geoscientists and equip yourself with the skills needed to participate in, and drive, the energy transition
ALUMNI'S VOICE
My role now involves some project management of small to medium size projects, as well as technical work as a sedimentologist, and some work with data management.
My Masters degree gave me the tools I needed for this role, an understanding of key topics, software, and geological background which gave me a great backing to start learning on-the-job in industry.
Georgia Louise Mills
MSc Geoscience for Sustainable Energy
Class of 2022
The University of Manchester Oxford Rd Manchester M13 9PL UK