f Building Petroleum Geoscience Competency to Meet Local and Global Demand through Industry — Academia Partnership: A Malaysian Perspective

The future of geoscience in Malaysia, and elsewhere globally, is contingent on the availability of competent, young geologists and geophysicists to replace retiring technical professionals in the petroleum industry. Recognising this, the University of Malaya in 2005 initiated a taught Petroleum Geology MSc programme to address the need.