The model of"learn at school"and"do at work"is outdated and must keep up with the changing environmentof the Industrial Revolution 4.0(IR 4.0).The petroleum engineering curricula,therefore,must also changeaccordingly and this change is needed at a time the new generation of students entering the workforce isdifferent from the generation leaving the workforce.It is time to examine the core curricula being taughtat petroleum schools so that long-term sustainability can be established.The petroleum education has beenmodified very little in the past 30 years and needs to change in the post-Google era to cater to the tech-savvy minds of the modern student.Although developments in technology have positively responded to theneeds of the industry in the past,its future advancement will include areas such as telemetry,sensors anddata handling,and analytics.Thus,a new approach to engineering education,involving the fundamentals ofengineering sciences that culminates in the development of experiential learning on cyber-physical systems,is important.The paper presents and lays out the urgent need for a new type of curriculum for petroleumengineering education that encompasses engineering,science,and technology.
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