School Overview
MacPhail School of Energy

The MacPhail School of Energy (MSE) is the first school of energy in Canada and one of only a handful of energy schools in North America. The MacPhail School of Energy offers a range of energy training programs and applied research for students at all points in their careers. Whether you are just starting-out, looking to make a career change, or want to build on your career experiences, we have a program that will suit your needs.

For those who have never worked in the industry, the school provides unmatched training in various engineering technology fields, as well as in the business and environmental aspects of the energy sector, to equip students with the skills they need to find an exciting and fulfilling career.

For industry professionals, MSE delivers comprehensive professional development training designed to help you take your career to the next level.  We offer a wide-range of distance and continuing education courses, and have established a great rapport with many leading energy companies who have entrusted us with the task of providing high-quality training to their employees.

The scope of the MacPhail School of Energy’s influence extends across the globe.  The school is world-renowned for providing effective and timely training to industry and businesses internationally in countries like Russia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Angola, and Trinidad.

All of our courses are delivered by instructors with extensive industry experience in ways that are engaging and hands-on.  We make use of training equipment that is identical in all relevant respects to the equipment that students will go on to operate in the field.

Formerly known as SAIT's School of Energy, the MacPhail School of Energy was named in December 2005 for SAIT alumnus Keith MacPhail, a 1981 graduate of the Petroleum Engineering Technology program, in recognition of his donation of $10 million.

MSE by the numbers:

• 1,200:  the number of full-time students enrolled every year
  
• 3,000:  the number of continuing education students who attend every year
  
• 600:  how many career advancement and customized courses are available for industry professionals
  
• 20-30:  the number of students in a typical class
  
• $40 million: the amount of money invested into specialized systems, equipment, and sophisticated centres of technology (labs)
  
• $63,405:  the average starting salary for graduates of our full-time day programs in 2010
  
• 14: the number of countries that MSE has provided training in
  
• 2 years:  the amount of time it takes for our applied degree and diploma program students to become work-ready
  
• 150:  the number of managers, support staff, and faculty employed by the MacPhail School of Energy
  
• 145:  the number of advisory committee members who provide insight and guidance to the design and operating of our programs