Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate / Scuola di Conservazione e Restauro
| A.Y. | Academic Discipline | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 | LMR/02 - Classe delle lauree magistrali ciclo unico in Conservazione e Restauro dei Beni Culturali | Urbino |
Learning Objectives
Themes
The Master’s Degree Program in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Single-Cycle) is the result of the University’s long-standing expertise in the field. Since 2001, the University has offered undergraduate and specialized programs in cultural heritage conservation and restoration. This new academic pathway, in line with the Italian Cultural Heritage Code, Ministerial Decree 87/2009, and international ECCO-ENCORE standards, features a strong practical component (approximately 50%) and is developed in collaboration with local public and private institutions such as Superintendencies, Museums, Local Authorities, and Foundations.
Structured over five years, the program leads to a professional qualification as a Restorer and focuses on Professional Profile PFP2, which pertains to wooden, textile, and contemporary artifacts.
The program aims to train highly qualified professionals capable of performing advanced-level conservation and restoration work on cultural heritage. Students gain in-depth knowledge of modern documentation techniques, material degradation processes, applied diagnostics, and the management of conservation environments. The curriculum also provides a strong theoretical foundation in archaeology, art history, restoration history and methodology, encouraging an interdisciplinary and critical approach.
The course combines classroom teaching with hands-on training. The theoretical instruction covers both scientific and humanistic disciplines, while the practical component takes place in the University’s specialized laboratories and documentation centers, as well as through partnerships with external institutions (museums, superintendencies, and foundations).
Admission to the program is limited to 10 places per year and requires passing an entrance examination.
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Join our Open Days and enroll starting from May 6, 2025! We look forward to seeing you!
Open Day
The Open Day is the perfect opportunity to explore the University of Urbino and the academic offerings of the School of Conservazione e Restauro. Don’t miss the chance to meet the professors and tutors of the Conservazione e restauro dei beni culturali (abilitante ai sensi del D.Lgs n.42/2004) program.
Make sure to note the date and time of the Open Day and register!
| Date | Where does it take place? | Book now |
|---|---|---|
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14/05/2025 from
15:00 to
16:00 |
Open day online: scopri il corso. | iscriviti al webinar |
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16/07/2025 from
15:00 to
17:00 |
Open day in presenza: Laboratorio di Restauro - Urbino - (Piazza della Repubblica, 13) | partecipa |
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27/08/2025 from
10:00 to
12:00 |
Open day in presenza: Laboratorio di Restauro - Urbino - (Piazza della Repubblica, 13) | partecipa |
Career prospects
Objectives
The program qualifies graduates for the regulated profession of Restorer of Cultural Heritage and prepares professionals capable of taking on roles involving oversight, management, and research in the fields of conservation, restoration, and the enhancement of cultural heritage.
Career opportunities may include positions within:
- Public and private companies and organizations operating in the conservation, restoration, and protection of cultural heritage;
- Institutions under the Ministry of Culture responsible for heritage protection (such as Superintendencies, Museums, Libraries, Archives, etc.);
- The National PhD Program in Heritage Science and other doctoral programs focused on cultural heritage.
Contents and structure of the course / Syllabus
Activities of PhD Students
The program is designed to provide students with a solid theoretical foundation along with all the technical knowledge required for restoration work across the various classes of artifacts covered by the curriculum. Technical skills are developed directly through hands-on experience in diagnostic and digital documentation laboratories.
Practical and laboratory skills are acquired through 100 ECTS credits of mandatory laboratory activities, in addition to 15 ECTS credits for the final project. These activities take place in the University’s restoration laboratories and on external worksites, in collaboration with partner companies.
Information about final examination
Course structure and research training
In accordance with Ministerial Decree No. 87 of May 26, 2009, the final examination consists of two components:
- Component 1 (Qualifying Examination) – This is a practical, hands-on assessment carried out during the final year of the program. It involves a laboratory-based project, which may be derived from activities undertaken during the five-year course of study. The project must be presented with a final technical report, prepared under the supervision of one or more certified restoration instructors.
- Component 2 (Thesis) – This is a theoretical and methodological dissertation, based on a written thesis to be discussed before a panel of three advisors. One of the advisors will be designated as the primary supervisor. The thesis will be an interdisciplinary project integrating historical-artistic, technical-scientific, and practical-laboratory perspectives.
Written theses may be submitted in another language, subject to approval by the advisory panel.
The final examination may be awarded a score ranging from 0 to 8 points.
How to apply for Conservation and Restauration of Cultural Heritage
- Admission
- Course with limited number of positions
- Number of positions
- 10 available
- Expected students
- 10 is the maximum number of students that can be admitted to the first year for Conservation and Restauration of Cultural Heritage.
Admission information - Download - Raggiunta numerosità sostenibile
- Useful information
Admission is subject to a limited enrollment policy, with a maximum of 10 students admitted to the professional training track each year.
The entrance examination consists of three tests: two practical and one theoretical.The drawing test involves the graphic rendering of an artistic object or a selected part of it. The second practical test requires candidates to perform a pictorial reintegration using watercolor on white paper, reconstructing the visual unity of a deliberately incomplete painted image. The oral examination assesses knowledge at an upper secondary education level and covers topics related to artistic production techniques and materials, scientific disciplines, and art history.
- Application procedure
- You can apply from the 06/05/2025 to the 13/10/2025 fino al raggiungimento della numerosità sostenibile . Using the online procedure you can register to fill in the application and pay with PagoPA (Credit Card, PayPal) to complete the payment of the admission fee.
- Online registration
- Online registration Registration guidelines
Contact the course tutor
- Tutoring service
- Tutoring is aimed at guiding and assisting students throughout their studies, actively involving them in the learning process, and removing obstacles to successful course attendance. For more information: tutor.restauro@uniurb.it
- Tutor
Marta Terenzio Book a meeting Miriana Minciaroni Book a meeting
Information on teaching and research activities
- Contact your tutor
- Tutors are there to help students find their way around and organize their attendance, in order to turn them into active participants in their formative process, and to remove all the obstacles that prevent them from attending all their courses. For information: tutor.restauro@uniurb.it
- Contact
School Chair
Prof. Laura Baratin - Tel. +39 0722 304433 - Email: laura.baratin@uniurb.it
Academic Office
Tel. +39 0722 304524 - Email: scuola.restauro@uniurb.it
- Contacts
- Prof. ssa Laura Baratin - Presidente della Scuola
- 0722 304433 laura.baratin@uniurb.it
Administrative contacts
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