Program Overview

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Introduction to the Program

The University of Barcelona offers a comprehensive program in Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage, providing students with the theoretical, practical, technical, and scientific knowledge necessary to examine, diagnose, document, conserve, and restore cultural artifacts.

Objectives and Competencies

The program aims to form competent, qualified, and skilled professionals capable of undertaking interventions required by cultural heritage artifacts, preserving them, and transmitting them to future generations. The curriculum is designed to provide a balanced education, combining theory, practice, and technical and scientific content, enabling students to develop the necessary skills and competencies for effective professional practice.

Competencies

• Basic Competencies: Demonstrate knowledge in a specific area of study, apply knowledge to work or occupation, gather and interpret relevant data, transmit information, and possess learning skills necessary for further studies.
• General Competencies: Ethical commitment, communication skills, teamwork, creative and entrepreneurial capacity, sustainability, and critical reasoning.
• Specific Competencies: Dominate vocabulary and legal and normative corpus regulating the conservation-restoration profession, analyze and identify materials and technologies used in cultural heritage artifacts, recognize degradation agents and alterations, and apply conservation-restoration treatments.

Access and Admission

Profile and Requirements

The program is designed for students with an interest in art, culture, and heritage, who possess a strong foundation in science and technology. Applicants should have a high school diploma or equivalent and pass the university entrance exams.

Pre-Enrollment and Enrollment

Pre-enrollment is required, and enrollment is subject to availability. Students must also meet the specific requirements for the program, including language proficiency in Catalan, Spanish, and English.

Curriculum

The program consists of 240 credits, distributed over four years, with a combination of compulsory, optional, and practical courses.

Course Distribution

• First Year: Introduction to conservation-restoration, drawing, art history, and materials science.
• Second Year: Examen, diagnosis, and documentation, introduction to conservation-restoration of painting and graphic documents, and physics applied to cultural heritage.
• Third Year: Conservation preventive, laboratory of cleaning systems, and packaging, transport, and exhibition of cultural heritage artifacts.
• Fourth Year: Practical courses, final project, and optional courses in specialized areas, such as archaeology, paleography, and iconology.

Itineraries and Mentions

The program offers two itineraries: Painting and Graphic Documents (Organic Supports) and Archaeological Materials, Petrological, and Mural Painting (Inorganic Supports).

Practices and Internships

The program includes compulsory practical courses and internships, providing students with hands-on experience in conservation-restoration techniques and methodologies.

Professional Outcomes

Graduates can work in various fields, including museums, archives, libraries, collections, foundations, research centers, and private companies, as conservators-restorers, consultants, or entrepreneurs.

Contact

For more information, please contact the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona.

• Address: Pau Gargallo, 4 - 08028 Barcelona
• Phone: Not available
• Email: Not available