Cultural heritage conservation science

Questo programma fornisce una conoscenza approfondita e aggiornata delle tecniche di indagine scientifica sui beni culturali, partendo dalla fase di acquisizione dei dati diagnostici fino alla loro applicazione negli studi di conservazione, anche in contesti complessi. Gli studenti acquisiranno competenze avanzate sulle caratteristiche, proprietà e processi di degrado dei materiali costitutivi dei beni culturali e dei materiali utilizzati per il restauro. Verranno inoltre formati sui metodi dell?archeometria e della metrologia applicata, sulle interazioni tra ambiente e bene culturale, e sulle proprietà chimiche-fisiche dei materiali di restauro e conservazione.
Al termine del percorso di studi, i laureati magistrali dovranno dimostrare una padronanza del metodo scientifico di indagine e delle tecniche diagnostiche, necessarie per la progettazione e l?identificazione delle procedure più idonee per il recupero e la conservazione dei beni culturali, compresi quelli naturalistici. Saranno capaci di operare anche in realtà complesse, partecipando a iniziative di tutela territoriale che includano i beni culturali, in progetti di tutela e sviluppo dei luoghi della conservazione, supportando interventi di restauro, ricognizione del patrimonio storico-artistico, monumentale ed archeologico, e attività di archeologia preventiva.
Il corso fornisce una conoscenza approfondita delle moderne strumentazioni di analisi e di rilevamento, delle tecniche statistiche ed informatiche di analisi e di archiviazione dei dati relativi ai beni culturali. La preparazione scientifica avanzata dei laureati include le caratteristiche, proprietà e processi di degrado dei materiali costitutivi dei beni culturali, nonché aspetti relativi ai beni naturalistici. Saranno inoltre formati su avanzate conoscenze scientifiche relative alle applicazioni archeometriche e geoarcheologiche, alle problematiche della conservazione dei beni culturali museali e alle caratteristiche e problematiche della conservazione e diagnosi dei supporti dell?informazione.
Il corso mira a formare figure di "Conservation Scientists" con una preparazione interdisciplinare che includa esperti di diagnostica e tecnologia applicata ai beni culturali storico-artistici, archeologici, architettonici, museali e dei supporti dell?informazione. Questi professionisti saranno capaci di progettare e coordinare campagne diagnostiche multi-analitiche e di collaborare con altri specialisti per affrontare i complessi problemi relativi alla conservazione e prevenzione del degrado dei beni culturali.
I laureati potranno occuparsi della progettazione e della direzione di interventi di diagnostica, con particolare attenzione all'individuazione di metodi, materiali, misure e tecniche per il recupero, la conservazione e il restauro dei beni culturali storico-artistici, archeologici, museali e dei supporti dell'informazione. Inoltre, saranno in grado di progettare protocolli di diagnostica per la conservazione dei beni culturali in ciascuna delle categorie previste, anche in rapporto alle procedure di riferimento e alle buone pratiche in uso. Contribuiranno alla progettazione e organizzazione di musei, parchi archeologici, mostre ed eventi culturali, e collaboreranno alla realizzazione di sistemi informativi per il trattamento dei dati relativi ai beni culturali.
Le attività didattiche si articolano in lezioni frontali, esercitazioni, laboratori, seminari, attività pratiche sul campo, cantieri, laboratori e musei, corsi liberi e tesi di laurea svolte in strutture universitarie e/o all'esterno presso enti qualificati, musei, enti di tutela.
In accordo con le finalità del corso, il percorso formativo include discipline specificamente dedicate alla mediazione e comunicazione didattica, nonché all'economia d'impresa.
Nel rispetto dei principi dell'armonizzazione europea, le competenze sviluppate dai laureati, in termini di risultati di apprendimento attesi, rispondono agli specifici requisiti del sistema dei descrittori di Dublino.
Similar international mobility opportunities are provided outside Europe, through agreements with a number of prestigious institutions.
The University of Milan is a member of the 4EU+ European University Alliance that brings together eight public multidisciplinary universities: University of Milan, Charles University of Prague, Heidelberg University, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, Sorbonne University of Paris, University of Copenhagen, University of Geneva, and University of Warsaw. The 4EU+ Alliance offers integrated educational pathways and programmes to promote the international mobility of students (physical, blended and virtual).
Bachelor's graduates in Diagnostics for the conservation of cultural heritage (class L-43) can access the Master's degree programme in Science and technology for the diagnosis and preservation of cultural heritage. Graduates from other eligible programmes, both in Italy and abroad, can also be admitted, if they meet skills requirements.
Admission assessment
All candidates will be assessed through an interview with a board made up of faculty members appointed by the Academic Board, with a view to identifying any shortcomings in their educational background. The interview may also take place before graduating from the Bachelor's programme. However, for the purpose of enrolment, the candidate must obtain their degree by 31 December 2024.
Curricular requirements
Access to the Master's degree programme requires solid foundations in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, agricultural disciplines, and a total of at least 60 CFU across the following areas: AGR, BIO, CHIM, FIS, GEO, ICAR, INF, ING-INF, IUS, L-ANT, MAT, SECS, of which at least 6 CFU in three out of five of the following areas: BIO, CHIM, FIS, GEO, INF.
Application for admission:
The application for admission is mandatory and must be submitted electronically from 22 January to 25 August 2024 (learn more at https://www.unimi.it/en/study/bachelor-and-master-study/degree-programme-enrolment). Graduates and upcoming graduates who will obtain their degree by 31 December 2024 may submit the application for admission.
Only graduates who have passed the assessment test may enrol.
Milan University students who have submitted an application for admission, and who during their Bachelor's degree programme have earned credits in excess of the 180 requirement, through courses and/or laboratories offered by the Master's degree programme, may apply for transfer credits for the purposes of achieving the required 120 credits.
Candidates from another university graduating after the interview are required to update the documents submitted to the Student Registrar as soon as they obtain their degree.
Candidates who fail the interview, whether graduates or upcoming graduates, may not enrol on the Master's degree programme for the current year.
For academic year 2024/2025, interviews have been scheduled on 20 September 2024, with place and time details to be posted on the home page of the degree programme website (https://conservazionebeniculturali-lm.cdl.unimi.it/it)
Candidates are required to show up with a valid ID on the specified date and time. Students from other universities must also hand in a photocopy of their ID (for in-person interviews).
Admission
Application for admission: from 22/01/2025 to 31/10/2025
Application for matriculation: from 02/04/2025 to 15/01/2026
Attachments and documents
Notice
The admission notice is available only in Italian as the programme is offered in Italian. Students wishing to enrol must be proficient in Italian.
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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English Proficiency B2 (3 ECTS) | 3 | 0 | English | Open sessions | |
Prova finale | 33 | 0 | Italian | year | |
Stage | 12 | 0 | Italian | Open sessions |
N.B. The teaching of advanced physical techniques applied to cultural heritage, laboratory can only be chosen by students who have already acquired at least 12 credits in courses in the FIS/07 and/or FIS/03 sector between the three-year and master's degrees.
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Physical Techniques Applied to Cultural Heritage, Laboratory | 6 | 56 | Italian | year | FIS/07 |
Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis, Laboratory | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | CHIM/02 |
Dating and Monitoring of Cultural Heritage | 6 | 60 | Italian | First semester | FIS/07 |
Analytical Methodologies for the Environmental Degradation of Assets | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | CHIM/01 |
Conservation and Enhancement of Scientific Instrumentation | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | FIS/07 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Advanced Mineralogical Analysis Applied to Cultural Heritage, Laboratory | 6 | 60 | Italian | First semester | GEO/06 GEO/07 |
Applied Geology for the Safeguarding of Archaeological and Architectural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | GEO/05 |
Laboratory of Geochemistry Applied to Cultural Heritage | 6 | 60 | Italian | First semester | GEO/08 |
Sedimentology Applied to Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | GEO/02 |
Archaeobotany | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | BIO/02 |
Geophysics Applied to Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | GEO/11 |
Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleontology for Paleontological Museography | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | GEO/01 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Assessment and Management of Risk Caused By Fungi and Insects At Cultural Heritage, Laboratory | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | AGR/11 AGR/12 |
Colorimetry and Heat Management for Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | ING-INF/05 |
Molecular Biotechnology for Cultural Heritage, Laboratory | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | AGR/16 |
Methodology of Archaeological and Archaeometric Research | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | L-ANT/10 |
Metodologie e tecniche per il restauro cinematografico e fotografico | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | INF/01 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Geomatics Applied to Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | Over several sessions | ICAR/06 |
History of Technology | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | FIS/08 |
Polymer Testing and Analysis | 6 | 48 | Italian | First semester | CHIM/04 |
Advanced Diagnostics Applied to Archaeological Sites | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | GEO/04 |
Analysis and Diagnostics of Architectural Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | ICAR/20 |
Gemmologia | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | GEO/06 GEO/09 |
Microclimatology for Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | GEO/12 |
X-Ray Methodologies for Cultural Heritage | 6 | 48 | Italian | Second semester | FIS/07 |
Le attività nelle aule attrezzate si svolgono presso i laboratori dei seguenti Dipartimenti: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Dipartimento di Chimica, Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente (Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari), Dipartimento di Fisica, Dipartimento di Informatica.
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