The advanced master program offered by the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC) aims at educating young professionals in the conservation and restoration of built heritage (buildings, structures and sites), both into the tradition of the discipline and into the new scientific methods.
MCMS graduates have acquired and developed skills that allow for the necessary interdisciplinary research, communication and collaboration between the various disciplines involved in the restoration of architectural heritage, i.e. architecture, history, engineering, building archaeology, geomatics, urbanism, theory and practice of conservation and restoration sciences, economy, law, tourism, etc.
They have learned to use relevant source material, to approach a problem in a scientific way and understand the approaches and possibilities of other disciplines besides their own. They have developed the necessary common terminology, methodology and skills to carry out research and to prepare jointly restoration studies, projects, and long-term programs. They have learned to reflect critically about ongoing concepts and debates on heritage preservation.
Based on the above, they have acquired the necessary common language and they master with a critical attitude the research methodologies and practices used in conservation of monuments and sites, as reflected in international guidelines, charters and literature. They have obtained knowledge and experience (through project works) that strengthens them to be part of interdisciplinary research and to communicate in a restoration team.
