Programmes

The Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties offers you the theoretical and practical tools necessary to diagnose and analyze the alterations of cultural properties, and also to decide and execute conservation and restoration treatments that are needed. You will learn to use the new technologies applied to conservation and restoration work, design preventive conservation plans

Institutions such as museums, corporate collections, archives and libraries are subject to constant processes of change due to social upheavals and media technological innovations. These affect the core tasks of collecting, preserving, researching, exhibiting and communicating as well as management. The university course "Collection Studies and Management" provides the theoretical and practical

The study program Conservation and Restoration is devoted to the conservation of works of art and of cultural artifacts which merit regard as irreplaceable documents owing to their respective historical, artistic and cultural value, and whose conservation is therefore of public interest. In a wider context, the conservation of our cultural heritage is defined as a part of Human Rights. The basic

The diploma degree programme of Conservation prepares students for an academic conservator’s continually changing and expanding field of activity. The four specialist areas of the study programme cover the conservation and restoration of paintings, objects, textile, and stone. Additionally, there is the option to specialise in the conservation of archaeological finds or contemporary art. The study

Art is a pleasure for the senses, it is also the faithful reflection of the era and the society that gave birth to it and one of its most refined cultural manifestations. From rock art paintings from thousands of years ago to the most transgressive performances of today, the different proposals (plastic, architecture, cinematography and other visual arts...) describe an illustrated map of the

In a global society that treats image information as a valuable commodity, well-processed digital image collections have economic and cultural-political value. Up-to-date knowledge about future-oriented archiving, effective presentation to the public and commercial utilization options for digital collections and archives of all content orientations are becoming a key competence in companies and

Technical advances in recent decades have led to a new form of research: Digital Humanities. This involves research and teaching at the interface between the humanities and information technology. Using computer-aided research methods offers new possibilities for evaluating scientific sources and drastically changing approaches to research across the wider humanities.These new approaches are based

The master’s programme in Digital Humanities aims at training students who will make a significant contribution to the promotion and anchoring of computer-based methods in humanities research contexts.

The programme of study is based on topics of current academic and artistic interest as well as on a society-oriented understanding of art and culture in a global and cross-cultural perspective, an orientation that is particularly strong at the University of Applied Arts.

Gilders/goldplaters and decorators design and refine objects and surfaces with traditional and modern craft techniques. They apply gold plating of gold leaf to ornamental and everyday objects or cover them with layers of silver leaf, leaf copper or bronze powder. In addition, they repair and restore historical art and furnishings or parts of buildings (e.B. church altars, monuments, tower clocks)