Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI)

Bachelor's and Master's courses in conservation for the next
academic year.

Deadline: June 15, 2010

In Switzerland, conservation-restoration studies are offered with a
Bachelor's and a Master's degree, established through a joint
collaboration between the four Swiss higher education institutions:

    Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg
    Hochschule der Kunste Bern HKB, Bern
    Haute ecole d'arts appliqes HEAA Arc, La Chaux-de-Fonds
    Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana
    SUPSI, Lugano

The four sites are the only institutions in Switzerland offering an
education in conservation and in conservation-restoration at
university-level. The title delivered is recognized by the
Confederation and is valid internationally.

The Swiss Conservation-Restoration Campus is a network established
to coordinate the different forms of collaboration in teaching and
applied research and to exchange competences at Federal level.

Each institution is a centre of education and research responsible
for one or more specializations in the field of
conservation-restoration:

    Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)
    Abegg Stiftung Riggisberg

        Textiles

    Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)
    Hochschule der Kunste Bern (HKB), Bern

        Architecture, furnishing and furniture
        Books, graphic and photographic objects
        Modern materials and media
        Paintings and sculptures

    Haute Ecole Specialisee de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
    Haute ecole d'arts appliques Arc (HEAA Arc)

        Archaeological and ethnological objects
        Scientific, technical and horological objects
        Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana
        (SUPSI)
        Dipartimento Ambiente, Costruzioni e Design (DACD)

            Wall paintings, stone, stucco and architectural surfaces

The Bachelor's program in conservation emphasises data gathering,
preventive conservation and the development of passive measures of
intervention.

The program is fully modular and designed according to the Swiss and
European guidelines. The full time studies last three years and they
correspond 180 ECTS credits.

During the first two years students follow common topics defined by
the four collaborating institutions. In the third year students
attend courses on a specific field of conservation at the
institution responsible for it.

The Master's program develops intellectual and practical skills in a
specialized field of conservation-restoration, requiring scientific
and technical research.

The Master's program complies with the European standards for
education in conservation and conservation-restoration which agree
that only a Master's degree in conservation-restoration, achieved by
a period of full-time study of no less than 5 years at a university
or at a recognised equivalent level, qualifies for the independent
practice of the profession.

More info on

    <URL:http://www.swiss-crc.ch>

dr. arch. Giacinta Jean
responsabile corso di laurea in
conservazione e restauro
Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana
Dipartimento Ambiente Costruzioni e Design
Casella postale 105
Trevano
6952 Canobbio
Svizzera
+41 91 935 1241
Fax: +41 58 666 6309


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