Swiss graduate programs

Bachelors and Masters Courses in Conservation Restoration

Education in conservation restoration: Inscriptions open
Switzerland
Deadline: May 31, 2011

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 appliques 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 the network of these
schools, established to coordinate the different forms of
collaboration in teaching and applied research and to exchange
competencies 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 language of teaching is mainly that of the correspondent
linguistic region but student are encouraged to attend language
courses in order to improve their knowledge. Teaching resources and
bibliographies are international in outlook and so necessarily
multilingual. For exams and written reports, students are free to
express themselves in their preferred language (German, French,
English or Italian).

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

The bachelor's program in conservation is fully modular and designed
according to the Swiss and European guidelines. The title is
recognized by the Confederation and it is valid internationally. 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 (special conditions apply to the
Abegg Stiftung).

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

The 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 information available on

    <URL:http://www.cr.supsi.ch>

and

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

Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design
Istituto materiali e costruzioni
Dr. arch. Giacinta Jean
Responsabile del corso di laurea in
conservazione e restauro
Casella postale 105
CH-6952 Canobbio
+41 91 935 12 41
Fax: +41 58 666 63 09


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