Conservation Studies

Overview

You'll learn essential disciplinary knowledge and advanced scholarship techniques with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sustainable building conservation practice. You will engage with practical and professional issues in a series of focused skills modules from an exciting range of related disciplines and develop your own experience in practice, whilst benefiting from the knowledge of our experienced practitioners.

A voluntary work placement in a conservation organisation in the York region will enhance and focus your practice-based experience and you will develop your research skills in an original, independently conducted research project.  

Established in 1972 and drawing on our wide range of department expertise, the Conservation Studies programme from University of York is particularly suitable if you are interested in a broader interdisciplinary approach to conservation such as cultural heritage management, digital heritage, landscapes, period-based or international conservation work.

Careers and skills

Graduates have gone on to careers in archaeology and heritage-related organisations across the UK and abroad. You'll also develop transferable skills that are applicable to a multitude of careers beyond archaeology and heritage.

Career opportunities

Previous graduates have gone into roles such as:

• Heritage Consultant
• Conservation Officer
• Building Surveyor
• Planning Officer
• Heritage Crafts

in a variety of organisations:

• National heritage bodies and organisations
• Local authorities
• Heritage consultancy
• Heritage crafts
• Architectural practice
• Charitable sector
• Academia

Accreditation

The course follows the internationally recognised ICOMOS Guidelines for Education and Training in Conservation.