Applied Sciences to Cultural Heritage, Materials and Sites University of Padua

Overview

Based on truly interdisciplinary collaborations, the Applied Sciences to Cultural Heritage, Materials and Sites degree from University of Padua  offers the theoretical background and the necessary practical knowledge towards the application of scientific methods to archaeological and cultural heritage materials.

Career opportunities

Graduates work as archaeologists, archaeological scientists, consultants and planners for diagnostic programs of sites and CH objets, managers of archaeological sites, consultants and planners for Museums, consultants and planners for conservation programmes. In Italy, they can specialize further and enroll in the list of professional archaeologists. Their competences and knowledge will be unique for the interpretation and valorisation of archaeological and CH materials.

Programme structure

Integrated Analysis of Cultural Heritage Materials, Geomorphology of Archaeological Landscapes and Sites, Suite of courses on Materials properties and conservation (stone materials, binders, biomaterials, ceramics, pigments, metals, glass), Geoarchaeology and micromorphology, Dating techniques, Geophysics for Cultural Heritage and Civil Engineering, Macromolecules and genetics, Virtual Reconstruction and Digital Dissemination in Cultural Heritage, Historical buildings and sites, Remote Sensing for Geomorphology and Archaeology, Databases and Data Processing, Authentication, History and Theory of Restoration, Management and Valorization of Cultural Heritage.

The programme structure and the focus on materials are very different from existing programmes in Italy and in most EU countries.

Selected students may also have the possibility to achieve a double degree with the University of Haifa (Maritime archaeological heritage) and with the University of Bordeaux Montaigne (Archaeological Sciences).

The programme is a study track – held completely in English – of the Master’s degree programme in Scienze archeologiche