Course Name: Master's Degree in Conservation and Restoration
Title: Master's Degree
Duration: 2 years
School: Tomar School of Technology
Director's Name: Fernando dos Santos Antunes
Director's Degree: Conservation and Restoration
What does this course consist of?
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The Master's Degree in Conservation and Restoration deepens the technical, scientific, ethical and deontological training essential for qualified intervention in cultural assets. The course combines applied research, advanced laboratory practice, and critical reflection on contemporary methodologies of preservation, conservation, and restoration. Students develop skills to work in museum, heritage, and research contexts, culminating in an internship or dissertation focused on real problems of cultural heritage.
What skills can students acquire?
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Study and material analysis of cultural assets, using laboratory and instrumental methods.
Planning and execution of conservation and restoration interventions according to international ethical and deontological standards.
Technical and scientific documentation (photography, graphic records, reports, digital systems).
Study of materials and artistic techniques in different types of heritage – movable, integrated, and immovable cultural assets.
Preservation of cultural assets and museum collections, integrated risk management in heritage organisations – monuments, museums, and archaeological sites.
Capacity for applied research and development of innovative methodologies.
Multidisciplinary work that articulates and develops knowledge and methodologies from the humanities and social sciences, the exact and natural sciences, the arts, and technology.
What are the professions in the market associated with this course?
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Conservator-restorer in companies in the conservation and restoration economic sector, in museums, archives, libraries, and heritage organizations, local authorities.
Consultant/Expert in conservation and restoration, in the preservation of collections, and in the management of collections and cultural heritage.
Researcher in R&D centers, universities, and specialized laboratories.
Technician or specialist in scientific-technological research laboratories applied to cultural heritage.
Technician in inventory, cataloguing, and documentation of cultural assets.
Intervention in integrated heritage: altarpieces, carvings, sculpture, furniture, and associated architectural heritage.
Why choose this course?
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Training recognized by <ENCoRE – European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education>, a network organization of higher education institutions in the field of conservation and restoration <Members – ENCoRE>.
Specialized and up-to-date training, aligned with the international standards of the following organizations:
<ICOM-CC | International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation><E.C.C.O. – European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers Organisations>
Strong practical component, with access to equipped laboratories and intervention projects in real heritage contexts.
Balanced integration of technique, technology, science, and professional ethics.
Opportunities for intervention in highly relevant and nationally and internationally classified Portuguese heritage.
Experienced and active faculty in professional practice and research.
Possibility of academic development and progression, for 3rd cycle training, in various doctoral programs and participation in national and international projects.
Why study at IPT?
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School with tradition and recognition in the field of Conservation and Restoration.
Reference laboratories, equipped for the study and intervention in cultural assets - movable, integrated, and immovable heritage.
Close monitoring and an academic environment conducive to individual development.
Partnerships with companies in the conservation and restoration economic sector, museums, municipalities, dioceses, misericórdias (charitable institutions), and other cultural organisations.
Privileged location in Tomar, a historic city with UNESCO-classified heritage.
Strong culture of applied research and connection with the territory.
