The Specialization School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage for the study and restoration of monuments, established in 1957 within the Faculty of Architecture, is a third-level postgraduate program aimed at training highly qualified specialists in the fields of restoration, protection, management, and enhancement of architectural and landscape heritage.
The program lasts two years, with the possibility of undertaking practical internships in the third year.
The curriculum is designed to provide students with a solid methodological and scientific foundation, enabling them to prepare projects and oversee restoration interventions of high complexity.
The courses cover a wide range of disciplines, including: design, materials, construction, and structural aspects of restoration; architectural history; drawing and surveying; landscape architecture; heritage chemistry; appraisal and evaluation; administrative and public law; environmental engineering; exhibition design and museography; and archaeological research methodologies.
The School is organized into two distinct tracks:
The courses combine theoretical and practical training, and for both tracks, specific programs have been developed to promote learning based on study and hands-on experience.
Lectures, site visits, and practical workshops allow students to acquire knowledge and skills that are valuable both culturally and professionally, applicable in a wide range of professional contexts.
- Academic program
The educational structure was drafted based on the resolution of the Academic Senate (meeting of December 19, 2006) establishing the new "Specialization School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage", according to the reorganized system ex MIUR Decree of January 31, 2006, published in the "Official Gazette" of June 15, 2006, No. 137, General Series, and approved by the CUN in the meeting of October 10, 2007.
Since the academic year 2013-14, the School has activated, alongside the traditional path in "Restoration of Monuments and Landscape Protection" (A), a second path in "Restoration of Gardens and Historic Parks" (B). The didactic structure, organizational rules and legal effects of the school are common and equivalent to both paths "A" restoration of monuments and landscape protection and "B" restoration of gardens and historic parks.
The order, among other things, specifies the following:
Art. 1 - The characterizing areas of the school are those that include the scientific-disciplinary sectors of Restoration (ICAR/19) and History of Architecture (ICAR/18). [...]
Art. 2. [...] The school accepts a maximum number of thirty students enrolled in the first year. [...]
Art. 3. Admission to the school is subject to an entrance competition, by examination and qualifications, with a second-level degree (300 CFU) and with a possible different procedure for Italians and foreigners. Graduates in "Architecture" of the old system and of the new specialist or master's degree courses falling within class 4/S "Architecture and Building Engineering", considered the reference class, with full recognition of the 300 credits obtained, are admitted to the competition; furthermore, candidates with a second-level degree in classes 2/S "Archeology", 10/S "Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage", 12/S "Conservation and Restoration of Historical-Artistic Heritage", 95/S "History of Art" may be admitted, subject to evaluation by the school of personal curricula to identify any educational debts. [...]
Art. 4. Those who do not pass all the fundamental compulsory exams of their year of course cannot be admitted to the following year of course and must repeat the year. The student cannot enroll more than twice in the same year of course.
Art. 5. For the purposes of carrying out internships and training stages, and for the purpose of subsidizing and using personnel and extra-university structures for carrying out its educational activities, the school may enter into agreements with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and with public and private institutions of particular qualification.
Art. 6. [...] The school may activate within it refresher courses and masters in sectors relevant to its institutional interests [...]».
In determining the study plan, the school council must include the following areas in the system:
Area 1 - Restoration
Area 2 - History
Area 3 - Drawing, Survey, Environment
Area 4 - Materials and Technologies
Area 5 - Structures
Area 6 - Economics and Law
Area 7 - Installations, Furnishing, Museography
Area 8 - Archaeological Methodologies