Objectives

The course aims to train professionals that will be able to access the conservator-restorer profession in accordance with international standards and recommendations in Conservation, in particular the European Network for Teaching Conservation and Restoration (Encore), which has IPT as a member, and the European Confederation of Conservative-Restorers Organisations (ECCO). In order to accomplish this, the course is closely related with the Bachelor's Degree in Conservation and Restoration, so the two together provide the five years training, which is indispensable for access the profession. In a more specific way, the course aims to develop and deepen the knowledge acquired in the Bachelor degree and, moreover, develop skills to, in a creative, critical, independent and interdisciplinary way, design, plan and integrate products and conservation and restoration processes, according to the standards and international best practices.

Professional Goals

 On completion of two courses of study in Conservation and Restoration totalling a 5-year training (licenciatura+mestrado), students are expected to be prepared to access the conservator-restorer profession according to international standards and recommendations for this activity sector, namely the European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education (ENCoRE), of which IPT is a member, and the European Confederation of Conservator-restorers' Organisations (ECCO).

Graduates from this master's program can be responsible for any conservation / restoration intervention, namely in cultural assets already classified or submitted for classification - which, according to the Portuguese law, requires 5-year training in conservation and restoration (Decree-Law No. 140/2009) and 5 years of professional experience.
Apart from conservation and restoration related activities, graduates from this master's degree can also be engaged in the safeguard, enhancement and preservation of cultural assets in a wide range of organisations such as central and local government bodies, museums, charities, foundations, monuments, palaces, churches, convents, archaeological sites, antiquaries, auctioneers, property carriers, property management companies, conservation/restoration project offices and science/technology research laboratories.

Partnerships

• DGPC – Direcção Geral do Património-Cultural
• Local and regional authorities
• Religious institutions
• Foreign institutions with conservation and restoration activity
• National Conservation and Restoration enterprises

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