Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

Master's Degree

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Contacts

Contactos Cursos

Academic Services
sa.porto@ucp.pt

 

Student Care
jssilva@ucp.pt
+351 935 370 331

 

Administrative Services
+351 226 196 267

 

Admission Support
candidaturas.porto@ucp.pt
+351 939 450 000

Mais Informações

Area of Studies

 Arts
 

Level of Education

 Masters
 


Regime
After-work hours
 

Schedule

 120
 

Accreditations

A3ES - número de processo ACEF/1516/1413

DGES - Registo inicial: R/A-Ef 1156/2011 de 18-03-2011
Registos de alteração do Plano de Estudos: R/A-Ef 1156/2011/AL03 de 18-03-2024, conforme consta no Aviso nº 3153/2021, Série II, pp. 287 - 289

Coordinator


Joana Teixeira
jcteixeira@ucp.pt

 

 

 

This Master's Degree provides advanced training that allows entry into the profession in an autonomous and individual way. Over two years, students will have the opportunity to combine tradition and innovation by applying scientific and technological methods to art and heritage.

It promotes concrete experiences in diverse environments, through internships and collaborations with national and international scientific, museological and academic institutions, as well as with several specialized companies in the sector.

The main objective is to value the service to the community, contributing to the knowledge, conservation, qualification and promotion of art and heritage.

a. Expected candidate profile

• Interest in classical and contemporary artistic and cultural heritage

• Interest in a diversified theoretical-practical training, based on a broad vision of Cultural Heritage

• Willingness to work in a team with professionals from the same area and from other areas of knowledge

• Taste for working in different contexts: workshops, on-site work, laboratories.

• Manual dexterity, visual acuity and motor coordination.

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b. Characteristics

• Deepening of knowledge and experiences for the exercise of the profession, through the development of practices in the areas of interest

• Development of research, through the elaboration of a dissertation and the stimulation of scientific publication

• Projects and intervention activities in art and heritage in a real context

• Specialized training that allows understanding the artistic techniques, composition and behavior of materials, knowing their degradation and carrying out the most appropriate treatments for their conservation

• Possibility to develop skills in the areas of: Painting, Mural Painting, Sculpture, Carving, Contemporary Art, Integrated Heritage, Documentary Heritage, Archaeological Heritage, Scientific Collections, among others

• Erasmus programs at European schools and universities

• Participation in Technical Conferences and Advanced Training Workshops on cutting-edge technologies and methodologies with international experts

• Contribution to research projects and collaboration with researchers from the Center for Research in Science and Technology of the Arts

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c. Professional Outlets

As a continuation of the Undergraduate's Degree in Art, Conservation and Restoration, the Master's program, lasting two years, provides a specialization that allows for independent and autonomous entry into the profession.

• Integration in teams in public or private cultural institutions, such as museums, galleries, archives, libraries, foundations, monuments, etc., that have workshops, conservation and restoration laboratories or that develop preventive conservation programs.

• Integration in teams of private conservation and restoration companies.

• Coordination of conservation and restoration projects, prepares preventive conservation plans.

• Carrying out diagnoses, defines intervention methodologies and carries out the most appropriate treatments for heritage conservation.

• Developing applied research in the search for innovative solutions for heritage preservation.

• Participation in multidisciplinary teams in the rehabilitation of built and integrated heritage and in interventions for the preservation of ancient and contemporary art and heritage.

d. Schedule a Visit

send an email to artes@ucp.pt to schedule or call +351 935 370 331

e. Scholarships and Social Support

Financial support applications are individually analyzed, according to the applicants' specific situation.

• Directorate General for Higher Education Scolarships
• UCP Social Support
• Merit and Portfolio Scholarships

f. Erasmus

• Partner Institutions
• Regulations and Useful information

g. Internship Agreements and Partnerships

Companies and Institutions with Internship Agreements:

• Alexandre Manuel Viegas Maniés – Conservação e Restauro
• Archeofactu – Arqueologia e Arte, Lda
• CaCO3, Conservação do Património Artístico, Lda
• Era Arqueologia SA
• NCREP - Consultoria em Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda
• Nova Conservação – Restauro e Conservação do Património Artístico-Cultural, Lda
• N-Restauros, Conservação e Restauro Lda
• Porto Restauro – Conservação e Restauro e Objetos de Arte
• XpectralTEK
• Diocese do Porto
• Fundação de Serralves
• Município de Ovar
• Museu de Arqueologia D. Diogo de Sousa
• Museu Nacional do Azulejo


Partnerships:

• ACRA - Atelier de Conservação e Restauro de Azulejo - Câmara Municipal de Ovar 
• Câmaras Municipais (Porto, Matosinhos, Ovar) 
• Celestial Ordem Terceira da Santíssima Trindade 
• Dioceses, Paróquias e Ordens (Diocese de Bragança e Miranda, Sé Patriarcal do Porto 
• Direção Geral do Património Cultural 
• Direção Geral do Património Cultural, Laboratório José de Figueiredo 
• Direção Regional da Cultura do Norte 
• Escola Superior de Conservação e Restauro de Bens Culturais da Galiza, Espanha 
• Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) - Department of Photography, Prague 
• Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 
• Fundação de Serralves 
• Fundação Osvaldo Fio Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 
• Geobiotech, Universidade de Aveiro 
• Instituto del Patrimonio Histórico Español 
• Inúmeras paróquias 
• IVACOR- Valencia, Espanha 
• Laboratório Hércules, Universidade de Évora 
• Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) 
• Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Barcelona (MACBA), Espanha 
• Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Espanha
• Museu D. Diogo de Sousa 
• Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis 
• Museu Santa Maria de Lamas 
• NCREP - Consultoria em Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda. 
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto 
• Universidade Complutense de Madrid (Belas Artes), Espanha 
• Universidade de Sevilha (Belas Artes), Espanha 
• Universidade de Vigo, Espanha 
• Universidade do Minho 
• Venerável Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco

 

Contacts

Contactos Cursos

Academic Services
sa.porto@ucp.pt

 

Student Care
jssilva@ucp.pt
+351 935 370 331

 

Administrative Services
+351 226 196 267

 

Admission Support
candidaturas.porto@ucp.pt
+351 939 450 000

Mais Informações

Area of Studies

 Arts
 

Level of Education

 Masters
 


Regime
After-work hours
 

Schedule

 120
 

Accreditations

A3ES - número de processo ACEF/1516/1413

DGES - Registo inicial: R/A-Ef 1156/2011 de 18-03-2011
Registos de alteração do Plano de Estudos: R/A-Ef 1156/2011/AL03 de 18-03-2024, conforme consta no Aviso nº 3153/2021, Série II, pp. 287 - 289

Coordinator


Joana Teixeira
jcteixeira@ucp.pt

 

 

 

Contacts

Contactos Cursos

Academic Services
sa.porto@ucp.pt

 

Student Care
jssilva@ucp.pt
+351 935 370 331

 

Administrative Services
+351 226 196 267

 

Admission Support
candidaturas.porto@ucp.pt
+351 939 450 000

Mais Informações

Area of Studies

 Arts
 

Level of Education

 Masters
 


Regime
After-work hours
 

Schedule

 120
 

Accreditations

A3ES - número de processo ACEF/1516/1413

DGES - Registo inicial: R/A-Ef 1156/2011 de 18-03-2011
Registos de alteração do Plano de Estudos: R/A-Ef 1156/2011/AL03 de 18-03-2024, conforme consta no Aviso nº 3153/2021, Série II, pp. 287 - 289

Coordinator


Joana Teixeira
jcteixeira@ucp.pt