Study location	Italy, Padua
Type	Master's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Course code	LE0616/002PD/2022

Tuition fee	€2,642 per year For more information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€204 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Bachelor diploma (or equivalent) A minimum three-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in Chemical and Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computers Sciences, Architectural and Environmental Sciences, Geological Sciences, Geography, Tourism Sciences, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, or Human Sciences, with proven skills and/or motivation in Archaeological Sciences and Conservation of Cultural Heritage Additional entry requirements – Entry title and GPA Please verify country-based specific entry title and GPA requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree programme, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Language requirements	English B2 level (CEFR) or equivalent. Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

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Overview

The Master’s degree acknowledges the recent scientific advances in the investigation of cultural heritage materials at different scales, from the site/landscape survey to diagnostics at the molecular and atomic levels, and the interpretation of derived information. Based on truly interdisciplinary collaborations, the programme offers the theoretical background and the necessary practical knowledge towards the application of scientific methods to archaeological and cultural heritage 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, Communication and digital experience 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

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.