Introduction to Heritage and Sustainability

Education facts

Code: 5KV711

The course provides an introduction to conservation (kulturvård) as a field, with particular emphasis on the relationship between heritage and sustainability. The course addresses the changing relationships between past, present and future, and links these to the sustainability challenges facing the world. Tangible and intangible cultural heritage are resources from the past that are recovered and reused in a caring way, but also a source of conflict. The course addresses the social, economic and environmental ethical trade-offs and conflicting goals that arise when, for example, museum objects, historic buildings and cultural environments are preserved, used, developed and decommissioned.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Introduction to Heritage and Sustainability

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 30 September 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %