Master of Science in Conservation

The Master's Programme in Conservation sharpens your ability to identify and process complex issues in the heritage conservation and management field and offers many options for specialisation. Studies at the programme involve exploring how historical aspects can be seen as resources in sustainable development and developing new skills in the documentation, assessment, interpretation, and conservation of cultural heritage. About<br> This master's programme is designed to deepen your knowledge about the characteristics and multiple layers of meaning of cultural heritage and the condition of its influence in societies. It helps you develop new skills in the documentation, assessment, interpretation, and conservation of cultural heritage. At the programme, you will engage in ongoing heritage projects and investigate current methods of conservation, covering issues of maintenance and reuse, contemporary developments, and different aspects of participatory heritage planning. The programme highlights how historical aspects can be seen as resources in sustainable societal development. Combining academic studies with research assignments, you get to link theory with practice and build your capacity for both professional and research careers. In a broader scope, it provides you with new knowledge to address heritage conservation in relation to challenges of climate change, social movements, and socially equal futures. Learning about craft methods in building preservation, parks and buildings, as well as management methods for historic gardens are also included in the programme. The past four decades of experiences and connections have provided the Department of Conservation with an important history and position in Sweden. Participating in our master’s programme helps you find new connections, inspiration, and internships. The courses are taught by lecturers and guest scholars with national and international experience. The Department of Conservation collaborates closely with private heritage conservation actors and public agencies, including the Swedish National Heritage Board and a range of museums. We also enjoy an array of international connections, especially through the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, as well as the different Erasmus agreements that network with us throughout and beyond Europe. <br> The programme offers mandatory and elective courses on contemporary themes in the field of conservation. The elective courses include individual courses that allow you to design your own individual courses to create a unique academic profile. An individual study plan, that includes a time plan, your selection of courses and your choice of specialisation, is established at the start of the programme. After graduation<br> Graduates receive the degree Master of Science (120 credits) with a major in Conservation and studies at the programme make you eligible for future academic studies. As a heritage professional, you usually work as a conservator-restorer with a focus on the built environment and cultural landscapes. The work involves conveying the cultural-historical content in urban and land-use planning and decision-making, as well as managerial procedures including decision-making on how different stakeholder interests should be balanced in matters of preservation versus exploitation. You can also work with leading project plans and coordinating measures that affect the cultural environment. Our former students work in public agencies at municipalities, museums, and county boards, or in the private sector at architectural and consulting companies. Several of our former students are self-employed. Apply for the Master's Programme in Conservation: [www.gu.se/en/study-gothenburg/master-of-science-in-conservation-n2kuv](<https://www.gu.se/en/study-gothenburg/master-of-science-in-conservation-n2kuv>)