The single-cycle degree course is worth 300 credits and lasts five years. It comprises theoretical lectures and technical learning activities that take place within the institute’s laboratories.
The technical activities of the Training program are more than 60% of the duration of the courses and are carried out on artefacts qualifying as cultural heritage. These activities are integrated with work sites, internships and specialized seminars.
The Training program No. 3 (PFP 3) covers several categories of artifacts, that vary in terms of material characteristics and technical type: costumes, fashion and accessories, tapestries, archaeological and ethnographic textiles, banners and flags, woven materials, textile fragments, ecclesiastical vestments, objects made of straw, leather and hide, carpets, upholstery and furnishings.
In order to offer students the most extensive, complete and in-depth overview of the conservation issues of this field, the course takes place within the following departments of the Opificio:
The program is structured in three main fields, with related themes and conservation issues:
Conservation issues are approached by providing students with a wide case study of artworks, in order to provide a solid historical, technical and chemical-physical knowledge of the materials, their use and various typological categories, as well as the different methods of intervention.
In order to acquire a broader critical vision, the laboratory program also includes technical-practical site experiences, carried out in important public and private institutions, in the field of safeguard and valorisation, aimed at the study of preventive and planned conservation of collections, diagnostic investigations concerning materials and techniques and permanent or temporary exhibition system – fundamental topics for an in-depth study of conservation issues and in dealing with complex operational aspects.
History and Art History: Classical Archaeology, Medieval Art History, Modern Art History, Contemporary Art History, History and Theory of Restoration.
Sciences: General and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Applied Physics, Drawing, Computer Science.
Methodologies for Conservation and Restoration: Chemistry of Cultural Heritage I, Restoration.
Sciences and Technology for Conservation and Restoration: Chemistry of Cultural Heritage II, General Microbiology, Environmental Technical Physics, Technology of Constituent Materials.
Arts and Cultural Heritage: Museology and history of collecting, History of Art Techniques, Archivistics, Bibliography and Library Science.
Legal, economic, and management disciplines: Elements of Administrative Law and Legislation of Cultural Heritage, Economics and Business Management.
Technical restoration disciplines: Technical restoration disciplines.
To apply for the competition for admission to the higher education school it is necessary to have a five-year high school diploma, or a four-year diploma plus one supplementary year. EU and non-EU citizens can participate in the competition.
Admission to the OPD Higher Education School is through an open international competition, announced each year by the Ministry of Culture, indicating the professional training programs for which one can apply.
Attendance is mandatory. As a partial reimbursement of expenses, students are required to pay a fee for each year of the course, in accordance with terms established by the Higher Education School Management.
As determined by legislation (“Disposizioni in materia di iscrizione contemporanea a due corsi di istruzione superiore” GU Serie Generale n.98, 28-04-2022), since 13/05/2022 it is possible to be enrolled in two degree programs.
Specific statutes issued by the Ministry of Culture will regulate the contemporary enrolment, as foreseen in article 1 of the law before mentioned.
The teaching faculty consists mainly of personnel from within the institute. Experts from public and private organisations and institutes engaged in research and conservation activities collaborate in teaching.
List of professors and co-professors A.Y. 2025-2026, 1st semester
List of professors and co-professors A.Y. 2025-2026, 2nd semester
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