Программа обучения Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property

Программа обучения "Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property" в Technische Hochschule Köln

Konservierung und Restaurierung von Kunst und Kulturgut

The aim of the master’s degree is the theoretical and practical training of self-reliant restorers who are dedicated to the preservation and care as well as the research of art and cultural assets.

Since the summer semester 2010, the university has been offering a master’s degree in restoration and conservation science. The course, which ends with a Master of Arts (M.A.), builds on the six-semester course in Restoration and Conservation Science, which ends with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).

Общая Информация по Программе обучения "Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property"

  • Уровень: Магистратура
  • Диплом: Master of Arts (M.A.)
  • Язык обучения: Немецкий
  • Начало обучения: Зимний семестр
  • Срок обучения: 4 семестров
  • Форма обучения: Полная
  • Учебные кредиты: 120 ECTS
  • Стоимость: € 0 / Семестр
  • Семестровый взнос: € 276.70 / семестр
  • Правила приема: Без конкурса
  • Минимальный уровень немецкого: C1
  • Минимальный средний балл (нем): 2.2

Карьерные перспективы по завершению программы обучения "Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property"

Graduates with a Master of Arts degree work as independent restorers, as research assistants at universities, in management positions in the private sector or in the public sector, in museums, museum offices, libraries, archives, monument offices and Castle administrations.

The majority of the graduates take up self-employed work in their own company or in working groups. In addition to the "classic" fields of activity in object restoration and the conservation of cultural assets, other tasks for restorers with a master’s degree are becoming more and more important and show the future developments in their profession:

  • Restoration appraisal and advisory activities,
  • Research and teaching in universities (method research and development, research into the history and theory of restoration, art historical and art technological research, scientific research in the field of conservation and restoration),
  • Project management (exhibition management and collection management, public relations and cultural management),
  • Preventive conservation, quality assurance and risk assessment.

Ожидаемые результаты программы обучения "Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property"

The master’s degree offers students the opportunity to individual in-depth specialization within conservation and restoration after they have acquired the theoretical and practical initial qualification in the bachelor’s degree.

In addition to imparting technical and methodological skills, the key aspect of the course is the promotion of analysis and problem-solving skills in order to prepare students for handling complex tasks in restoration and conservation.

The aim is to qualify graduates for the independent and responsible performance of all tasks in the profession. In addition to the classic areas of responsibility of restorers - working directly on the object and taking care of the collection - this applies in particular to tasks that place the highest demands on the restorers performing the work - be it in the field of analysis, project coordination or the technical implementation of concepts . This includes practical restoration tasks of the highest degree of difficulty, technological research and support of top-class art and cultural assets, project work in the preservation of historical monuments, the restoration of complex historical ensembles or of modern art and cultural assets.

In addition, graduates now have a wide range of new fields of activity in the field of conservation services. The skills and qualifications acquired in the master’s degree make restorers ideal contacts for public and private clients in the field of:

  • of the restoration advice,
  • of the conservation collection management,
  • the risk assessment,
  • taking care of monitoring tasks,
  • the preparation of reports and tenders,
  • the development and management of complex conservation and restoration projects.

Учебный план программы обучения "Conservation and Restoration of Art and Cultural Property"

The master’s degree brings together the five fields of study of the bachelor’s degree. Superordinate aspects of restoration and conservation are linked and deepened here in an interdisciplinary manner. The course contains practice-oriented as well as research-oriented components and enables individual career paths through the choice of specializations.

The specialty of the master’s course at the TH Köln is the independent development and implementation of a master’s project together with an external cooperation partner and under intensive and individual supervision of the lecturers at the institute. The master project can be chosen from different areas:

  • application-oriented research in restoration and conservation science,
  • Development and application of restoration and conservation methods / preventive conservation,
  • Interdisciplinary, professionally relevant qualifications in restoration and conservation.

The master’s degree is characterized by the three main components mentioned, the contents of which are conveyed in associated events. In addition, the students choose a topic for their master’s project within the three areas. The chosen topic must be discussed with a responsible supervisor (for more information see under "Application").

The 1st master's semester serves the students on the one hand as a orientation and project finding phase for their master's project. They are supported intensively and individually by their supervisors. On the other hand, the semester includes a high proportion of theoretical knowledge transfer in the form of lectures and seminars. The events are primarily dedicated to innovative topics of restoration and conservation in theory and practice.

From the 2nd master semester onwards, students start the project implementation phase . For the project work, internships lasting several weeks are planned during the 2nd and 3rd semesters, in which the students can work and research effectively and concentrated on their objects with complex tasks in the workshops of the institute or in the workshops of the cooperation partners. The theoretical courses are continued in the context of block courses and in the context of project work. This also includes teaching social and personal skills within the framework of project management and communication seminars .

The 4th master's semester is dedicated to the project completion and the writing of the master's thesis. This is accompanied in related seminars.

  • Учебный план / модули: https://www.th-koeln.de/studium/restaurierung-und-konservierung-von-kunst--und-kulturgut-master--ordnungen-und-formulare_3761.php
    https://www.th-koeln.de/mam/downloads/deutsch/studium/studiengaenge/f02/ordnungen_plaene/f02_stvpl_ma_rum_20.08.2018.pdf
    https://www.th-koeln.de/mam/downloads/deutsch/studium/studiengaenge/f02/ordnungen_plaene/f02_aenderungssatzung_mpo_ma_rum_20.08.2018.pdf
    https://www.th-koeln.de/mam/downloads/deutsch/studium/studiengaenge/f02/ordnungen_plaene/f02_mpo_restaurierung_2021_01_28.pdf
    https://www.th-koeln.de/mam/downloads/deutsch/studium/studiengaenge/f02/ordnungen_plaene/f02_stvl_mpo_restaurierung_2021_01_28.pdf
    https://www.th-koeln.de/mam/downloads/deutsch/studium/studiengaenge/f02/rest_ma/f02_cics_modulhandbuch_ma_2021ss_oeffentlich_210315b_olt.pdf
  • Факультет

    Faculty of Cultural Sciences
    Technische Hochschule Köln

    The Faculty of Cultural Studies at TH Köln consists of the Cologne Game Lab, the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences and the Cologne International School of Design.

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