Scientific Conservation, M.Sc.
You will acquire sound skills in the investigation and evaluation as well as conservation and restoration of severely degraded materials and of old restorations in the chosen area(s) of specialisation. In addition, you will be provided with indispensable legal and business knowledge. The study programme concept also offers interesting optional modules on the following topics:
- Pest prevention and hazardous substances
- Preservation of historical monuments and building research
- Digital and virtual methods of documentation, conservation and restoration
During the standard period of study, you can also intensively deal with a subject area and take a minor. You can choose between the following areas:
- Analytics and development
- Portfolio maintenance management
- Ethics, history and theory of restoration
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.08 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €409.27 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The course of study is characterized by options for content. Only three module groups are compulsory, which convey core competencies in the examination, conservation and restoration treatment of degraded material composites as well as in operational management and project management.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
As an academically trained restorer, you will qualify for special areas of conservation and restoration practice as well as for management functions, including preparation for the higher administrative service.
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You can take on interdisciplinary organisational tasks, i.e. leading workshops, developing and implementing conservation concepts, developing questions for material science, natural science, historical studies and ethical requirements and interpreting the results, coordinating the various preventive conservation measures and assuming leading tasks in an institution's conservation management portfolio.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €409.27 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Previously qualified subject (Bachelor's degree or equivalent). |
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| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.08 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application directly to the university until 15.08Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.08.2027 (305 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.