Bachelor's Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

• Fine arts (0213)

Main focus

This degree equips students with knowledge in the following key areas: (a) policies, laws and regulations pertinent to the professional activities of the conservator-restorer; (b) the materials used in the process of creating and/or manufacturing cultural assets; (c) disturbance factors; (d) test methods and instruments; (e) application of methods and intervention criteria; (f) tools and equipment used in different treatments and for planning, managing and supervising conservation-restoration projects.
The objective of the degree is to train highly qualified, competent professionals equipped to advise on heritage conservation and awareness-raising processes. The programme prepares students to undertake the most complex conservation-restoration interventions with the utmost care, and to thoroughly document them thus ensuring that their work, and the data gathered, contribute not only to preservation but also to a more in-depth understanding of the historical and artistic events behind the objects being treated. These future professionals will be qualified to undertake teaching and research roles, and to continue broadening and deepening the knowledge base in this area.

Competences

1. Establish guidelines for appraising and applying the concept of Heritage as a collective asset to be passed on to generations to come.
2. Facilitate the necessary awareness to appreciate the uniqueness and fragility of works constituting Heritage.
3. Facilitate the underlying knowledge needed to enable professionals to fully grasp the responsibility of their role in applying conservation-restoration treatments.
4. Provide awareness of the performance standards required to meet the code of professional ethics in the conservation-restoration field.
5. Provide the fundamentals and necessary resources to collaborate with other professionals working in the heritage or scientific field.
6. Deliver the necessary resources for undertaking research projects in the area of conservation-restoration of cultural assets.
7. Facilitate understanding and the correct application of the vocabulary and concepts associated with artistic works and their conservation, thus ensuring appropriate professional development.
8. Correctly apply the vocabulary, norms, and concepts that guide the conservation and restoration of cultural assets, to ensure appropriate development in the workplace.
9. Use the necessary graphical resources to document works and the intervention processes undertaken.
10. Use material or printed sources to document works and the intervention processes undertaken.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales

Qualification requirements

– The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (60 ECTS)
Obligatory (114 ECTS)
Optional (60 ECTS)
Final degree project (6 ECTS)

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations