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Info 2023/2024
- Bachelor degree course
- Duration and credits
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- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
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- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
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- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- BIAGIO SANTORELLI
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2023/2024
- Degree programme plan 2023/2024
- Degree regulations 2023/2024
Info 2022/2023
- Bachelor degree course
- Duration and credits
-
- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
-
- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- BIAGIO SANTORELLI
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2022/2023
- Degree programme plan 2022/2023
- Degree regulations 2022/2023
Info 2021/2022
- Bachelor degree course
- Duration and credits
-
- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
-
- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- LAURA STAGNO
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2021/2022
- Degree programme plan 2021/2022
- Degree regulations 2021/2022
Info 2020/2021
- Bachelor degree course
- Duration and credits
-
- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
-
- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- LAURA STAGNO
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2020/2021
- Degree programme plan 2020/2021
- Degree regulations 2020/2021
Info 2019/2020
- Bachelor degree course
- Duration and credits
-
- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
-
- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- LAURA STAGNO
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2019/2020
- Degree programme plan 2019/2020
- Degree regulations 2019/2020
Info 2018/2019
- Bachelor degree course
- Duration and credits
-
- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
-
- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- LAURA STAGNO
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2018/2019
- Degree programme plan 2018/2019
- Degree regulations 2018/2019
Info 2017/2018
- Duration and credits
-
- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
-
- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- LAURA STAGNO
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2017/2018
- Degree programme plan 2017/2018
- Degree regulations 2017/2018
Info 2016/2017
- Duration and credits
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- 3
- Years
- 180
- CFU
-
- L-1
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- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Traditional
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- LAURA STAGNO
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2016/2017
- Degree programme plan 2016/2017
- Degree regulations 2016/2017
The course in brief
Presentation
The aim of the course is to lead students to develop theoretical, methodological and practical skills in cultural heritage management. Structured in three curricula - Archaeological Heritage, Archival and Book Heritage and Historical-Artistic Heritage - the course pertains to the humanities sphere, but is also open to aspects proper to the scientific and technological fields, in order to support students in building specific professional profiles.
Learning by doing
Traditional classroom lectures are coordinated with on-the-ground activities:
- experiences of excavation sites for the archaeology curriculum
- study and evaluation of cultural heritage at museums, archives and other institutions for the art historical and archival curricula
The traineeships allow to get in touch with different realities and to take part in scientific outreach initiatives, for example related to the UNESCO site of the Palazzi dei Rolli.
Professional outlets
- Employment in institutions (superintendencies, museums, libraries, archives) or companies working in the field of protection and enjoyment of cultural heritage
- entrepreneurial initiatives in the field
- professions inherent in the valorization of cultural heritage and scientific dissemination, with regard to public and private heritage.
The continuation of studies (Master's Degree) is required for access to public careers and teaching.
What you will learn
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storia dell'arte
pittura, scultura e architettura: strumenti per leggere i contesti culturali dal Medioevo a oggi
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storia delle tecniche artistiche
affresco, pittura a olio, incisione: le tecniche delle grandi opere analizzate scientificamente
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archeologia
indagare le testimonianze del passato per progettare il futuro: dalla Liguria all'intera Europa
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archivistica e biblioteconomia
dalla lettura dei documenti alla loro catalogazione per tracciare i profili delle società storiche
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materie scientifiche e beni culturali
botanica, dendrocronologia, fisica e chimica come strumenti di lettura delle opere d'arte
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geografia e storia
chi? quando? come? dove? perché? strumenti critici per contestualizzare gli eventi storici
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arte e storia del mondo antico
dalla civiltà Cretese, all'Atene di Fidia, all'Impero Romano. I linguaggi figurativi dell'antichità
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storia dell'arte in Liguria
dai capolavori dei grandi artisti, al patrimonio 'minore' da valorizzare sul territorio
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storia della fotografia
dal riconoscimento delle diverse tecniche all'utilizzo delle fotografie come documenti per studiare il passato
Did you know that.
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Il corso prevede, oltre alle lezioni frontali, esperienze di tirocinio nei musei, sul territorio, presso siti archeologici
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Dal 2011 al 2017, 650 studenti di Beni culturali hanno accolto oltre 450.000 visitatori nei Palazzi dei Rolli del Sito UNESCO di Genova
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Il patrimonio artistico di Genova è sempre più apprezzato in Italia e all'estero. La riscoperta di Genova come città d'arte genera nuove opportunità professionali
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Puoi fare esperienze di studio e tirocinio all'estero, presso università, musei e altre istituzioni
Contents
The educational pathways feature a teaching structure aimed at fostering graduates' integration into the world of work. Educational activities include lectures, laboratories, seminars, stages, internships, courses, and participation in excavation camps.
Curriculum in Archaeological Heritage
- Strong background in knowledge, fruition and conservation of archaeological heritage, with special reference to the area
- adequate knowledge of history from antiquity to the modern age and historical-literary sources
- scientific knowledge - chemical, physical, naturalistic, computer science - useful for a better understanding of ancient cultures.
Curriculum in Archival and Book Heritage
- solid background in basic methodologies in the field of preservation and cataloguing of library and documentary materials
- knowledge of the history and sources, analyzed both from a content and formal point of view and in the methods and techniques of production, preservation and safeguarding
- knowledge of issues related to preservation and cataloguing of library and archival holdings.
Curriculum in Historical and Artistic Heritage
- Acquisition of extensive knowledge related to the dynamics of artistic production from the Middle Ages, to the Modern Age, to the contemporary
- acquisition of critical tools aimed at the analysis of artwork, according to a plurality of methodological approaches
- maturation of autonomous reading skills oriented toward knowledge of the relationship between the territory, its culture, the forms of organization of society and the artistic production.
Coordinator

Welcome to the Bachelor of Science in Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Where we are
The headquarters of the School of Humanities and its related departments are distributed in the area around Via Balbi and Piazza della Nunziata. Some of these palaces are historical palaces of the city of Genoa, known as "Palazzi dei Rolli".
For the distribution of Departments see the acronyms:
DAFIST = Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History
DIRAAS = Department of Italianistics, Romanistics, Antiquities, Arts and Entertainment
DLCM = Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
- via Balbi 2 (Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo): presidency, Aula Magna, classrooms number 1 to number 9, offices and studios of DAFIST and DIRAAS faculty, Library
- via Balbi 4 (Palazzo Balbi Senarega): Humanities Single Student Desk, classrooms E, F, G, H, M, N, P, offices and studios of DAFIST faculty, DIRAAS, Library
- via Balbi 6 (Palazzo Balbi Raggio): classrooms I, Q, R, S, Library of the School of Humanities
- via Balbi 30: DAFIST faculty studios
- via delle Fontane 10: Teaching Hub, classrooms A through M and Aula Magna, LaLim Laboratory
- piazza Santa Sabina 2: DLCM faculty offices and studios, Library
Read more
You will find the contact details of the following reference offices useful:
Humanities Student One-Stop Shop
Via Balbi 4 - ground floor
16126 Genoa
+39 010 209 51690
You can write to studenti.uma@unige.it
to get information about:
- registrations and enrollments;
- transfers; course transitions
- recognitions from previous careers
- admission to pathways aimed at enrollment in master's degrees (Bridge Careers)
- resumption of studies
- suspension and waiver of studies
- request for certificates
- request for duplicates
- enrollment in individual educational activities
You can write to sportello.lettere@unige.it
to obtain information:
- general about Courses of Study
- on the Study Plans
- on the submission of the degree application
Documents and forms
Orientation
Educational offerings
Regulations
Forms
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- Form for application for change of study plan during the year and for inclusion of off-plan exams (to be sent to sportello.lettere@unige.it)
- Form for petition for recognition of additional educational activities (to be sent to faculty members of the Internship/stages and other activities committee)
- Form for end of internship
- Thesis Title Filing Form (to be sent to tesiarealettere@unige.it)
- Authentications (exams, registration, graduation). It is necessary to be authenticated with credentials UniGePass to use the service.