The School of Specialization in Historical and Artistic Heritage of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan has been active since the academic year 1990/91. The Director of the School, Prof. Alessandro Rovetta , and the holders of the individual courses are partly professors at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University and at other universities, partly officials of Superintendencies, Museums and experts belonging to other cultural institutions.
The School aims to train operators with a specific professional profile in the field of protection, management and enhancement of the historical-artistic heritage, providing a qualification required for access to the National Superintendencies and to numerous museum institutions and art galleries. In addition, the School provides useful skills and encourages internships also for employment in new employment sectors that are emerging in the field of cultural heritage, from computer cataloguing to multimedia publishing, to the promotion of artistic heritage. With the new system, the School responds to the need to train trained operators on the entire span of art history, from the Middle Ages to the present day, on artistic and restoration techniques as well as on the legal and managerial aspects inherent to cultural heritage.
Director: prof. Alessandro Rovetta
Duration: 2 years
Number of seats: 30
Admission Requirements
- o Master's degree in Art History (class 95/S)
- o Master's degree in History of Art (class LM-89)
- or four-year degree (degree of the old system: graduates of the Faculties of Arts and Philosophy, Education Sciences, Architecture, Cultural Heritage, History).
Admission procedures
Access to the School is subject to a competition based on exams and qualifications.
The competition for admission to the School consists of:
- a written test on 3 topics concerning the history of medieval, modern and contemporary art
- an oral exam to discuss the written topics
Title awarded: Specialist in Historical and Artistic Heritage
Organisation of courses
The didactic program includes: high-profile lectures – frontal, workshops and seminars – on historical-artistic themes, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary. The methods related to the restoration, conservation and teaching of art are also studied, as well as those necessary to acquire skills for an economic and legal approach in the field of management of cultural structures and events. Postgraduate students must also carry out internships or internships at cultural institutions affiliated with the School.
At the end of their studies, they will write a specialization thesis (20 credits) in one of the subject areas of the training course, demonstrating that they have acquired adequate critical and methodological skills.
Activity
Throughout the year, there will be scientific conferences on various topics in the history of art, held by qualified and prestigious speakers from Italian and international universities and museums. At the end of each course, trips and study visits are scheduled.
Frequency
Attendance of at least 75% of the lessons related to each subject is compulsory.
To facilitate the trainees, the meetings take place in intensive weeks (from November to May).
Students may not enrol more than twice in the same year of the programme
Enrolment procedures
Candidates who are admitted to enrolment because they are in a useful position in the ranking list (maximum 30 places), must access the Course Enrolment Portal again to obtain a printout of their enrolment application, addressed to the Rector of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. This application, duly signed by the applicant for registration, must be uploaded on the same portal, under penalty of forfeiture, within the peremptory deadline specifically indicated at the time of publication of the ranking list of admitted students. Admitted candidates who have not regularised their administrative position within the established deadlines will be deemed to have withdrawn. Following the non-registration of the winners of the competition, the candidates in succession in the ranking list will be invited, by communication sent to the e-mail address declared at the time of registration on the Course Enrolment Portal or by any other means deemed suitable to ensure adequate security and speed of operations, to complete their registration within seven days from the date of forwarding the communication. Candidates who have not complied with the above will be considered to have withdrawn and the aforementioned ranking will be scrolled further until all available places have been filled.
Taxes
Fees for the academic year 2024/25 amount to €2,970 divided into two instalments:
First instalment (upon enrolment) € 1,500.00
II INSTALMENT (by March 2025) € 1,470.00
Deadlines
04/11/2024 online application
18/11/2024 written test
19/11/2024 oral exam
29/11/2024 Enrolment application
Scholarships
The following scholarships are available:
There are 2 scholarships for the amount of 1,500 (one thousand five hundred) euros each, intended for
to the candidates who, being in possession of the entry requirements, will be the first two classified in the
ranking list and enrol in the first year of the Postgraduate School in
Historical and artistic heritage in the academic year 2024/25. The scholarship will be paid by February
2025.
There are also 2 scholarships amounting to the amount of 3,000 (three thousand) euros each to be awarded
candidates who, enrolled in the first year of the Postgraduate School in the academic year 2024/25,
have passed at least 4 exams in their study plan by 31 October 2025 and
obtained the highest average.