Conservation and restauration

The Work of Art Conservation and Restoration study program was introduced following the requests from the cultural-artistic and economic and touristic sphere of the northern and eastern part of the country.
The main mission focuses on: the complex scientific preparation and training of specialists in order to observe, preserve, and restore works of art belonging to the national and international cultural heritage; interdisciplinary research, and promotion of cultural values.
The Work of Art Preservation and Restoration specialization is organized in two study cycles: Bachelor (3 years) and Master (2 years), having two study directions: mural painting restoration and tempera painting restoration.
The acquired skills and competences are: fathoming knowledge related to monuments and constituent materials; shaping the capacity to collaborate with specialists in related fields; providing a complex scientific and technical training regarding the work of art preservation and restoration; creating the ability to operate with current international methods, based on the assimilation of practical experiences (in the laboratory, museums, monuments).
The Work of Art Preservation and Restoration specialization has proper spaces for the unfolding of the educational process: classrooms, workshops and laboratories, mural technique transposition room. The laboratories are equipped to meet the standards; there are exhausting and protection equipment and equipment for portable and fixed investigation: electron microscopes, photo and video equipment, specialized instruments.
The graduates are specialized in the field of work of art preservation and restoration, being able to practice in museums and institutions that protect and valorize cultural heritage.