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Designed for a new generation of heritage leaders, this course gives today's specialists (architects, conservators, curators, surveyors, engineers, project managers, scientists, preservation managers and designers) the interdisciplinary skills and mindset to be able to deliver the heritage programmes and projects of the future.

The course brings together all aspects of cultural heritage - historic buildings, collections, sites and landscapes combined with the best preventive conservation policies, projects, methodologies and practices. It is intended to imbue highly skilled and versatile practitioners with leadership and management qualities by bringing professionals and informed clients together in a learning environment to promote mutual understanding.

Above all, it is designed to create leaders who apply the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development within cultural heritage projects.

What to expect

To achieve the aims of the course, we will challenge you to develop both your knowledge and skills. You will engage with issues including:

• The underlying concepts of heritage value;
• How social, economic, environmental, scientific, technological, design and engineering decisions affect physical sustainability;
• The wider implications of our actions to preserve built heritage on the natural environment;
• The planning and management of interdisciplinary heritage projects within the context of sustainable development.

Throughout the course, students will have access to:

• International, interdisciplinary teachers who are leading professionals in their field
• Real-life heritage case studies as the dynamic basis for discussing complex and demanding issues
• Public stewards and private owners of heritage in order to learn from practice
• Leading heritage stakeholders
• A fully funded 2-week study visit in Malta is an integral part of the course.

Students are trained to give professional presentations to, and write reports for, policy makers making today's crucial heritage decisions, based upon real and complex heritage dilemmas.

And there are also opportunities for project placements with leading international heritage organisations.

What will you get out of it?

This course has been described by students as creating 'heritage entrepreneurs', confident risk takers, designing positive solutions and securing a future for cultural heritage.

The course leads to an MSc or Graduate Diploma Built Environment: Sustainable Heritage.

Course Structure

All MSc and Graduate Diploma students undertake the taught elements of the course. This consists of the 4 compulsory core modules and an oral examination. MSc students additionally complete the Masters Report. The course can be taken full-time over 1 year or part-time, normally over 2 years.

Application Details

For enquiries please email joel.taylor@ucl.ac.uk

For application information please contact:

Graduate Clerk
The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
University College London
(1-19 Torrington Place Site)
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
tel +44 (0)20 7679 1738
fax +44 (0)20 7916 1887
email bartlett.pgclerk@ucl.ac.uk

Essential Downloads

• Link to Bartlett Graduate Admissions
• Link to UCL Scholarship Information
• CSH Information on Scholarship and Funding
• Link to UCL Application Form

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