Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments

Holders of first cycle degrees from the first cycle of studies at Universities of Applied Sciences of Greece and abroad are admitted to the D.P.M.S. and in particular:

α. Holders of first cycle degrees of higher education institutions (Universities and Technical Universities) of five-year and four-year courses of study in Greece.

For the first specialisation, students who have completed five or more years of study and have completed five or more years of study in five or more universities and five or more years of study in five years of study and five years of study in five years of study are eligible for the first specialisation: Architectural Engineers, Civil Engineers, Rural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Spatial Planning and Development Engineers, graduates of the Departments of History and Archaeology and, if applicable, other engineering specialties. Candidates from Technological Educational Institutions (TEI) who are graduates of Technological Educational Institutions will be evaluated in the list of the respective Departments of the Faculty of Engineering.

For the second Specialization, the following are admitted: Chemical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Architectural Engineers, graduates of the Departments of History and Archaeology, and from other specializations, with relevance of their cognitive subject to that of the B' Specialization of the D.P.M.S., such as Chemists, Physicists, Materials Engineers, graduates of the Departments of Fine Arts and others.

b. Holders of first cycle degrees from similar institutions abroad, of a related cognitive subject and corresponding specialisation, of five and four years' duration. The maximum number of candidates in this category may not exceed 1/10 of the total number of applicants.

The scope of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Studies Program (IPSP) is postgraduate education in the field of Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments, with two specialisations:

A. Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Monuments
B. Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Mechanisms

The general objectives of the IPSP are to promote knowledge in the specific subject, develop research in related scientific areas, and cover the needs for administrative, technical and scientific staff at postgraduate level.

The specific objectives of the first specialisation “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Monuments” are the provision of special training, complementary to the basic studies, as well as specialised knowledge, both theoretical and practical, on the study, conservation, restoration and reconstruction of architectural monuments, ensembles and archaeological sites and on the protection and restoration of traditional settlements, historical centres, historical landscapes and landscapes of outstanding natural beauty.

The specific objectives of the second specialisation, Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Mechanisms, are the provision of special training and specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, on the study, conservation, restoration and protection of works of art and mechanisms of artistic, archaeological, cultural or social value.