Interdepartmental Program of Postgraduate Studies on the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments
School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Program offers two directions:
Direction A: “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Monuments”
Direction B: “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Mechanisms”
The guiding philosophy of the Program is to ensure that its postgraduate students have sound foundations, knowledge, method and principles that will enable them to follow a path of continuous education and improvement coupled with a creative innovational spirit.
The procedures applied in order to evaluate the responsiveness of the Program to its goals regard
· the evaluation and revising of the content of the syllabus (when necessary)
· the evaluation of available means
· the evaluation of reaching staff and their training qualifications
The IPPS is governed by the Special Interdepartmental Committee whose members are elected by the Special Assemblies of each of the Faculty of Engineering Schools.
The SIC elects the Program’s Director for a two year term.
The evaluation of the responsiveness of the Program includes members of the Departments participating in the Program, postgraduate students and people collaborating with the Program both from Greece and abroad.
Since 1998 there have been 1182 applications and 353 admissions (both directions).
Two hundred and seventy two students have graduated up to date.Approximately 100 graduates are currently employed in organizations and public entities relevant to their postgraduate specialization. It must also be noted that it has come to our attention that a number of students, mainly from neighboring counties, have also been employed in similar organizations in their countries.
The Program, since 1998, has organized 11 International Seminars open to interested parties throughout Greece featuring invited speakers including IPPS teaching staff and other distinguished scholars (54) from abroad. Attendance stands at 1404 related specialty professionals as well as a large number of undergraduate students
The Table of Seminars delivered follows:
· Reconstruction-restoration of ancient monuments, May 2003
· Repair-strengthening of load-bearing historic masonry, October 2003
· Design and implementation of compatible materials for intervention on monuments and historic buildings. Theory
and practice, December 2003
· Industrial Heritage, May 2005
· Analysis of performance and design of interventions of load-bearing historic buildings, February 2006
· Archeological Site Management, February 2008
· Use of Metal Elements and Systems in the Preservation Conservation and Rehabilitation of Architectural
Monuments, May 2008
· Documentation methods of Cultural Monuments, November 2009
· Restoration of ottoman monuments, February 2010
· Restoration projects for multicultural heritage monuments and sites of Istanbul –European Capital of Culture 2010,
February 2011
· Diagnostic Techniques In Conservation Science of Works for Art, February 2012
· Works of Art and Conservation Science Today, November 2010 (Co-organizers)
Cooperation agreements with international foundations and agencies
1. There is a cooperation agreement protocol spanning the period 2008 to 2015 signed with TRAKYA UNIVERSITY
2. Cooperation with Erythrai/Ildırı Summer School: Archaeological Landscapes: Preservation, Design, Use (PreDU) Izmir Institute of Technology,Turkey, for conducting practical experience acquisition projects for 20 IPPS students, September 3013
Organizing Partners
Ankara University [AU, TR], Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(IPPS) [AUTH, GR], Dokuz Eylul University [DEU, TR], Katholieke Universiteit Leuven [KULeuven, BE], University of Naples Federico II [UNINA, IT], Vienna University of Technology [TUWIEN, AT].
3. In 2011 a research project entitled “Investigation of Restoration Methods for the Historical Building of the Theological School of Chalki” was organized by AUTh in cooperation with the Christian Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople. Fifteen IPPS postgraduate students and twenty teaching staff members participated in this cooperation scheme that led to a particularly successful outcome.
4. Intensive school of Conservation science.
Chemistry and Culture Euro Mediterranean Cooperation in Research and Education, Fez, Morocco.
Four IPPS postgraduate students and five members of its teaching staff participated.
5. Ongoing cooperation with specialized foreign laboratories, depending on course content and specialization, e.g. Tate Gallery, London, U.K., University of Applied Sciences of Cologne, Germany
International distinctions of the Program
IPPS has participated in the European program CURIC 2001-2003 (Vocational Training Curricula of Conservation Scientists) coordinated by the ICCROM International organization:
Other participants of the program included
Instituto Centrale per il Restauro (Rome), Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence), Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (Amsterdam), Hugarian National Museum (Budapest), School of Conservation (Copenhagen), Universita di Bologna (Bologna) and Unversidad de Oviedo (Oviedo) Instituto Centrale per il Restauro (Rome), Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence), Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (Amsterdam), Hugarian National Museum (Budapest), School of Conservation (Copenhagen), Universita di Bologna (Bologna) and Unversidad de Oviedo (Oviedo)
While this program was unfolding, through a series of international seminars and workshops organized, a European proposal for a studies curriculum leading to a doctoral degree in restoration-conservation of monuments and works of art has been developed.
The contribution of our program’s professors and teaching staff to the development of this curriculum has been definitive and widely recognized by all our partners. The basic principles on which the structure of our postgraduate studies program, the laboratory support of courses by School laboratories as well as student Interdisciplinary projects were founded have gained international recognition and acclaim. The expertise already accumulated in our own postgraduate program has been put to good use in the effort to optimize the structure of the European Curriculum.
Following this, our IPPS instructors were invited to continue participating as partners in realization of the EC-Curric within the framework of a new European program EPISCON (European PhD in Science for Conservation) 2005 – 2009, coordinated by the University of Bologna.
Direction A: “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Monuments”
Direction B: “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Mechanisms”
The guiding philosophy of the Program is to ensure that its postgraduate students have sound foundations, knowledge, method and principles that will enable them to follow a path of continuous education and improvement coupled with a creative innovational spirit.
The procedures applied in order to evaluate the responsiveness of the Program to its goals regard
· the evaluation and revising of the content of the syllabus (when necessary)
· the evaluation of available means
· the evaluation of reaching staff and their training qualifications
The IPPS is governed by the Special Interdepartmental Committee whose members are elected by the Special Assemblies of each of the Faculty of Engineering Schools.
The SIC elects the Program’s Director for a two year term.
The evaluation of the responsiveness of the Program includes members of the Departments participating in the Program, postgraduate students and people collaborating with the Program both from Greece and abroad.
Since 1998 there have been 1182 applications and 353 admissions (both directions).
Two hundred and seventy two students have graduated up to date.Approximately 100 graduates are currently employed in organizations and public entities relevant to their postgraduate specialization. It must also be noted that it has come to our attention that a number of students, mainly from neighboring counties, have also been employed in similar organizations in their countries.
The Program, since 1998, has organized 11 International Seminars open to interested parties throughout Greece featuring invited speakers including IPPS teaching staff and other distinguished scholars (54) from abroad. Attendance stands at 1404 related specialty professionals as well as a large number of undergraduate students
The Table of Seminars delivered follows:
· Reconstruction-restoration of ancient monuments, May 2003
· Repair-strengthening of load-bearing historic masonry, October 2003
· Design and implementation of compatible materials for intervention on monuments and historic buildings. Theory
and practice, December 2003
· Industrial Heritage, May 2005
· Analysis of performance and design of interventions of load-bearing historic buildings, February 2006
· Archeological Site Management, February 2008
· Use of Metal Elements and Systems in the Preservation Conservation and Rehabilitation of Architectural
Monuments, May 2008
· Documentation methods of Cultural Monuments, November 2009
· Restoration of ottoman monuments, February 2010
· Restoration projects for multicultural heritage monuments and sites of Istanbul –European Capital of Culture 2010,
February 2011
· Diagnostic Techniques In Conservation Science of Works for Art, February 2012
· Works of Art and Conservation Science Today, November 2010 (Co-organizers)
Cooperation agreements with international foundations and agencies
1. There is a cooperation agreement protocol spanning the period 2008 to 2015 signed with TRAKYA UNIVERSITY
2. Cooperation with Erythrai/Ildırı Summer School: Archaeological Landscapes: Preservation, Design, Use (PreDU) Izmir Institute of Technology,Turkey, for conducting practical experience acquisition projects for 20 IPPS students, September 3013
Organizing Partners
Ankara University [AU, TR], Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(IPPS) [AUTH, GR], Dokuz Eylul University [DEU, TR], Katholieke Universiteit Leuven [KULeuven, BE], University of Naples Federico II [UNINA, IT], Vienna University of Technology [TUWIEN, AT].
3. In 2011 a research project entitled “Investigation of Restoration Methods for the Historical Building of the Theological School of Chalki” was organized by AUTh in cooperation with the Christian Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople. Fifteen IPPS postgraduate students and twenty teaching staff members participated in this cooperation scheme that led to a particularly successful outcome.
4. Intensive school of Conservation science.
Chemistry and Culture Euro Mediterranean Cooperation in Research and Education, Fez, Morocco.
Four IPPS postgraduate students and five members of its teaching staff participated.
5. Ongoing cooperation with specialized foreign laboratories, depending on course content and specialization, e.g. Tate Gallery, London, U.K., University of Applied Sciences of Cologne, Germany
International distinctions of the Program
IPPS has participated in the European program CURIC 2001-2003 (Vocational Training Curricula of Conservation Scientists) coordinated by the ICCROM International organization:
Other participants of the program included
Instituto Centrale per il Restauro (Rome), Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence), Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (Amsterdam), Hugarian National Museum (Budapest), School of Conservation (Copenhagen), Universita di Bologna (Bologna) and Unversidad de Oviedo (Oviedo) Instituto Centrale per il Restauro (Rome), Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence), Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (Amsterdam), Hugarian National Museum (Budapest), School of Conservation (Copenhagen), Universita di Bologna (Bologna) and Unversidad de Oviedo (Oviedo)
While this program was unfolding, through a series of international seminars and workshops organized, a European proposal for a studies curriculum leading to a doctoral degree in restoration-conservation of monuments and works of art has been developed.
The contribution of our program’s professors and teaching staff to the development of this curriculum has been definitive and widely recognized by all our partners. The basic principles on which the structure of our postgraduate studies program, the laboratory support of courses by School laboratories as well as student Interdisciplinary projects were founded have gained international recognition and acclaim. The expertise already accumulated in our own postgraduate program has been put to good use in the effort to optimize the structure of the European Curriculum.
Following this, our IPPS instructors were invited to continue participating as partners in realization of the EC-Curric within the framework of a new European program EPISCON (European PhD in Science for Conservation) 2005 – 2009, coordinated by the University of Bologna.
