The Master of Science Course (class LM-4) in Architecture & Heritage (ARCHER) is a two-year course taught in English. The Course aims to educate students in becoming architects in accordance with directives 85/384/EEC and EC 2005/36 with specific skills in the field of built heritage, including Design, Conservation, Maintenance, Enhancement and Management of architectural, urban and landscape heritage.
ARCHER offers a high integration between design, humanities and technical-scientific disciplines, which are essential to train a flexible architect able to move among the complex challenges, imposed by architectural heritage today.
The activities of the Master of Science are structurally connected to the Campanian territory and are based on collaboration protocols with all the Authorities that deal with heritage in an institutional and managerial sense.
The didactic structure is highly innovative and based entirely on laboratory courses that provide direct experiences in the field. It offers a strong integration between design, humanities, and technical-scientific disciplines in the firm belief that only a multidisciplinary vision of heritage allows architects to resolve its complexity and to face the challenges of its protection, conservation and enhancement.
The course is divided into four semesters, in each of which a multidisciplinary laboratory is held, with equal disciplinary contributions, with strong territorial roots, focused on the different scales of built heritage: architecture, historical urban fabric, archaeological park, landscape.
The MSc includes 6 exams, plus an external internship, the elective activities and the final exam, for a total of 120 university credits (CFU).
The result is a highly original academic path which, overcoming disciplinary barriers, comes very close to the most innovative approaches of architecture teaching already experimented in several European countries.
Study Plan
Eligibility and Admission Guidelines
To enroll in the Master of Science Course (class LM-4) in Architecture & Heritage, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Sciences (class L-17) or equivalent
- English language proficiency equal to B2 of the CEFR or higher
- a minimum level of Italian language proficiency
- having passed the mandatory admission tests for enrollment in a degree course in Architecture (only for Italian citizens)
For non-UE citizens, a specific procedure for pre-admission is required. In order to apply it is needed to upload following documents in the APPLICATION webpage:
- CV
- Passport
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture
- Transcripts of courses and exams
- CEFR minimum level B2 English certification
- Letter of recommendation from a teacher expressly addressed to ARCHER course (subject to verification)
- Letter of motivation
- Portfolio, no longer than 20 pages, with clear reference to design activities that concerned built heritage and landscape
For full details, please visit the MSc website or write an email:
Website: https://www.diarc.archer.unina.it/
Email: infodiarcarcher@unina.it