List of Conservation and Restoration Universities

France

• Écoles de Condé, Paris : Bachelor / Master in Art restoration in Paintings, Paper and Ceramics

• École supérieure d'art, Avignon : BFA in Painting Restoration

• École supérieure des beaux-arts, Tours : Diploma in Sculpture Restoration

• Institut national du patrimoine, Aubervilliers (Department of conservators), Master's degree in conservation-restoration of cultural heritage.

• Institut national du patrimoine, Paris (Department of curators) Diploma in conservation of cultural heritage

• Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris : MSc in Art Restoration, BSc in Art Restoration, MSc, in Art Conservation

United Kingdom

• Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London

  • MA Conservation

• Cardiff University

  • BSc Conservation of Objects in Museums and Archaeology

  • MSc Care of Collections

  • MSc Professional Conservation

  • Msc Conservation Practice

• Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research at the University of Glasgow, previously known as the Textile Conservation Centre.

  • Making & Meaning: Approaches in Technical Art History (MLitt)

  • Textile Conservation (two years, MPhil)

• City & Guilds of London Art School

  • BA (Hons) Conservation

  • MA Conservation

• Courtauld Institute of Art

  • Conservation of Easel Painting Postgraduate Diploma

  • MA Conservation of Wall Paintings

• Department of Conservation, offers several conservation courses including:

  • Conservation Studies BA - Three years

  • Postgraduate Diploma: Conservation Studies 2 years

  • Postgraduate Diploma: Comparative Studies in Conservation Cleaning, techniques in relation to laser cleaning

• Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge

  • Postgraduate Diploma Conservation of Easel Paintings - three years

• Institute of Archaeology at University College London The Institute of Archaeology building UCL

  • M.A. in Principles of Conservation

  • MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums

• The London School of Picture & Frame Restoration

  • Part-time City & Guilds verified courses in Picture and Frame Conservation / Restoration and in Gilding

• Northumbria University, The Conservation Unit

  • MA Conservation of Fine Art

  • MA Preventive Conservation

• Royal College of Art

  • MA Conservation

• University of Lincoln

  • BA (Hons) Conservation & Restoration

  • MA Conservation of Historic Objects

  • Graduate Diploma Conservation Studies

• West Dean College

  • MA Conservation Studies

  • Also offers a series of Diplomas & Professional Development Courses

United States

• Buffalo State College

  • MA and CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) in art conservation

• College of Charleston

  • BA Historic Preservation and Community Planning

  • MS Historic Preservation with Clemson University

• Columbia College Chicago

  • BA Art and Materials Conservation

• Columbia University

  • MS in Historic Preservation: Architectural Conservation

• Eastern Michigan University

  • MS in Historic Preservation

• New Mexico State University

  • BA and BFA in Museum Conservation

• New York University

  • MS in Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and MA in the History of Art and Archaeology

• Roger Williams University

  • BS + MS in Historic Preservation 4 + 1 degree program

  • MS in Preservation Practices

• Savannah College of Art and Design

  • BFA in Historic Preservation

  • MA in Historic Preservation

  • MFA in Historic Preservation

• Scripps College

  • BA in Art Conservation

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • MS in Historic Preservation

• Tulane University School of Architecture

  • MPS Masters in Preservation Studies

• The University of Arizona

  • Heritage Conservation Graduate Certificate – stand alone certificate or in conjunction with MS Architecture, M. Landscape Architecture, MS Planning, MA Applied Archaeology

• University of California, Los Angeles/Getty

  • MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials Winterthur Museum Building

• University of Colorado Denver

  • MS in Historic Preservation

• The University of Delaware (in association with Winterthur Museum)

  • MS in Art Conservation and a Certificate in Conservation.

  • BA in Art Conservation

  • PhD in Preservation Studies

• The University of Mary Washington

  • BA in Historic Preservation

• The University of Maryland at College Park

  • MA in Historic Preservation

  • Dual MA Degree Programs: Applied Anthropology and Historic Preservation; Architecture and Historic Preservation; Community Planning and Historic Preservation; Real Estate Development and Historic Preservation

  • Certificate in Historic Preservation

  • Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

• The University of Oregon Historic Preservation Program

  • MS in Historic Preservation

• The University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Historic Preservation

  • MS in Historic Preservation

  • Advanced Certificate in Architectural Conservation

• The University of Rhode Island

  • MS in Textiles with a focus on Historic Fashion and Textile Conservation

• The University of Texas at Austin

  • CAS (Certificate of Advanced Study) in the conservation of library and archival materials as part of its Master of Science in Information Studies program.

  • MS in Historic Preservation

• The University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program

  • MS in Historic Preservation

  • Accelerated Master's in Historic Preservation