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The Master of Conservation of Monuments and Sites (MCMS) is a 4 semester professional degree, spread over two academic years. The ManaMa leads to the degree of Master of Conservation of Monuments and Sites, obtained at the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation. This is a post-initial master’s education and research centre, offering an advanced international and interdisciplinary study programme in the conservation and restoration of historic monuments and sites. |
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Applicants should preferably have a commitment to conservation of cultural heritage. They should be willing to work in a team, to confront ideas from their own background, training and cultural context with those of other students. |
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Requirements to apply for the master's degree are explained here |
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Potential areas of employment for graduates from the RLICC are numerous and widespread. Alumni are working as independent professionals in the field of conservation and restoration of the architectural heritage all over the world. They display highly recognised professional experience in private architecture and restoration offices as well as in leading and policymaking positions in regional, national and international conservation institutions, as UNESCO, ICOMOS, the Council of Europe. All levels of the heritage government, regional, national and international, count RLICC Alumni among their ranks.
Graduates act as conservation specialists within an organisational framework or as independent architects, engineers or historians with a requisite multidisciplinary expertise in the field of the restoration and conservation of the historical, architectural, urban or rural heritage. |
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The first year is a general introduction to the domain of the conservation and restoration of monuments and sites. It is primarily devoted to theoretical courses, seminars and project work. This year is spent in Leuven at the University. The program is divided into 6 thematic modules:
1. Conservation of the architectural heritage: history, theory and practice
2. Conservation of urban sites and landscapes: history, theory and practice
3. Analysing, registration and documentation techniques
4. Building materials and conservation techniques
5. Conservation policies
6. Integrated project work, trips and visits to construction sites, workshops and institutions |
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Master in Conservation 
