BA Building Conservation and Traditional Craft Techniques (Bauerhalt und traditionelle Werktechniken) at University of Bamberg

Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts that combines craft training with scientific methods in building research, heritage conservation and restoration. Students learn to develop renovation concepts and coordinate their implementation, working with building history, historic constructions and traditional regional craft techniques. Offered with Coburg University of Applied Sciences and the Upper Franconia Chamber of Crafts.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies (Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften)  |  Department: Heritage Sciences (with Coburg University of Applied Sciences and the Upper Franconia Chamber of Crafts)  |  Duration: 7 semesters (3.5 years), 210 ECTS  |  Study mode: Full-time (applied variant) or dual with vocational training; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester only  |  Location: Bamberg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Historical foundations and working techniques, historic materials, architectural and construction fundamentals, scientific working, a practical semester, restoration science and conservation, an interdisciplinary project and the Bachelor thesis; teaching takes place in both Bamberg and Coburg.

Career pathways

Work at the interface between planning and building site, for example as site management in craft firms, in planning and consulting offices or in building and monument conservation authorities.

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