The programme

This section provides a comprehensive overview of the degree programme, including details on its structure, regulations, and additional resources. It also introduces the University’s Quality Assurance system and outlines the Student Orientation services available to prospective students, aimed at guiding them in selecting the most suitable course.

The newly updated Student Orientation Office website is designed to provide a more comprehensive and user-friendly service. The primary users are secondary school students exploring the University for the first time, along wiht0 high schools’ University Orientation Services which organise activities to assist graduating students in their post-diploma decisions. The orientation process helps prospective students plan and select the best options that align with their expectations, preferences, and aspirations.
 
More details: www.univr.it/orientamento (italian page)

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Course of study in brief

The program offers advanced training in the fields of art history, art criticism, music, performing arts, cinema, and theater, spanning from the Middle Ages to the contemporary era. The two specialized curricula, Art and Performing Arts, allow for an in-depth exploration of these areas, always within an interdisciplinary framework.

Graduates of the Master’s program will learn how to independently and accurately understand and evaluate historical and artistic production, both tangible and intangible, within its historical, geographical, and cultural context. These skills will be acquired through the study of art-historical and performing-arts disciplines, within a clearly multidisciplinary learning environment. In addition to classroom lectures and discussions, the program includes field visits and study trips to monuments, museums, collections, and architectural sites both in Italy and abroad. Direct analysis of theatrical, musical, and cinematic performances is also part of the curriculum.

Study abroad opportunities are strongly encouraged, particularly via the double-degree agreement with the University of Dresden, allowing students to spend their second year at the partner institution. Opportunities for international study through internships and Erasmus programs are also available.

Additionally, the program offers the possibility of internships at cultural heritage institutions, including collaborations with other universities, public and private entities, and preservation offices.

Furthermore, the course fosters the acquisition of cross-disciplinary skills aimed at providing students with a comprehensive professional, technical, and cultural education, supporting their future employment prospects. An appropriate number of academic credits is awarded to students who successfully participate in courses offered by the university or other partner institutions.

Career Opportunities

The program aims at training professionals in the field of Cultural Heritage, securing positions in various institutions dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and promotion of art-historical and performing-arts heritage (superintendencies, museums, galleries, archives, musical and theatrical foundations), as well as within public administration (municipalities, provinces, regions) and public and private cultural centers, both in Italy and abroad.

Graduates can also pursue independent consulting roles for auction houses and publishers, domestically and internationally. Potential careers include positions as artistic directors, curators, conservators, researchers, and specialized technicians.

Finally, graduates may pursue careers in teaching art history or become licensed tour guides in the field of cultural tourism, according to current regulations.

  • Degree type Corsi di laurea Magistrale
  • Duration 2  years
  • Part-time Study option available Yes
  • Admissions Subject to entry requirements
  • Class attendance requirements Non obbligatoria
  • Degree class LM-89
  • Admitted to PA project 110 cum laude Yes
  • Administrative headquarters verona
  • Locations for lessons and exams Map of the Locations
  • Language Italian
  • Double Degree
    Technische Universitaet Dresden Bandiera-DEU
The program primarily aims at providing students with a solid foundational education in art-historical, historical, and methodological studies, training them in research and critical analysis of various fields expressions of visual and performing arts from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. The core curriculum includes a substantial number of credits in art-historical disciplines, supplemented by additional credits in history and legislation, aimed at fostering practical expertise in the management, preservation, enhancement, and promotion of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

The primary goal is to provide students with solid methodological foundation and deep understanding of the historical and critical frameworks within which artworks can understood, both as isolated artifacts and within their spatial, cultural, and geographical contexts. The program also promotes an interdisciplinary approach, with particular emphasis on historical, philological, and literary disciplines. First-hand engagement with artworks and the development of research methodologies will be facilitated through visits to national and international monuments, museums, galleries, archives, cultural centers, and places of performance.
Additionally, students may participate in internships at cultural institutions, in collaboration with universities, public authorities, and preservation offices, both in Italy and abroad. The opportunity to undertake part of their studies at universities in other EU countries is made available through Erasmus exchange programs.

This layout encompasses two primary areas of learning, both focused on enhancing students’ ability to think critically, design projects, and operate effectively while maintaining a constant awareness of the relationship between theoretical knowledge and practical experience. The first area focuses on reinforcing and expanding foundational historical and methodological training, aimed at conducting research and understanding and interpreting cultural phenomena through an interdisciplinary lens. The second area concerns the specific field of art-historical studies, providing advanced education on the subjects, methodologies, and techniques of Cultural Heritage practice, from the Middle Ages to the present, offering both theoretical and applied knowledge in the preservation, management, and promotion of art-historical heritage and its institutions.



PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

ART HISTORIAN

Role in the Workplace
To scientifically evaluate the meanings of artworks, trace the cultural influences in which they were produced, received and used; provide market estimates and appraisals; conduct iconographic and archival research, and write both academic and informative texts. They may also carry out research activities in art market promotion.
Skills
Literacy of artistic languages and phenomena across various media, with the ability to communicate this expertise through both academic and informative products, both nationally and internationally.
Career Opportunities 
Antique market, auction houses, courts, art publishing houses, museums, galleries, cultural centers, foundations, and preservation offices.

 

CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMUNICATOR

Role in the Workplace 
To conceive and write informative, promotional, and advertising contents for cultural heritage institutions and services, both nationally and internationally. This includes producing contents to be disseminated via various media such as print, radio, television, and online platforms.
Skills
The ability to gather information through updated bibliographic and web resources, critically analyze this information to produce promotional and informative content, assess the impact of such content, and adapt technical language for mass communication and advertising.
Career Opportunities
Specialized media (e.g., cultural and tourism publishing), mass media programs, print journalism, and any organization devoted to the promotion of cultural heritage, art history, or cultural tourism.

MUSEUMS CURATORS AND CONSERVATORS

Role in the Workplace
To reconstruct, develop, and preserve cultural heritage according to the most up-to-date and efficient management criteria in museum studies and museography; to write academic and informative texts; to inventory, catalog, and archive art-historical funds; and to design and implement exhibitions.
Skills
Ability to design, organize, preserve, and promote cultural heritage, conduct bibliographic and iconographic research (including internationally), and master specialist vocabulary.
Career Opportunities
Cultural heritage institutions and foundations, both public and private, in Italy and abroad.

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Role in the Workplace
To plan, direct, and supervise artistic activities across various genres at public and private institutions, both nationally and internationally.
Skills
Leadership, managerial, project management, and organizational skills for artistic events; ability to evaluate their scientific impact and accessibility.
Career Opportunities
Public and private institutions such as theaters, cinemas, galleries, museums, cultural centers, and foundations.

RESEARCHERS AND TECHNICIANS IN HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC SCIENCES 

Role in the Workplace
To assist in the management of museums, preservation offices, cultural centers, and any institution focused on the research, development, and education regarding art-historical heritage; to document the conservation history of cultural heritage.
Skills
In-depth knowledge of both material and immaterial artworks through direct analysis, bibliographic studies, and archival research, including at the international level; ability to write scholarly texts and organize, plan, and execute cataloging activities.
Career Opportunities
Public and private institutions such as museums, galleries, preservation offices, foundations, archives, and cultural centers focusing on the promotion of cultural heritage.

 


Quality Assurance

The quality of a degree programme is the extent to which it achieves its educational objectives and meets the quality requirements of the educational activities offered, which are determined in line with the needs and expectations of students and representatives of the world of work.

This programme has adopted a teaching Quality Assurance system in line with the University’s quality assurance guidelines and based on the e ANVUR national quality assurance guidelines, by carrying out the following activities:
  • periodic consultations with representatives of the world of work to assess the adequacy of the cultural and professional profiles offered in their courses;
  • design of educational contents and planning of resources;
  • organisation of educational activities and teaching services;
  • monitoring the effectiveness of teaching and planning measures to improve teaching and services;
  • provision of complete and up-to-date information on its website, relating to the programme (professional roles, expected learning outcomes, learning activities).
The above activities are scheduled and interrelated, based on the PDCA principles (Plan, Do, Check, Act).
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In a Quality Assurance system, students play a fundamental role: each student can play their part by participating in the Quality Assurance groups of their degree programme and in the Faculty-Student Joint Committees or, more simply, by taking part in the Student Survey on teaching, or questionnaires. It’s in this context that specific workshops for student representatives (‘Laboratori di rappresentanza attiva’) are periodically made available to students by the University and the University’s Quality Assurance Board. To find out more, please see the relevant section.

Il sistema di valutazione universitario e il ruolo dello studente

by Prof. Graziano Pravadelli: a lecture recorded on the occasion of the January 2021 workshop for student representatives.

QA bodies

Commissione AQ Laurea magistrale in Storia delle Arti

The Group – which deals with the annual monitoring and review of the Bachelor’s degree in Languages and Cultures for tourism and international commerce – is made up of the Degree Programme Director, and the programme’s lecturers and students.

Faculty-Student Joint Committee (CPDS)

  • carries out monitoring activities in relation to teaching activities, provides opinions on the establishment and cancellation of degree programmes;
  • provides opinions on the consistency between the educational activities offered and the university credits (CFU) awarded;
  • annually draws up a report on the results of its monitoring activities.

QA in degree programmes

QA activities

Student Survey – gathering students’ views

Through Student Surveys and questionnaires, students can express their views on the modules offered as part of this programme.

Degree programme annual fact sheet

As part of the Quality Assurance system, complete, updated and easily available information on objectives, study plan, resources used and results achieved for each degree programme is made available through the SUA-CdS - Scheda Unica Annuale del Corso di Studio (Degree programme annual fact sheet). This includes an Overview and three public sections (Learning Objectives, Student Experience, Learning Outcomes) which together provide a wide range of information about each degree programme.

Module descriptions

For each module or educational activity, a web module description must be in place, in order to provide students with all the information they need: learning objectives, syllabus, examination methods, learning tools. This description must be made available to students at the beginning of the academic year, and all the information contained therein must be up-to-date and consistent with the content of the module.

Programme monitoring and review

The quality of the degree programme is constantly monitored based on the guidelines issued by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research Systems (ANVUR): annually through the Annual Monitoring fact sheet and periodically through an overall review.

Degree Programme description and regulations

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The Degree programme teaching regulations, published on june/july set out the organisational aspects of the degree programme, in line with the University’s teaching regulations. It includes general information about the programme, links to the relevant module web pages and specifies the administrative aspects.

Other Rules

To view other regulations of interest refer to the section: Statute and regulations

The Italian University system

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First-cycle degrees: Bachelor’s degree programme

First-cycle degrees are aimed at enabling students to achieve a command of general scientific methods and content, and to acquire specific professional knowledge.
Admission requirements: secondary school diploma after completing 13 years of study in total and passing the relevant State examination, or equivalent foreign qualification; admission may be subject to further assessment.
Duration: three years.
Graduation: in order to obtain the degree, it is necessary to gain at least 180 CFU; doing an internship and preparing a dissertation/thesis may also be required. Upon completion of a Bachelor’s degree, graduates may continue their studies by enrolling in a Master’s degree or other second-cycle degree programmes and courses.
Academic title: upon completion of a Bachelor’s degree (Laurea), graduates are awarded the title of “Dottore”.

Second-cycle degrees: Master’s degree

Second-cycle degrees aim to provide students with an advanced training and knowledge to take on highly-skilled roles.
Admission requirements: applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree, or a foreign equivalent qualification; curricular admission requirements for each course may vary depending on each University.
Duration: two years.
Graduation: in order to obtain the degree, it is necessary to gain at least 120 CFU, as well as preparing and presenting a dissertation/thesis.
Academic title: upon completion of a Master’s degree (Laurea Magistrale), graduates are awarded the title of “Dottore magistrale”. Single cycle/Combined Bachelor+Master’s degrees
Some courses (Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, Pharmacy and Industrial Pharmacy, Architecture and Building Engineering-Architecture, Law, Primary Education) are offered as Single cycle/Combined Bachelor+Master’s degrees (Corsi di Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico).
Admission requirements: applicants must hold a secondary school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification; admission is subject to passing an admission test.
Duration: five years (six years and 360 CFU for Medicine and Surgery, and Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics).
Graduation: in order to obtain the degree, it is necessary to gain at least 300 CFU, as well as preparing and presenting a dissertation/thesis. Upon completion of a Single-cycle degree, graduates may continue their studies by applying for a PhD programme (Dottorato di Ricerca) or other third-cycle courses.
Academic title: upon completion of a Master’s degree (Laurea Magistrale), graduates are awarded the title of “Dottore magistrale”.

Third-cycle degrees

PhD programmes: these courses enable students to gain reliable methodologies for advanced scientific research through innovative methodologies and new technologies, and generally include internships abroad and lab activities at research laboratories. Graduates wishing to apply for a PhD programme must have a Master’s degree (or a foreign equivalent qualification) and pass an open competition; PhD programmes have a minimum duration of three years. In order to complete the programme, students must produce a research thesis/dissertation and present it at a final examination.
Academic title: upon completion of a PhD programme, students are awarded the title of “Dottore di ricerca”, or “PhD”.
Postgraduate specialisation courses: these are third-cycle courses aimed at enabling students to develop advanced knowledge and highly-specialised skills, such as in the medical, clinical and surgical fields. To be admitted to these courses, applicants must have a Master’s degree (or a foreign equivalent qualification) and pass an open competition. Postgraduate specialisation courses may last from two (120 CFU) to 6 years (360 CFU) depending on the type. Academic title: upon completion of this programme, graduates are awarded a “Diploma di Specializzazione”.

Professional Master’s programme

1st-level Professional Master’s programmes: these courses enable students to further enhance their scientific knowledge and professional skills. In order to apply, applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent qualification. The minimum duration is one year (60 CFU). Please note that completing this course will not provide you with direct access to a PhD programme (Dottorato di Ricerca), or other third-cycle courses, as these courses are run and managed by each University at the local level. Upon completion of this programme, students are awarded a “Master universitario di primo livello”.
2nd-level Professional Master’s programmes: these courses enable students to further enhance their scientific knowledge and professional skills. In order to apply, applicants must have a Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent qualification. The minimum duration is one year (60 CFU). Please note that completing this course will not provide you with direct access to a PhD programme (Dottorato di Ricerca), or other third-cycle courses, as these courses are run and managed by each University at the local level. Upon completion of this programme, students are awarded a “Master universitario di secondo livello”.

Other useful things

Crediti Formativi Universitari (CFU/ECTS credits): Italian university courses are based on the CFU system. 1 CFU is equal to 25 hours of study. The average annual academic workload for a full-time student is generally assumed to be 60 CFU. CFU and ECTS credits serve the same purpose and generally have the same value.
Degree class: Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes that have the same learning objectives and activities are grouped into “degree classes". The educational content of each programme is set autonomously by each university; however, universities are required to include certain educational activities (and the corresponding number of CFU credits) set at the national level. These requirements are established in relation to each degree class. Degrees in the same class have the same legal value.
Double/Joint degrees: the Italian universities may establish degree programmes in partnership with other Italian or foreign universities. Upon completion of these courses, graduates are awarded a joint or double/multiple degree, one from each Partner University.

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