Cultural heritage studies
Course Description
Level: Degree Programme
Degree Class: L-1 - Cultural heritage
Department: CIVILISATIONS AND FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Admission: Free
CFUs: 180
Duration: 3 years
Website: http://www.cfs.unipi.it/sbc/
English Italian
Pisa
- Medieval, Modern and Contemporary Art History
- Archaeology of Mediterranean Civilisations, from Prehistory to the Contemporary Age
- Egypt and Ancient Near and Middle East.
Per l'ammissione al Corso di Laurea in Scienze dei Beni culturali è è richiesto un Diploma di Scuola media superiore di durata quinquennale o altro titolo di studio equipollente conseguito all'estero. In ogni caso, chiunque si iscriva dovrà possedere:
1) la capacità di esprimersi correttamente in italiano scritto e orale;
2) una buona formazione culturale di base.
Il possesso di entrambi questi requisiti sarà verificato con criteri e forme che verranno precisati dal Regolamento didattico del corso di studio, al quale si rimanda anche per le modalità di attribuzione e soddisfacimento degli obblighi formativi aggiuntivi assegnati in caso tale verifica dia esito negativo.
Per l'ammissione al Corso sono richieste le conoscenze di base che di norma si acquisiscono con un Diploma di Scuola media superiore di indirizzo umanistico. In ogni caso, chiunque si iscriva dovrà possedere:
- la capacità di esprimersi perfettamente in italiano scritto e orale;
- una buona formazione culturale di base.
Qualora il diploma di Scuola media superiore sia stato conseguito all'estero, deve esserne riconosciuta l'equipollenza.
Gli studenti che intendono iscriversi al corso devono superare il test d'ingresso per i corsi di laurea triennali organizzato dal Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere dell'Università di Pisa (Test di valutazione/TOLC-SU: https://www.cfs.unipi.it/studenti/test-di-accesso/).
Il TOLC-SU è obbligatorio. Esso consiste in 50 quesiti suddivisi in 3 sezioni (Comprensione, del testo e conoscenza della lingua italiana; Conoscenze e competenze acquisite negli studi; Ragionamento logico-critico non formalizzato). Ogni domanda corretta equivale a 1 punto. La prova è da considerarsi superata se: a) il punteggio totale è uguale/superiore a 23.5 oppure b) il punteggio relativo alla sezione 'Comprensione del testo e conoscenza della lingua italiana' è uguale/superiore a 12.5. Nel caso di mancato superamento del TOLC-SU gli studenti dovranno frequentare il Corso di recupero OFA erogato dal Dipartimento, dimostrando di aver colmato le lacune secondo le modalità di accertamento stabilite, pena l'impossibilità di procedere con gli esami del secondo e terzo anno. Tutte le informazioni di dettaglio sono precisate sull'apposita sezione del sito del Dipartimento di Civiltà e forme del sapere, 'area studenti' - 'test di valutazione iniziale'.
Course Evaluations
Contacts
Presidente del Corso di Laurea
Fabio Fabiani
Email: fabio.fabiani@unipi.it
Referente didattico
Stefano Bellani
Tel. (+39) 050 2216033
Email: stefano.bellani@unipi.it
Unità Didattica del Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere: https://www.cfs.unipi.it/studiare-a-cfs/coordinamento-didattico
Orario di ricevimento: Solo su appuntamento da concordare telefonicamente (+39) 050 2216033: stefano.bellani@unipi.it
Study Plan
For students enrolled in the academic year 2025/2026
Archeologia
Required
- Principles of medieval history (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Methods of archaeological research (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Introduction to ancient greek history (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Basic romana history (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Archaeology and history of greek art (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Prehistoric archaeology i (12 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- Etruscology and italic archeology (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
Test di valutazione
Required
- Medieval archaeology (12 CFU)
- Archaeology and history of roman art (12 CFU)
- Italian literature (12 CFU)
Disc aff e int II anno arch (18 CFU)
- Georesources for cultural heritage (6 CFU)
- Latin paleography (12 CFU)
- Anthropology (6 CFU)
- Cartography (6 CFU)
- Medieval sources exegesis (6 CFU)
- General psychology (12 CFU)
- Egyptian archeology (6 CFU)
- Glottology (6 CFU)
- Linguistics (12 CFU)
- Archeometry (6 CFU)
- Institutions of greek language and literature (6 CFU)
- Numismatica (6 CFU)
- Competenze digitali per i beni culturali (6 CFU)
- Ancient greek for beginners workshop (6 CFU)
- General linguistics (6 CFU)
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- Methods and techniques in prehistory (6 CFU)
- Egyptology (6 CFU)
- General pedagogy (12 CFU)
- Funerary archaeology (6 CFU)
- 3d graphics for cultural heritage (6 CFU)
- General teaching and specific learning disorders (12 CFU)
- Storia del basso medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia del pieno medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia dell'alto medioevo (6 CFU)
- Ancient topography (6 CFU)
- Museum communication (6 CFU)
- Aegean civilization (6 CFU)
Gruppo latino II anno comune (6 CFU)
- Introduction to the latin language (6 CFU)
- Latin literature (6 CFU)
Required
Tirocini e stage (6 CFU)
- Training (2 CFU)
- Training (3 CFU)
- Stage (3 CFU)
- Apprenticeship (6 CFU)
- Tirocini e stage (6 CFU)
- Tirocini e stage (2 CFU)
Abilità informatiche (3 CFU)
- Tools and techniques for the management and analysis of data (computer skills) (3 CFU)
- Tools and techniques for digital communication (3 CFU)
- Digital desktop publishing (3 CFU)
Laboratori (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of great importance and evaluation of the landscape (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (contemporanea) (3 CFU)
- Geographic information system (3 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of contemporary works of art (1 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of medieval works of art (1 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of modern art works (1 CFU)
- Museia laboratory (3 CFU)
- Statistics laboratory for cultural heritage (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of data processing storico-artistiche source processing (2 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (medievale) (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (moderna e arti applicate) (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di elaborazione informatica di fonti storico-artistiche (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di ricerca bibliografica in rete (3 CFU)
- Argumentative writing workshop b - cecil (3 CFU)
- Prehistory laboratory i (3 CFU)
- Ancient topography laboratory (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of geology and paleontology of the quaternary (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of archaezoology (3 CFU)
- Archaeological and ancient history of art sources - laboratory (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of funerary archaeology (3 CFU)
- The laboratory for the historic architecture territorial research (3 CFU)
Lingue straniere (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- English language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- German language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- Knowledge of at least one foreign language (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Laboratory of german language c (6 CFU)
Disc sto art III anno arch (6 CFU)
- Istituzioni di storia dell'arte medievale in italia e in europa (6 CFU)
- Istituzioni di storia dell'arte moderna in italia e in europa (6 CFU)
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe ( for not art historians ) (6 CFU)
- History of the modern art in italy and europe ( for not art historians ) (6 CFU)
- History of collecting and museum (6 CFU)
Disc geo e antr III anno arch (6 CFU) , tipo regola g (6 CFU)
Egittologia e vicino oriente antico
Required
- Culture and material of ancient egypt (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Methods of archaeological research (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Introduction to ancient greek history (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- History of the near ancient east (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Egyptology (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Disc geo e antrop i anno egitto st arte (6 CFU)
- Landscape and environment geography (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Communication antropology (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Introduzione alla antropologia culturale (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Lingue straniere (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory a (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- German language laboratory a (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- Knowledge of at least one foreign language (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Laboratory of german language c (6 CFU)
Test di valutazione
Caratterizzanti i anno (12 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Prehistoric archaeology i (12 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- Etruscology and italic archeology (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
Required
- Archeology and art history of ancient western asia (6 CFU)
- Italian literature (12 CFU)
- Egyptian archaeology (6 CFU)
- Aegean civilization (6 CFU)
Abilità informatiche (3 CFU)
- Tools and techniques for the management and analysis of data (computer skills) (3 CFU)
- Tools and techniques for digital communication (3 CFU)
- Digital desktop publishing (3 CFU)
Laboratori (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of great importance and evaluation of the landscape (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (contemporanea) (3 CFU)
- Geographic information system (3 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of contemporary works of art (1 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of medieval works of art (1 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of modern art works (1 CFU)
- Museia laboratory (3 CFU)
- Statistics laboratory for cultural heritage (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of data processing storico-artistiche source processing (2 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (medievale) (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (moderna e arti applicate) (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di elaborazione informatica di fonti storico-artistiche (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di ricerca bibliografica in rete (3 CFU)
- Argumentative writing workshop b - cecil (3 CFU)
- Prehistory laboratory i (3 CFU)
- Ancient topography laboratory (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of geology and paleontology of the quaternary (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of archaezoology (3 CFU)
- Archaeological and ancient history of art sources - laboratory (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of funerary archaeology (3 CFU)
- The laboratory for the historic architecture territorial research (3 CFU)
Gruppo latino II anno comune (6 CFU)
- Introduction to the latin language (6 CFU)
- Latin literature (6 CFU)
Gruppo archeologia greca e romana II anno (18 CFU)
Required
- Archaeology and history of the arab peninsula (6 CFU)
- Principles and history of cultural heritage conservation (6 CFU)
- Prova finale sbc-l 12 CFU (12 CFU)
Tirocini e stage (6 CFU)
- Training (2 CFU)
- Training (3 CFU)
- Stage (3 CFU)
- Apprenticeship (6 CFU)
- Tirocini e stage (6 CFU)
- Tirocini e stage (2 CFU)
Disc aff III anno egitto (12 CFU)
- Principles of medieval history (6 CFU)
- History of religions a (6 CFU)
- Latin paleography (12 CFU)
- Anthropology (6 CFU)
- General psychology (12 CFU)
- Culture and jewish history (6 CFU)
- Archeometry (6 CFU)
- Competenze digitali per i beni culturali (6 CFU)
- Islamist (6 CFU)
- Basic romana history (6 CFU)
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- Methodology of historical-artistic research (6 CFU)
- General pedagogy (12 CFU)
- Foundations of archival studies (6 CFU)
- Funerary archaeology (6 CFU)
- General teaching and specific learning disorders (12 CFU)
- Storia del basso medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia del pieno medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia dell'alto medioevo (6 CFU)
- Ancient topography (6 CFU)
- Museum communication (6 CFU)
Gruppo evoa - affini ed integrative III anno (altre culture orientali) (6 CFU)
- Armenian culture and history (6 CFU)
Storia dell'arte
Required
- Contemporary history institutions (6 CFU)
- Principles of medieval history (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Principles of modern history (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- History of the medieval art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- Methodology of historical-artistic research (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Disc geo e antro i anno egitto st arte (6 CFU)
- Landscape and environment geography (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Communication antropology (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Introduzione alla antropologia culturale (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Disc archeologica i anno st arte (12 CFU)
- Medieval archaeology: an introduction (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Etruscology and italic archeology (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Medieval archaeology (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Institutions of archeology and history of greek and roman art (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Archaeology and history of greek art (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Archaeology and history of roman art (12 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Etruscology and italic archeology (12 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Foundations of archaeology and history of the greek art ( for not archaeologists ) (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Foundations of roman archaeology and history of art (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
Test di valutazione
Lingue straniere (6 CFU) , tipo regola g (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory a (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory a (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- English language laboratory b (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- German language laboratory a (6 CFU) - Ciclo annuale unico
- German language laboratory b (6 CFU)
- Knowledge of at least one foreign language (6 CFU)
- French language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Spanish language laboratory c (6 CFU)
- Laboratory of german language c (6 CFU)
Required
- History of contemporary art (12 CFU)
- History of modern art in italy and europe (12 CFU)
- Italian literature (12 CFU)
Abilità informatiche (3 CFU)
- Tools and techniques for the management and analysis of data (computer skills) (3 CFU)
- Tools and techniques for digital communication (3 CFU)
- Digital desktop publishing (3 CFU)
Laboratori (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of great importance and evaluation of the landscape (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (contemporanea) (3 CFU)
- Geographic information system (3 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of contemporary works of art (1 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of medieval works of art (1 CFU)
- Direct reading laboratory of modern art works (1 CFU)
- Museia laboratory (3 CFU)
- Statistics laboratory for cultural heritage (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of data processing storico-artistiche source processing (2 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (medievale) (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di lettura diretta di opere d'arte (moderna e arti applicate) (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di elaborazione informatica di fonti storico-artistiche (3 CFU)
- Laboratorio di ricerca bibliografica in rete (3 CFU)
- Argumentative writing workshop b - cecil (3 CFU)
- Prehistory laboratory i (3 CFU)
- Ancient topography laboratory (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of geology and paleontology of the quaternary (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of archaezoology (3 CFU)
- Archaeological and ancient history of art sources - laboratory (3 CFU)
- Laboratory of funerary archaeology (3 CFU)
- The laboratory for the historic architecture territorial research (3 CFU)
Disc caratt II anno st arte (12 CFU)
- Principles of architecture history and urban design (6 CFU)
- History of artistic techniques (6 CFU)
- History of renaissance architecture (6 CFU)
- Competenze digitali per i beni culturali (6 CFU)
- Art criticism history (6 CFU)
- History of decorative and industrial art (6 CFU)
- History of collecting and museum (6 CFU)
Gruppo latino II anno comune (6 CFU)
- Introduction to the latin language (6 CFU)
- Latin literature (6 CFU)
Required
Tirocini e stage (6 CFU)
- Training (2 CFU)
- Training (3 CFU)
- Stage (3 CFU)
- Apprenticeship (6 CFU)
- Tirocini e stage (6 CFU)
- Tirocini e stage (2 CFU)
Disc aff e int III anno st arte (18 CFU)
- Cultural heritage chemistry (6 CFU)
- Latin paleography (12 CFU)
- Anthropology (6 CFU)
- Cartography (6 CFU)
- Medieval church history (6 CFU)
- Medieval sources exegesis (6 CFU)
- General psychology (12 CFU)
- Egyptian archeology (6 CFU)
- Linguistics (12 CFU)
- History of photography (6 CFU)
- History of science and technology (12 CFU)
- History of artistic techniques (6 CFU)
- Culture and material of ancient egypt (6 CFU)
- History of renaissance architecture (6 CFU)
- Competenze digitali per i beni culturali (6 CFU)
- Ancient greek for beginners workshop (6 CFU)
- Contemporary italian literature (12 CFU)
- General linguistics (6 CFU)
- Archeometry (12 CFU)
- Egyptology (6 CFU)
- General pedagogy (12 CFU)
- Institutions of library science (6 CFU)
- Printing and publishing history (6 CFU)
- Foundations of archival studies (6 CFU)
- Byzantine history (6 CFU)
- Floors of data and information systems (6 CFU)
- 3d graphics for cultural heritage (6 CFU)
- History of scenography (6 CFU)
- History and criticism of cinema (12 CFU)
- Communication antropology (6 CFU)
- General teaching and specific learning disorders (12 CFU)
- Storia del basso medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia del pieno medioevo (6 CFU)
- Storia dell'alto medioevo (6 CFU)
- Introduzione alla antropologia culturale (6 CFU)
- History of theatre and performance (12 CFU)
- Tv, radio and electronic arts history (optional) (12 CFU)
- Film and arts (6 CFU)
- Museum communication (6 CFU)
- History and criticism of cinema: film analysis (6 CFU)
- Cinema history and criticism (6 CFU)
Disc car III anno st arte (6 CFU)
Comune
Other
- Free training activity (18 CFU)
- Foundations of contemporary art history (6 CFU) - Primo ciclo semestrale
- Museology and museography (6 CFU) - Secondo ciclo semestrale
- Student's choice (18 CFU)
Career opportunities
Enrolment
The Degree Program in Cultural Heritage Studies has an open access. Find more detailsat Study programmes.
In order to attend the course, students must take a non-selective evaluation test to verify the initial preparation level.
This test can be taken even after the enrolment completion.
Here you can find the evaluation test information.
How to enrol
Enrolment for the a.y. 2023/2024 will start at the end of July 2023. The official dates are being defined.
After signing up, you can choose:
- Standard enrolment;
- Degree program shortening (in the event of a university degree already obtained);
- Relocation from another University.
The procedure will request:
- ID scanned copy
- passport-sized photo (please check size)
- High school diploma details (Secondary School Name, year, final mark).
Students with a foreign qualification are required to upload:
- Declaration of Value (DV) issued by the Italian Diplomatic Authorities in their home country, along with the official translation into Italian of the diploma, legalised (or with an “apostille”) and validated, OR, the ENIC-NARIC certificate is accepted in Italian Language. These documents should attest at least 12 years of schooling and the relevant qualification should allow the access to higher education.
For Degree Program shortening the obtained University degree will be required. For relocation from another University previous university career will be required from the other university.
At the end of procedure please print and sign the FORIM to complete enrolment and upload it on the Alice portal in the Career section annexes.
Students with special needs
Students with handicap under art. 3 Italian Law no. 104/1992 or with a certified disability equal or above 66% are required to upload a medical certificate attesting their health condition for university tuition fees exemption (duty stamp is required anyway).
Some special categories under art. 1.1.2 lett. d) e) and art.1.1.3 lett. c) of the Regulations on Tuition fees (such as Italian government scholarship holders, competition winners, detained subjects ) shall email to matricolandosi@unipi.it for a specific calculation of tuition fees.
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are not applying for the DSU scholarship, which will be acquired automatically, after choosing your programme, you are required to pay the first installment of tuition fees.
Information and deadlines regarding fees and scholarships for the a.y. 2023/2024 are still being defined.
International students with a foreign qualification applying for a visa applicants can pay the first installment of fees and submit the necessary documentation by 29 February 2024 without delay.
If you are applying for the DSU scholarship
If you are applying for the scholarship, which is automatically acquired and results in immediate enrolment after the ‘choice of course’, the payment of the first installment is deferred to the deadline of the second tuition fee installment: those who successfully gain the scholarship will not be required to pay any university fees. They will only have to pay €16.00 for duty stamp.
Within 3 working days from the payment (or from the ‘choice of course’ in case of submission of the scholarship application), you will receive a welcome email and on you home page of the Alice portal, in the ‘NOTES’ section, the message ‘ENROLLED 2023/24’, will be displayed until the documents presented online are validated.
After tuition fee payment (or alternatively after scholarship application) you are required to upload the FORIM signed on both 2 pages in the Career section annexes of Alice portal. This document will be checked by the Matricolandosi Centre along with your ID card.
As confirmation of your enrolment registration, you will receive a welcome email to your personal email address and at the same time the wording ‘REGISTERED 2023/24’ will be displayed on the Alice portal home page, in the ‘NOTES’ field, which will remain visible until your documents (FORIM, ID document) have passed all the administrative checks.
Only after FORIM has been validated will you be able to book the withdrawal of your Student Card..
The procedures for issuing the Student card can be seen here.
Students with foreign qualification, regardless of their citizenship, must upload the necessary documents that must be validated by the International Office (wis@unipi.it); after enrolment, they will have to upload the enrolment form (FORIM) and follow the procedure described on the page for issuing the student card.
For Degree Program shortening the previous university career will be recognized after submitting to the Students Office the “qualifications recognition” form with the annexed self certification of all exams.
For relocation from another University the Students Office will confirm you the acceptance of the discharge papers from the university of origin.