Introduction

The Master’s degree puts emphasis on a practical approach to the history of art and archaeology :

• museum visits, concerts, study visits in Belgium and abroad, in collaboration with museums (the museums of Louvain-la-Neuve, Mariemont, musical instruments, etc.), issues relating to museums ;
• practical exercises in different laboratories ;
• work experience in the field : archaeological excavations, museums, research laboratories etc.

Your profile

You

• have gained your Bachelor’s degree in the history of art and archaeology and your curiosity about objects and works from the past and the present has grown;
• wish to continue developing your sensitivity and your scientific investigation skills;
• wish to become a specialist, with the most up to date knowledge in your chosen field;
• seek to enhance your profile with professional skills and to benefit from the opportunity to put them to the test in the field.

Your future job

Our graduates work in 

• professions related to heritage and archaeology: excavation departments, building archaeology, management of listed buildings, artistic and archaeological collections or museums, heritage, conservation, specialist travel, organisation of exhibitions, etc.;
• the fields of culture and communication: art galleries, buying and selling works of art, valuation, restoration, guiding, education, cultural mediation, journalism, publishing, etc.;
• teaching and research.

Your programme

The Master’s degree offers you:

• a demanding methodological training which is applied to your subject of research;

• a programme combining different optional courses and focuses according to your interests and the professional profile you wish to develop;

• the possibility of a study visit abroad or work experience in the field;

• top class supervision and the most up to date technological tools.