Introduction to Heritage and Sustainability

7.5 credits

Course, Master's level, 5KV711

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Location
Visby
Pace of study
100%
Teaching form
On-campus
Instructional time
Daytime
Study period
1 September 2025–5 October 2025
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Selection

Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)

Fees
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
  • First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,500
  • Total tuition fee: SEK 12,500

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Application deadline
15 April 2025
Application code
UU-50304

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Registration period
24 July 2025–24 August 2025
Information on registration from the department

Location
Visby
Pace of study
100%
Teaching form
On-campus
Instructional time
Daytime
Study period
1 September 2025–5 October 2025
Language of instruction
English
Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Admitted or on the waiting list?

Registration period
24 July 2025–24 August 2025
Information on registration from the department

About the course

The course provides an introduction to conservation (kulturvård) as a field, with particular emphasis on the relationship between heritage and sustainability. The course addresses the changing relationships between past, present and future, and links these to the sustainability challenges facing the world. Tangible and intangible cultural heritage are resources from the past that are recovered and reused in a caring way, but also a source of conflict. The course addresses the social, economic and environmental ethical trade-offs and conflicting goals that arise when, for example, museum objects, historic buildings and cultural environments are preserved, used, developed and decommissioned.

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