Knowledge and technology, going beyond time to connect

In the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties, students learn about the culture that has been handed down from predecessors and what is necessary to pass on cultural properties to the next generation. We are surrounded by various cultural properties in our daily lives. They are treasures for all of us and are important for the correct understanding and development of culture and history. Conservation and restoration are essential to make use of these cultural assets. In the course of study, students acquire the skills and knowledge to protect and pass on cultural properties through restoration work and scientific research in a variety of fields, and become experts who can empathize with the importance of cultural properties.
In the first and second years, students learn comprehensively about the conservation and restoration of cultural properties through lectures and exercises. In the third year, students are divided into four specialties, including conservation science, in addition to the three restoration fields, to acquire more specialized techniques and knowledge. In cooperation with the first university-affiliated research center for the conservation and restoration of cultural properties in Japan, students can learn practical skills in the field surrounded by local cultural properties, where professional restorers carry out restoration work. Through conservation and restoration, students will develop the ability to think and communicate, which is necessary in society.