Master of Cultural Materials Conservation

Take advantage of our unique position as a laboratory-based inter-disciplinary program and work with senior heritage professionals and conservators to preserve art and objects for future generations. You’ll get involved with Indigenous projects, including the Association of Northern Kimberley Arnhem Aboriginal Artists and the Warmun Art Centre, and global institutions, like the National Museum of the Philippines, Museums Victoria and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Victoria.

Capitalise on the connections the University has with national and international institutions and the vast cultural collections and expertise of the University’s Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, the Arts and Science Faculties and the galleries, libraries, archives and museums across campus.

Who is it for?

If you want to refine your professional area of practice, you can specialise in areas such as conservation treatment and new media pathways, and in our field based subjects in the East Kimberley and overseas in the Philippines or Indonesia, within the Master of Cultural Materials Conservation. Designed for those willing to extend themselves, you will have access to sophisticated scientific conservation equipment at the University of Melbourne’s Science and Engineering faculties, where you can hone your ability as a master conservator. You can also gain professional experience through a national or international internship, where you’ll work under senior heritage professionals and conservators to carry out conservation research or treatment.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  6.5

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  with no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  79+

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  with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13

  PEARSON

  64+

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  with no communicative skill below 60

  CAMBRIDGE

  176+

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  with no skill less than 169

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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