Professional opportunities

Graduates in Historical Sciences have developed advanced skills in the description, analysis, and interpretation of past events using sources of various kinds.
Therefore, they are able to perform coordination roles within public and private institutions in the field of cultural heritage preservation, cultural promotion, and dissemination. Graduates may carry out various functions in the museum sector, from setting up exhibitions to drafting guided tours and informational material about the institution. They may also work as guides for the public, coordinate work groups in archives and libraries, and operate as public assistants and cataloguers of archival and library materials.
Possessing communication skills in the historical field, graduates in Historical Sciences will be able to provide consultancy and specialist support for reenactment events, historical festivals, celebrations of anniversaries of local and national importance, also through the use of current technologies for the dissemination of knowledge. The degree in Historical Sciences also grants access to subsequent specialization pathways in archival and palaeographic studies which, once completed, will enable graduates to work as archivists and/or librarians in both the public and private sectors.
Skills
Graduates in Historical Sciences have developed knowledge, abilities, and skills that allow them to work in different professional contexts with awareness and relational ability. The study program in fact develops disciplinary and transversal skills, applicable in work contexts and suited to:

  • Enabling graduates to collaborate with and coordinate work groups, including interdisciplinary ones, in all sectors in which they will operate;
  • Enhancing cultural heritage with sensitivity and awareness of its value;
  • Reading, understanding, and interpreting original documentary material from the most ancient historical periods for the purpose of correct cataloguing;
  • Acting in contexts related to publishing, specialist press, and high-level media dissemination, with the ability to apply the communication skills acquired, both written and oral;
  • Coordinating the organizational activities of scientific meetings (conferences, seminars, symposia, congresses) promoted by cultural bodies and institutions.

Career opportunities
Public and private bodies operating in the cultural sector;
Superintendencies;
Museums;
Libraries;
Archives;
Historical institutes;
Academies;
Publishing houses.