Technologies for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

Sapienza's Quality Assurance (QA) System is described in detail on the Quality Team's web pages, available at https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/team-qualita.

The web pages describe the ten-year process developed by the University to build Sapienza's Quality Assurance, the organizational model adopted, the QA stakeholders (Quality Team, Monitoring Committees, Joint Faculty-Student Committees, Degree Program Quality Committees), the active Working Groups, the main activities developed, and the documentation prepared for managing Quality Assurance processes and activities in Teaching, Research, and the Third Mission.

The Web Pages also serve as a communication platform and a platform for providing reference data for Review activities, drafting reports by the Joint Teacher-Student Commissions and Monitoring Committees, and compiling the SUA-Teaching and SUA-Research Reports.
Each Degree Program and each Department is also entitled to apply the Sapienza Quality Assurance Model defined on the Quality Team Web Pages to the Degree Course/Department Quality Assurance, adapting it to its own organizational needs while respecting the models and procedures defined by ANVUR and the Quality Team.
The Degree Course/Department Web Pages, together with the SUA-Teaching and SUA-Research Reports, represent the communication tools for implementing the Quality Assurance System at the Degree Course/Department level.
The Committee will meet periodically to:
- ensure that the quality of teaching is well documented, verifiable, and assessable;
- facilitate access to information, making it clearer and more understandable for students, families, and the workforce;
- foster a process of continuous improvement for the program.
The program, through the Program Quality Assurance Management Committee, meets periodically to monitor the corrective actions indicated in the previous Review Report. This committee evaluates the results of their implementation, highlighting the strengths identified, any critical issues, and any changes deemed necessary. Furthermore, it is responsible for verifying the adequacy and effectiveness of the program management, proposing, where necessary, corrective actions to be introduced in the next Review Report.

In 2008, the Faculty of Sciences (MFN) organized two Round Tables, in agreement with the NVF and in collaboration with SOUL. On April 4th, a Round Table discussion was held on the topic of "Graduate Education: Expectations and Prospects for the World of Work," attended by numerous business representatives (Johnson & Johnson Medical, Micron Technology Italia, Nergal, Alfa, etc.). A Round Table discussion on "Graduate Education and the Expectations of Public Administration and Public Bodies" was held on November 6th. Participants included the National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education and Training System (INVALSI), the Italian Air Force, the National Center for Informatics in Public Administration (CNIPA), the Civil Protection Agency, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention (ISPESL), the Scientific Investigations Department (RIS), the Scientific Museums of the Municipality of Rome, and the State Forestry Corps. At the final meeting of the University-wide consultation on January 19th, 2009, taking into account the results of the preceding online consultation, the participating organizations welcomed the rationalization of Sapienza's educational offerings, which is geared not only toward a reduction in the number of courses but also toward their diversification into classes that demonstrate high attractiveness and for which there is more than adequate teacher coverage. Furthermore, after having carefully evaluated the Faculties' educational offerings, the organizations themselves expressed a favorable opinion on the establishment of the individual courses.

On May 16, 2024, a consultation event entitled "New Challenges in Cultural Heritage Conservation: Exploring the Skills of the Future" was organized at the Botanical Garden of Sapienza University of Rome. The CAD (Department of Applied Sciences for Cultural Heritage) conducted consultations with representatives of the Directorates General of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Central Institutes, Superintendencies and the Capitoline Superintendency of Cultural Heritage, Zètema - Progetto Cultura s.r.l., Museums and Archaeological Parks
of Rome, and other entities in Lazio, together with private companies in the diagnostics and restoration sector.
Specifically, the following participated:
The Vice-Rector for Artistic, Historical, and Cultural Heritage – Sapienza University of Rome
The Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences – Sapienza University of Rome
The Director of the Department of Environmental Biology – Sapienza University of Rome
The President of the Teaching Area in Sciences Applied to Cultural Heritage (Degree Courses L-43 and LM-11) at Sapienza
University of Rome and National Coordinator of the Degree Courses in Sciences Applied to Cultural Heritage at con.Scienze
The President of the National Association of Experts in Diagnostics and Sciences and Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage
The Director of the General Directorate of Museums
The Director of Service III of the General Directorate of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape
The Director of Service III of the General Directorate of Archives
The Administrative Officer of the General Directorate of Archives
The Archaeologist Officer of the Capitoline Superintendence of Cultural Heritage
The Director of the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR-ISPC).
Director of the Central Institute for Graphics
Management Consultant, ICOMOS Italy
Director of the Rieti Civic Museum
Director of the Bracciano Civic Museum
Exhibition Manager, Goethe House Museum
Conservation and Cataloging Manager, Zètema - Progetto Cultura s.r.l.
The Head of the Chemistry Laboratory at the Central Institute for Restoration
The Geologist at the Central Institute for Restoration
The Conservator-Restorer at the Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation
The Conservator-Restorer at the National Roman Museum
The Conservator of the Maramotti Collection
The Conservator at Villa Farnesina
The representative of Siltea srl ​​and the representative of CTS srl,
The President of the Single Council of the Degree Course in "Diagnostics and Materials for Conservation and Restoration" (L-43) and of the Master's Degree Course in "Sciences and Materials for Conservation and Restoration" (LM-11) at the University of Florence
The President of the Teaching Committee of Sciences and Technologies for the Conservation and Diagnostics of Cultural Heritage
The Coordinator of the Master's Degree Course in Science for the Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna.

The stakeholder discussions highlighted:
great interest in the knowledge and professional qualifications of the Cultural Heritage Diagnostics professional;
appreciation for the teaching offered by Sapienza;
the need to increase the number of agreements and conventions between the University and public and private entities to promote internships for students;
greater demand for the transfer of technical and scientific knowledge from the research community to stakeholders (both public and private);
the need to strengthen digital knowledge for cultural heritage.

The minutes of the stakeholder consultation are available at the following link: