Historic preservation is interdisciplinary by nature, and is taught at the University of Florida using a university-wide curriculum approach. Students can pursue historic preservation studies through a concentration and certificate in historic preservation while completing professional programs in the College or other participating degree programs throughout the university, or a student can focus on historic preservation studies in the Master of Science in Architectural Studies degree offered through the School of Architecture. Off-campus programs provide students throughout the university with unique opportunities for study and research around the United States and overseas, while funded research projects provide real world experience and graduate research assistantships. Advanced graduate study in preservation can be pursued in the College Ph.D. program.

Academic Programs

• College Ph. D. Program
• Interdisciplinary Concentration and Certificate in Historic Preservation - Concentration open to graduate students in any participating discipline.
• Master of Science in Architectural Studies: Graduate Program in Historic Preservation - Non-professional degree program in the School of Architecture allowing students with an accredited bachelor’s degree in any curriculum to study historic preservation issues through interdisciplinary curriculum studies.

Centers

• Research and Education Center for Architectural Preservation (RECAP) - Provides opportunities for real world experiences and graduate research assistantships through funded research projects in historic preservation.
• Center for Building Better Communities (CBBC) - Center for Building Better Communities conducts research and sponsors educational activities that promote balanced growth and development of communities.
• France-Florida Research Institute (FFRI) - The University of Florida's France-Florida Research Institute (FFRI), building on the strengths of UF's program in French and Francophone studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures serves as an umbrella organization to centralize and promote the numerous existing partnerships between the University of Florida and French and Francophone research centers and academic institutions. It will also work to create new linkages in the spirit of interdisciplinary study at the University of Florida and within the College of Design, Construction and Planning through sponsored lecture series, visiting professorships, film series, theater workshops, exhibits, and symposia as well as outreach activities for the teachers of French in Alachua County.

Off-Campus Programs

• Consortium for Urban Conservation in North America (CUCINA) - This continental exchange program, open to all student in the College of DCP, focuses on architecture and urban conservation in the historic cities and settlements of North America, places that are both challenged and helped by economic development and globalization.
• Preservation Institute: Caribbean (PI:C) - Off-campus hands-on summer academic preservation studies program in the Caribbean.
• Perservation Institute: Nantucket (PI:N) - Off-campus hands-on summer academic preservation studies program on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
• Vicenza Institute of Architecture (VIA) - Program focusing on evaluating and understanding the historical, social, cultural, and physical aspects of the rich urban context of Vicenza and the Veneto region of northern Italy through research, documentation, and design.

Information

• Affiliations and Grants
• History of Preservation Studies at the University of Florida
• Links to Related Preservation Programs, Organizations, and Sites