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Information for prospective archivists

The specialization of the School of Archival Studies, Palaeography and Diplomatics of Cagliari

This page provides all the information needed by anyone wishing to pursue a career as an archivist: a profession dedicated to safeguarding, organising and making documentary heritage accessible and transparent.

The archivist is the professional responsible for safeguarding, arranging and describing records produced by institutions, organisations and communities. This work ensures the preservation of documentary heritage and access to sources, supporting administrative continuity and historical research.

The archival profession requires historical, legal and technical expertise. Today archivists work with both historical archives and contemporary records systems, including digital ones, ensuring that records are properly managed, preserved and made available in accordance with current legislation.

We preserve the past

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Would you like to discover the archival profession?

Join the next two-year programme at the APD School and shape your specialisation path.
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Educational Organization


The training course develops over two years through lessons, teaching activities and course examinations related to the teachings provided by the plan. Participation in activities, overcoming examinations and final testing contribute to the achievement of the Diploma of Specialization for archivists.

The frequency of the lessons is mandatory. In order to be eligible to take the profit examination of each teaching, you must have attended at least the80% of the expected hours from the educational plan; the School provides for the verification of presences also for the activities possibly carried out remotely.

Part of the teaching activity can be carried out by distance teaching, within the maximum limit of 25% of total didactic hours provided for in the Regulation.

Here we can then add the specific information of the Cagliari cycle, if available: schedule of lessons, days/hours, seat, actual modes adopted etc.

The teachings provide for course examinations which, in relation to the discipline, can consist of written, oral or practical evidence. The evaluation is expressed in treasons and the examination is exceeded with a minimum vote of 18/30.

During the year, Two appeals, a summer and an autumn; the relative calendar is established by the Director of the School, heard the Education Council.

This agreementon could also accommodate the actual cycle appeal calendar, but as separate and up-to-date data.

The route ends with a final test, consisting in the presentation and discussion of an original dissertation relating to one of the disciplines covered by the teaching, prepared with the approval of a lecturer.

The evidence is discussed in front of a committee and can attribute up to 10 additional points compared to the average of the course examinations. Two annual sessions are scheduled, following the exams.

At the end of the route, reached at least 120 CFU and passed the final test, the School releases the Specialization Diploma for archivists.

The final vote is expressed in hundred and fifty-five; the diploma follows with a minimum assessment 90/150 and can be attributed the praise in case of 150/150.

Together with the diploma, a certification is issued that reports the final vote, the results of the exams supported, the relative modules and credits acquired.

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Sono aperte le procedure di selezione per l’ammissione al corso biennale di specializzazione per archivisti 2026–2028. Le domande di partecipazione devono pervenire entro le ore 23:59 del 5 settembre 2026, secondo le modalità indicate nel bando.

Time remaining until applications close for the 2026–2028 programme:

2026-09-05T00:00:00+02:00

Days

72

Hours

14

Minutes

09

Seconds

55