Since 1997 historic Willemstad has been registered on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO. This means that the international community considers the monuments of Curaçao important enough to be preserved for posterity. From 1990 on, in Curaçao the conservation of monuments is being worked at in a structural manner. In many parts of Willemstad a great number of buildings have been restored already. For the purpose of broadening the basis for the conservation of the built heritage the Monument Fund Foundation Curaçao (MFC), the University of Curacao, Dr. Moises Da Costa Gomez (UoC) and the Monument Bureau (a division of the Department of Urban and Regional Development Planning and Housing) joined forces in April 2005 to work towards education in the field of conservation of historic monuments on a Higher Vocational, i.e. bachelor’s level. Solid education in this field is of importance for the retaining and increasing of knowledge and awareness. Within this framework the “Education in Heritage” course is offered by the architectural engineering department section of the UoC.