The project HERITECHS (Heritage, Cultural Economics, Technology and Sustainability) is built on the experience developed within the master TPTI, and expertise gained in the management of this multidisciplinary and international curriculum. The objectives are :
- give a double competence in history and applied sciences (architecture, economics of cultural goods or technology) that meets a need for all managers of heritage in the world.
- examine a new field of action-research at the confluence of the economy based  on the knowledge, the cultural heritage, the tourism and the sustainable development. As proof, the COST program that begins at this time (Action IS1007) titled Investigating Cultural Sustainability, which is placed exactly in the same multidisciplinary framework.

HERITECHS is an international program for doctoral, supported by a consortium of six universities linked by a Memorandum of Agreement :

• University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (project coordinator) (France)
• University of Padua (Italy)
• University of Evora (Portugal)
• University of Alicante (Spain)
• Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Parana (Brazil)
• Politechnico di Torino (Italy).

Because of its multidisciplinary structure, HERITECHS has two distinct levels:

• a Ph.D. in applied history, HTPS (History, Technology, Heritage, Sustainability). It is a degree offered jointly by three universities : University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France), University of Padua (Italy) and University of Evora (Portugal).
• a second specialized doctorate in economics or cultural property, architecture and urban design, or technology and sustainability. This dual-degree must be made either at the University of Alicante, Spain (Economics of Cultural Property) or at the Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Paraná , Brazil (Technology and Sustainable Development) or the Politechnico di Torino (Architecture and urban design).

The student researcher will then obtain two degrees depending on their specialty :

• applied history of cultural economy
• applied history + architecture and urban project
• history + applied technology and sustainable development.

As a PhD professionalizing, HERITECHS focuses on action-research and proposes a program with the following characteristics : the committee of thesis, ECTS, two semesters of mandatory courses in public or private cultural institutions, and a thesis consists of two parts (a final report explaining the work done over the three years of PhD (documents, participation in conferences, workshops, courses, etc..) and an original thesis of 450 pages).
HERITECHS also includes a network of associated universities and cultural institutions, who agreed to receive students for their internship, to give them the ECTS credits corresponding to participate in their thesis committee. UNAM Mexico, Tongji University in China, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard in France, University of Sfax in Tunisia, the Musée des Arts et Metiers in France, the Regional Natural Park of the Valley of the Haute Chevreuse France, the Cultural Park of Sardinia in Italy, the Museum of Luz and the Museum of Portimao in Portugal are among the most active members of this network.