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www.unive.it/english OPEN TO THE WORLD Course Guide 2021/2022
OPEN TO THE WORLD SINCE 1868
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With great pride, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. Introduction 4
The university was founded in 1868 as the Scuola Regia Superiore di Commercio (Advanced
School for Commerce) by a group of innovative and learned scholars who introduced trade and
foreign language studies to Italy, and it continues to be characterised by the same innovative spirit Why choose Ca’ Foscari? 6
and openness to the world today.
University profile 8
Located in the very heart of the inspiring city of Venice, with its beautiful canals and rich cultural
heritage, our university offers a uniquely stimulating and enriching academic environment. You Ca’ Foscari for students 22
can choose from a wide range of undergraduate and post-graduate degree programmes in
either the humanities or the sciences, and we are world-ranked for our teaching and research
in economics, management, modern languages, history, environmental science, chemistry, Student life 26
linguistics, accounting and finance, computer science, and geography. The education we offer
you encourages interdisciplinarity and exploits innovative teaching methodologies. To further Italian university system 32
enrich your university experience, you can also broaden your horizons by adding a minor to your
undergraduate degree or by taking advantage of special extracurricular learning and training Foundation year 34
opportunities. Our Active Learning Lab workshops, for instance, refine your soft skills to make you
more attractive to employers.
Bachelor’s degree programmes 36
Ca’ Foscari also provides you with a host of ways to grow thanks to our emphasis on international
education. Not only do we offer many degree programmes entirely taught in English, but we also Master’s degree programmes 60
have a vast network of global partnerships that allow you to earn a joint degree with or carry out
an exchange experience at other top-ranked universities in both Europe and around the world. Doctoral programmes 106
Since your life outside the classroom should be rewarding, too, we have a rich calendar of cultural
and social events to keep you stimulated and help you become an active part of our community.
Professional master’s programmes 112
Ca’ Foscari and I hope to welcome you to Venice soon!
Fees and how to apply 114
Academic calendar 118
Tiziana Lippiello
Campuses 120
Rector
Established in 1868, Ca’ Foscari University of
Venice is a modern research university with
over 24,000 students. It offers a varied array
of undergraduate and graduate degrees in both
the sciences and the humanities, a significant
number of which are taught entirely in English.
Ca’ Foscari has a strong international reputation
for both teaching and research. The QS World
Introduction
University Rankings have acknowledged its
excellence in twelve different subjects, including
modern languages, economics and history,
and Ca’ Foscari attracts highly talented young
researchers. It is the fourth university in Europe,
and the most successful in Italy, with regard to
the number of prestigious Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Research Fellowships it has been awarded
by the European Commission.
Heavily invested in being connected to the
world, the university has developed a markedly
international character. Over 40 languages
are taught here and more than 1,500 students
participate in exchange programmes scattered
around the globe each year. What is more,
Ca’ Foscari offers more than 30 double and joint
degree programmes and has forged a network
of over 500 partner universities.
The Ca’ Foscari experience is particularly unique
due to the university’s location in Venice, an
inspiring city with a rich history and vibrant
present that animate and catalyse contemporary
Ca' Foscari, 15th century, Venice creativity and innovation.
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WHY STUDY AT CA’ FOSCARI? WHY STUDY IN VENICE?
• You can choose from a wide range of bachelor’s, Most of the university’s campuses and buildings
master’s and doctoral degree programmes, are located in Venice, and this makes the Ca’
including many taught entirely in English and Foscari experience undeniably special. Located in a
dozens offering double or joint diplomas with lagoon on the Adriatic coast in northeast Italy, the
other respected universities. city occupies 120 small islands separated by canals
• Ca’ Foscari rewards high-achieving students and connected by bridges. As a result, its urban
with various incentives, including scholarships fabric is characterised not by traffic-congested
and tuition fee waivers or reductions. roads, but by pedestrian walkways and lively public
• You can give your university experience an squares, so it encourages an environmentally
international edge by taking advantage of our conscious, neighbourhood-based lifestyle.
hundreds of study abroad programmes around
the globe. Most importantly, Venice is an intellectually and
Ca’ Foscari?
• You can enrich your degree programme with culturally stimulating city that offers countless
Why choose
innovative and interdisciplinary workshops ways to learn, grow and be inspired. It has been
dedicated to developing your soft skills and classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks
learning to network and work collaboratively. to its stunning historical art and architecture,
• You can complement your classroom learning which conjures up the city’s extraordinary past
with real-world internships both in Italy and as a cultural and commercial crossroads. What
abroad. is more, every year it plays host to all kinds of
• Ca’ Foscari invests heavily in expert teaching and internationally renowned exhibitions, events and
innovative research, particularly with the goal of festivals, offering you endless opportunities for
supporting and promoting emerging scholars. discovering different ideas, traditions and cultures.
• A Ca’ Foscari education prepares you for the So studying at Ca’ Foscari in Venice means being
working world, as proven by the university’s high exposed to top-notch teaching and research in a
graduate employment rate. vibrant, enriching setting.
• When you are not in the classroom, Ca’ Foscari
helps you cultivate your passions and interests
by organising cultural events and offering you
the opportunity to get involved in extracurricular
activities, including theatre, music, radio,
cinema, sports and more.
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People Degree Programmes
24,000 students, including 19 bachelor’s degrees (3 years)
1,500 international students
35 master’s degrees (2 years)
1,300 professors, lecturers
University profile
and administrative staff, as well as 16 doctoral degrees (3+ years)
100 visiting professors each year
30+ professional master’s degree
programmes (1 year)
Organisation
8 Departments Opportunities
3 Schools 10,000+ internship agreements in Italy and abroad
6 Libraries 700+ student exchange agreements
1 Language centre 30+ double and joint degrees
1 Theatre 2 Summer Schools in partnership with Harvard
University (USA) and Columbia University (USA)
1 Sports centre
1 Foundation Year
3 International Offices
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Research at Ca’ Foscari Ca’ Foscari‘s international reputation for INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS innovative and impactful scholarship is a result of its firm commitment to fostering research excellence, especially thanks to the development of international partnerships and the allocation of resources to the funding of promising young scholars’ work. Ca’ Foscari, in fact, ranks fourth in all of Europe for the number of prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows it has attracted. The university actively promotes interdisciplinarity in order to encourage faculty and students to explore new frontiers, and it has recently built a state-of-the-art science and technology campus. 10 11
Research with an impact
While Ca’ Foscari has been a leader in teaching Social Innovation
and research related to economics and modern Research in this field aims to break down the
languages since its founding in 1868, it has barriers that inhibit social participation, to reduce
greatly expanded its areas of expertise over time. inequality and to promote integration, inclusivity
Most recently, the university has been actively and justice, and to improve healthcare by means
developing research and degree programmes of well-designed public policy.
involving the study of digital transformation and
social innovation, climate change and nanoscience. International Studies
As a means of harnessing the impactful work Comparative cultural and area studies provide
being carried out in such a wide range of fields, the theoretical and conceptual basis for
and in order to ensure that it have the kind of addressing some of the most urgent challenges
impact on the world around us that the best of this century, such as radicalisation, migration
research should, the university has established and integration into increasingly multicultural
the Institute for Global Challenges. The institute’s and multilingual societies both within and beyond
function is to encourage, support and coordinate the European Union.
cross-disciplinary collaboration among faculty
members with the purpose of leveraging Ca’ Green and Blue Growth
Foscari’s collective knowledge and expertise in To help create a more sustainable future, Ca’
the search for solutions to some of the greatest Foscari’s research in this area is developing
challenges facing us today by channeling the nature-based solutions designed to improve
university’s energy into six main research areas. resource and energy efficiency, thereby enabling
green technologies (including nanotechnologies)
Complexity and promoting sustainable growth in the
The transdisciplinary study of complex systems maritime sector.
generates innovative solutions to the most
pressing scientific and societal challenges facing Innovation Management
the world today. Research related to innovation management
investigates new frameworks and tools such
Digital and Cultural Heritage as economic resilience, the circular economy,
New digital technologies help to reveal new systemic and interactive innovation, bio-based
meaning in the world around us and create new products and multi-actor approaches.
fields of research such as the digital humanities
and conservation science. The innovative
approaches these technologies afford change
the way cultural heritage is studied, preserved,
restored, managed, disseminated and even
created.
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MEET OUR DEPARTMENTS
Department of Asian Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Linguistics Department of Molecular Sciences
and North African Studies Informatics and Statistics and Comparative Cultural Studies and Nanosystems
Italian Ministry of Universities and Research This department provides programmes that Italian Ministry of Universities and Research This department combines traditional areas of
“Department of Excellence” explore innovative approaches to the analysis and “Department of Excellence” study in the field of chemistry with the study of
This department offers programmes in the study management of the information and environmental This department focuses on the study of foreign renewable energy sources, green chemistry,
of classical and modern Eastern and African systems that underpin both sustainable languages, linguistics and cultures, emphasising nanotechnologies and biotechnologies.
languages within their cultural, religious, artistic, development and the preservation of cultural the importance of taking into account their www.unive.it/dep.dsmn
social and historical contexts. A particular emphasis heritage. connection to and development within broad and
is placed on the political, economic and legal www.unive.it/dep.dais complex cultural systems. Department of Philosophy
systems of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. www.unive.it/dep.dslcc and Cultural Heritage
www.unive.it/dep.dsaam Department of Humanities This department focuses on the relationship
Italian Ministry of Universities and Research Department of Management between philosophy and the social, psychological,
Department of Economics “Department of Excellence” Italian Ministry of Universities and Research cognitive, anthropological and pedagogical
Italian Ministry of Universities and Research This department offers interdisciplinary study “Department of Excellence” sciences. It also offers programmes that explore
“Department of Excellence” programmes in history, archaeology, art history, This department provides the academic knowledge historical, art historical and cultural research
This department offers flexible programmes that classical and Middle Eastern studies, as well as and skills that facilitate the management of dealing with the conservation, maintenance and
meets the needs of a complex global economic Medieval Latin, Romance and Byzantine studies, companies of any size or type in any field of activity. management of cultural heritage.
environment. The main research areas are Italian studies, linguistics, religious studies, Classroom study is integrated with counselling www.unive.it/dep.fbc
economics and finance, but they also include legal geography, philology, communication and text and tutorials focusing upon the development of
and social issues, quantitative analysis and the science. entrepreneurial skills and the leadership qualities
development of decision-making tools. www.unive.it/dep.humanities new enterprises require.
www.unive.it/dep.economics www.unive.it/dep.management
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CONNECTED TO THE WORLD
Ca’ Foscari attracts influential academics and degree, you receive a single qualification that is International Offices
dynamic students from around the globe by jointly conferred by all of the partner universities Since 2017, the university has been opening
fostering an inspiring environment in which to involved. Ca’ Foscari has more than 30 of these representative offices abroad called Ca’ Foscari
learn, teach and carry out research. In order programmes, so be sure to check if the programme Offices in the World. Their purpose is to enhance
to welcome an ever more varied community of of study you are interested in offers this opportunity. and leverage global engagement by allowing the
students, the university has a range of degree university to become an active part of different
programmes taught entirely in English and a Exchange Programmes cultural and intellectual contexts. They achieve this
worldwide network of over 500 university partners. Ca’ Foscari considers international mobility goal by facilitating international research by faculty
In the firm belief that international study and facilitated by student exchange programmes to members and researchers, creating opportunities
research experiences foster creativity and be a key tool in the development of your academic for students (such as international internships),
innovation through intellectual and cultural and cultural knowledge as well as your personal and fostering cultural exchange through the
exchange, Ca’ Foscari encourages its faculty, and professional growth, so it.offers a range of organisation of events and activities for local
students and administrative staff to spend different student exchange programmes in place communities. The university inaugurated its first
formative periods abroad. To facilitate this, the to help you learn around the world while working Ca’ Foscari Office in the World in Suzhou, China,
university has established dozens of double and toward obtaining your degree. Thanks to the where it is hosted on the campus of Soochow
joint degree programmes with prestigious partner European Erasmus+ Study Programme, you can University. The newest one is the Ca’ Foscari
universities in a host of different countries and take advantage of a study period abroad at one of Moscow Information Corner hosted by the Higher
has over 700 exchange agreements in place, hundreds of partner universities located in one of School of Economics in Russia’s capital.
giving those who study and work at Ca’ Foscari the the programme’s participating countries. As an www.unive.it/suzhouoffice
chance to learn and grow in virtually every corner Erasmus+ exchange student, you attend university www.unive.it/bakuoffice
of the world. Whether you want to explore Asia or courses and benefit from the facilities of your www.hse.ru/intpartners/univecorner/
North America, Africa or Europe, South America or chosen host institution without paying additional global.engagement@unive.it
Australia, Ca’ Foscari paves the way. tuition fees, all funded by a grant from the European
Commission. Upon successfully completing your
Double and Joint Degrees course work abroad, you obtain full recognition for
Double and joint degrees are educational the courses you completed.
programmes that provide an integrated study If you would prefer to carry out an exchange period
curriculum in cooperation with one or more outside of Europe, Ca’ Foscari offers the Overseas
international universities, requiring you to carry Programme. This programme, too, offers you
out your studies both at Ca’ Foscari and at the access to hundreds of exchange agreements with
international partner institution(s). They offer universities across the globe that do not require
you the invaluable opportunity of learning in more you to pay tuition fees to the university hosting you
than one academic context while benefiting from abroad, and the courses you complete while on
carefully coordinated study plans and institutional exchange count toward your degree. What is more,
cooperation. Upon concluding a double (or Ca’ Foscari has created a fund in support of this
sometimes multiple) degree, you obtain multiple programme in order to allow participants to receive
academic qualifications issued separately by each a bursary, helping to make the expense of studying
of the partner universities. When you finish a joint abroad more manageable.
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International partnershipS
AFRICA Taiwan 3
Morocco 3 Thailand 1
South Africa 1 United Arab Emirates 1 1
Tunisia 1 Vietnam 3
6
THE AMERICAS EUROPE 4
1 7
Argentina 6 Albania 1 4
Brazil 10 Austria 6 7 5 2 1
Canada 7 Belgium 10 4 31 11 16
Chile 3 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 10 42 3
1 1 1
Colombia 1 Bulgaria 3 6 6 3
Costa Rica 1 Croatia 4 51 11 3 4
11 1
Cuba 1 Cyprus 1 3 1
1 1
Ecuador 3 Czech Republic 3
11 9 39 1 14
Mexico 2 Denmark 5 13 18 12
1 1 1 2 25
Peru 2 Estonia 1
1 1
United States 11 Finland 6 3 3
France 51 1
ASIA Germany 42 1 3
1
Armenia 1 Greece 13 4
1
Azerbaijan 1 Hungary 6 2 1
China 12 Iceland 1 1
Georgia 1 Ireland 4 1 3
India 4 Latvia 1
Indonesia 1 Lithuania 2
Iran 1 Malta 1 1 1
1
Iraq 1 Montenegro 1
3 1
Israel 3 Netherlands 11
Japan 25 Norway 4
2
Kazakhstan 1 Poland 16
10
Lebanon 2 Portugal 9
Malaysia 1 Romania 3
Mongolia 1 Russian Federation 7 Turkey 18
Pakistan 1 Serbia 1 Ukraine 1 3
Philippines 1 Slovenia 3 United Kingdom 31
8
Qatar 1 Spain 39
6
Singapore 1 Sweden 4 OCEANIA 1
South Korea 14 Switzerland 11 Australia 8ENCOUNTERING THE WORLD IN VENICE
School for International Education International College
The Ca’ Foscari School for International Education Ca’ Foscari’s International College (Collegio
(SIE) offers you the opportunity to learn Italian, to Internazionale) is a centre of academic excellence for
take courses about Italian history, language and high-achieving students from both Italy and abroad.
culture taught in English, and to obtain any missing As a result, the college is one of the most vibrant hubs
credits that your chosen degree programme of cultural and academic exchange in northeastern
requires you to have before beginning your studies. Italy. If you are accepted for admission to the college,
You can also broaden and enrich your educational you get to enhance your studies at Ca’ Foscari
experience by applying to participate in one of the by participating in an innovative interdisciplinary
SIE’s intensive summer programmes, some of programme of courses and activities organised
which are run in collaboration with distinguished exclusively for the college’s academic community.
international partners such as Harvard University As a member of the college, you are provided with
and Columbia University. accommodation on the Island of San Servolo, an
www.unive.it/cfsie international residential campus located near St.
cfsie@unive.it Mark’s Square, and may be awarded a full or partial
merit-based scholarship.
collegio.internazionale@unive.it
20 21GETTING STARTED LEARNING CENTRES
COUNSELING AND Welcome Unit UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE
The Counseling and Welcome Unit manages the The University Language Centre (Centro
online application procedure you must complete Linguistico di Ateneo) offers you foreign language
in order to be accepted for enrolment into your courses in English, French, Russian, Spanish,
chosen degree programme. Then after you arrive Portoguese and German at various levels. If
it helps you settle in by providing information you are enrolled in a degree programme at Ca’
about and assistance with various administrative Foscari, you are entitled to a 65% discount on the
processes and university services. cost.
www.unive.it/welcome www.unive.it/cla
welcome@unive.it
SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
FINANCIAL AID UNIT The School for International Education offers you
The Financial Aid Unit provides you with the opportunity to improve your Italian and learn
for students
information about tuition fees and offers about Italy’s history and culture. It also offers
opportunities for grants, loans and fee Ca’ Foscari’s Foundation Year programme and
Ca’ Foscari
reductions. organises summer schools in collaboration with
www.unive.it/fees prestigious international partners. The school’s
Italian language courses are offered at all skill
HOUSING OFFICE levels and are open to everyone. The teachers are
The Housing Office assists you in finding housing native-tongue instructors and classes are held in
in Venice or on the mainland, whether you are rooms with full multimedia access. If you enrol
looking for a room in a student residence or a in an English-taught degree but are interested
space in a shared apartment. in beginning to learn Italian or improving your
www.unive.it/housing-en current knowledge of the language, the school
offers you a 75% discount on the cost.
BUDDY PROGRAMME www.unive.it/cfsie-en
This programme pairs international students like
yourself with experienced students who volunteer
to help welcome you to the city and to the
university by giving you a hand as you get settled
in to life at Ca’ Foscari.
buddy@unive.it
22 23CAREER SERVICE Ca’ Foscari’s Career Service is dedicated to RECRUITMENT DAYS preparing you to enter the workforce after Ca’ Foscari’s Career Service organises a series of graduation. Throughout the year, it organises recruitment days related to all areas of study in career guidance workshops with leading collaboration with its network of international and professionals that help you draw your roadmap to Italian businesses. This year over 90 businesses professional success, especially by teaching you participated under the following themes: how to shape your online presence and prepare • Finance and Consulting effective curriculum vitae and cover letters. In • Fashion and Luxury addition, the office provides you with useful • Food and Beverage information about how to tackle job interviews • Retail and Lifestyle both in Italy and abroad. • Industry and Services INTERNSHIPS IN ITALY AND ABROAD These opportunities can be useful to you as an To give you invaluable on-the-job training and international student because your study visa professional work experience, the Career Service allows you to seek employment in Italy for a full office promotes and organises internships both year after graduation in order to launch your in Italy and all around the world. The university career. has forged a well-consolidated network of relationships with cultural organisations, NGOs, Chambers of Commerce and a host of companies in order to offer you the opportunity to carry out an internship that will help you realise your professional goals. Internships abroad can be set up either during your studies or shortly after you graduate. 24 25
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
Student associations play a crucial role in
bringing students together and involving them in
university life, so Ca’ Foscari actively supports
their recreational and cultural initiatives.
associazioni.studenti@unive.it
www.unive.it/associazioni-studenti
Erasmus Student Network (ESN)
With over 12,000 members from 390 local
Student life
sections in 36 countries, the Erasmus Student
Network supports and promotes international
mobility by providing you with opportunities for
cultural understanding and self-development
through a network of students helping students.
venezia@esn.it
www.esnvenezia.it
AIESEC VENEZIA
AIESEC is an international network that gives
you people the opportunity to discover and
develop your leadership potential with the aim of
helping you make a positive impact on society.
To achieve this, AIESEC members participate
in various activities such as conferences and
association events and carry out international
internships.
www.facebook.com/aiesecvenezia
26 27SPORTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
University Sports Centre University choir and orchestra
The University Sports Centre (Centro For more than twenty-five years Ca’ Foscari’s
Universitario Sportivo, or CUS) offers you the choir and orchestra have been offering the
opportunity to participate in a wide variety of opportunity to begin exploring or continue to
sports thanks to facilities located both in the city foster a love of music. The groups’ repertoires
centre and on the mainland. change from year to year and range from
venescus@unive.it medieval to contemporary pieces.
www.cusvenezia.it corouniv@unive.it
Science Gallery Venice Shylock
Part of the acclaimed Global Science Gallery University Theatre Centre (CUT)
Network, the new Science Gallery Venice is set to Shylock is a cultural association aimed at
open its doors next year. Its interactive exhibition promoting technical-artistic innovation in
space will offer a stimulating environment for the the field of theatre. It organises training
discovery of science, particularly for high school and experimental workshops, hosts visiting
and university students. productions and shows, and carries out research
venice.sciencegallery.com and production projects. The association’s
activities involve a wide range of disciplines and
cultural professionals.
Radio Ca’ foscari info@cut.it
Created by students for students, Ca’ Foscari’s www.cut.it
online radio station is one of the university’s
newest communication tools. You can take part
in its organisation and operation on the basis of Ca’ Foscari Theatre
your individual skills and experience. The Ca’ Foscari Theatre at Santa Marta offers
radiocafoscari@unive.it a wide variety of performances throughout
www.radiocafoscari.it the year. The detailed programme and ticket
information is available online.
www.unive.it/teatrodicafoscari
28 29LIFE IN VENICE
Every day the city offers its residents – a large OTHER NOT-TO-BE-MISSED EVENTS
number of whom are students – the chance ON THE VENETIAN CALENDAR
to feed their thirst for knowledge thanks • Carnival, usually in February: The traditional
to seemingly endless artistic and cultural celebration before the beginning of Lent
exhibitions, initiatives and events. Studying for which all of Venice’s public squares are
in Venice means living and breathing art, transformed into outdoor clubs hosting special
architecture and culture. It also means living an events, parties and live music.
environmentally conscious lifestyle. • The Redentore Festival (Festa del Redentore):
One of the most eagerly awaited moments in a A popular local festival celebrating the city’s
Venetian student’s day is the so-called aperitivo recovery from the plague in the sixteenth
in campo, or outdoor aperitif: from the afternoon century for which a spectacular fireworks
through to late evening, areas of the city such display is organised. Venetians watch the show
as Campo Santa Margherita and the Erbarìa at from the fondamente and their boats, eating
Rialto turn into venues where people gather to and drinking.
chat and listen to music while they drink spritz • Venice Biennale: The world’s premiere
and eat cicchetti – the traditional drink and international contemporary art and
snacks for which Venice is famous. architecture exhibition that runs from May to
November.
• Venice Film Festival: A world-renowned
CA’ FOSCARI CULTURAL EVENTS festival that takes place in September on the
Apart from regular events such as conferences, Lido, showcasing some of the year’s most
guest lectures and seminars featuring prominent noteworthy films and attracting influential
scholars and cultural figures, Ca’ Foscari contemporary movie directors and actors.
organises some of Venice’s most popular cultural For further information about Venice’s cultural
events. Here is a selection: events, visit en.turismovenezia.it.
• Art Night Venezia, an evening of open
museums and galleries dedicated to art lovers
• Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, the first NETWORKS
international festival in Europe created and Learn about and keep up with what’s happening
organised by students that showcases student at Ca’ Foscari!
work Find out about all of the initiatives and events
• Incroci di Civiltà (Crossroads of Civilisations), a organised by the university in the online
renowned international literary festival magazine Cafoscarinews at www.unive.
• Venetonight, the European Researchers’ Night it/cafoscarinews and check out student
• International Universities Challenge during life on Instagram by following the account
Venice’s annual Historical Regatta studentlifeinvenice.
• National and international Dragon Boat Races
photo: MustangJoe
30 31Undergraduate studies Graduate studies
Bachelor’s degree Master’s degree Doctoral degree
Laurea triennale Laurea magistrale Dottorato di ricerca
1st cycle 2nd cycle 3rd cycle
Italian university
180 ECTS credits 120 ECTS credits
3 years 2 years 3+ years
To learn more about Italy’s higher education system, visit www.study-in-italy.it or
www.universitaly.it.
EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER AND ACCUMULATION SYSTEM (ECTS)
system
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation For more information about the ECTS system and
System (ECTS) facilitates the transfer of grade conversion, visit www.unive.it/ects-english.
university credits between universities in Europe.
It is based on the clarity and transparency of
students’ study plans and on the assignment of
appropriate credits for the studies they complete.
The system is designed to guarantee that an
exchange student’s courses and exams are
recognised by his or her home institution. Ca’
Foscari has established that 1 CFU, or Ca’ Foscari
credit (credito formativo universitario),
is equivalent to 1 ECTS credit.
32 33Ca’ Foscari’s School for International Education Ca’ Foscari’s Foundation Year has three
offers an English-taught university preparatory component parts, two of which allow you to tailor
programme called the Foundation Year. The the preparation you receive to your personal
programme is designed to get high school needs and interests:
graduates ready to enrol in a bachelor’s degree
programme taught in either English or Italian. A. General curriculum
The programme runs for 8 months, from October All Foundation students take this block of courses,
Foundation Year
until June. which include Critical Thinking, Modern and
Contemporary Italian History and Academic Skills.
The Foundation Year is right for you upon
completion of high school if: B. Language module
• you will have only 11 years of schooling instead The programme’s language-focused component
of the 12 required to enrol in a bachelor’s concentrates either on improving your knowledge
degree programme in Italy of English (International Option) or on learning
• you want to improve your English language Italian (Bridge Option), depending on the
skills before applying for admission to an language in which you wish to carry out your
English-taught bachelor’s degree programme university studies.
• you want to learn Italian in order to apply for
admission to an Italian-taught bachelor’s C. Study track
degree programme This block of courses helps you prepare for
• you studied in the United States and do not university study in your specific field of interest.
have the three Advanced Placement exams There are four tracks from which to choose:
required to enrol in a bachelor’s degree • Economics and Management
programme in Italy • Humanities and Arts
OR • Science
• you studied in the UK and do not have the • Architecture, Art & Design
three A-levels required to enrol in a bachelor’s
degree programme in Italy Entry language level: certified knowledge
of English at a B1 level (lower intermediate,
according to the Common European Framework
for Languages)
Fees: € 5,000; some partial scholarships are
CONTACTS: available
School for International Education
www.unive.it/foundation How to apply: online at apply.unive.it
foundation.cfsie@unive.it.
photo: Tony Hisgett
34 35Economics and Management Public Governance
• Business Administration and Social Change
• Digital Management • Social Sciences and Social Work
• Economics and Business
• Hospitality Innovation and E-Tourism International Studies
Bachelor’s degree
• International Trade and Tourism and GlobaliSation
• International Trade and Tourism
Languages and Cultures • Language, Culture and Society
• Hospitality Innovation and E-Tourism of Asia and Mediterranean Africa
• Language, Culture and Society • Language, Civilisation
of Asia and Mediterranean Africa and the Science of Language
• Languages, Civilisation • Philosophy, International
programmes
and the Science of Language and Economic Studies
• Linguistic and Cultural Mediation
Preservation and Management
Science and Technology of Cultural Heritage
• Engineering Physics • Conservation of Cultural Heritage and
• Environmental Sciences Performing Arts Management
• Hospitality Innovation and E-Tourism • Science and Technologies
• Informatics for Cultural Heritage
• Sustainable Chemistry and Technologies
• Science and Technologies
for Cultural Heritage
Arts and Humanities
• Conservation of Cultural Heritage
and Performing Arts Management
• History
• Hospitality Innovation and E-Tourism
• Humanities
• Philosophy
• Philosophy, International
and Economic Studies
Interdisciplinary programmes
appear in more than one study area.
36 37ADMISSION TO BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES EnRICH your Degree
ENTRANCE QUALIFICATIONS ADDITIONAL LEARNING MINORS While a wide range of minors are available in
In order to enrol in any undergraduate degree REQUIREMENTS A minor is a course of study comprising 18 ECTS Italian, ranging from topics about management
programme, you must have at least 12 years Ca’ Foscari’s pre-evaluation process makes sure credits that are broken down into three modules to cultural studies, and from finance to gender
of compulsory education and your educational that you will be properly prepared to carry out of 6 ECTS credits each. It allows you to enrich studies, two were taught in English during the last
history needs to be pre-evaluated by Ca’ Foscari your university studies. If you are missing some of your education by broadening your horizons academic year:
in order to confirm that it grants admission to an your programme’s entry requirements, you will be beyond your principal study area. You can • Computer and Data Science
undergraduate study programme in Italy. asked to fulfil Additional Learning Requirements choose from any of the minors as long as there • Energy, Climate Change
(obblighi formativi aggiuntivi, or OFA) by taking is no overlap in content with your chosen degree and Environmental Risks
ADMISSION the appropriate remedial courses. OFAs have programme.
Some undergraduate programmes have limited no impact on the number of credits that you are
enrolment (accesso programmato) whereas others required to obtain during your studies or on your
do not (accesso libero). grade point average – they are pass/fail only.
If you apply for a programme without an admission
cap, you can enrol directly, and then, if necessary, LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
satisfy any Additional Learning Requirements All of Ca’ Foscari’s undergraduate programmes
established by your pre-evaluation. require you to have a certified minimum B2-level of
If you apply for a programme with limited knowledge (as defined by the Common European
enrolment, you must be ranked through a pre- Framework of Reference for Languages, or CEFR)
enrolment selection process. Depending on your of your programme’s language of instruction. If you
citizenship and country of residence, this involves are a native speaker or have already studied in the
taking a written or oral entry test whose results relevant language, you do not need a certificate.
place you on a ranked list of applicants. Those If you are interested in an Italian-taught
ranked highest are offered a place. programme, you must demonstrate a certified
To be sure about which test you would need to minimum B1-level knowledge of English. To prove
take, please write to welcome@unive.it. your level of Italian, If you are not an EU citizen and
you reside outside Italy, you must demonstrate
your level in Italian either by obtaining one of the
certificates recognised by the Italian Ministry of
Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) or
by taking the Italian language test that Ca’ Foscari
arranges in Venice shortly before the beginning of
the academic year. You can find more information
about language requirements at www.unive.it.
38Business Administration Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Performing
Language of instruction: or Arts Management
Language of instruction:
Do you want to work in an industrial, commercial ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION Would you like a career as a conservation • Museum professional
or financial institution? This programme • Non-EU citizens must have a cumulative grade specialist or an artistic heritage manager? This • Art valuation
provides you with the skills you need for point average of at least 7.5/10 innovative programme is designed to help you
the marketing sector, administration and • EU citizens interested in the Business achieve this goal. Different curricula allow you ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION
business management, organisation and staff Administration curriculum must take an Italian- to specialise in art history, archaeology, the • A certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and
management, and the finance and financial language written entry test evaluating their performing arts and media, or the management a certified B1-level knowledge of English are
intermediation sectors. Thanks to agreements knowledge of logic and mathematics; EU citizens of arts and cultural activities. The programme required.
with the Order of Chartered Accountants and interested in the Business Administration and incorporates both historic and artistic aspects
Accounting Experts of Venice and the Order of Management curriculum must take an English- because working in the field of cultural heritage
Labour Consultants of Vicenza, you have the language written entry test that assesses their requires you to have an in-depth knowledge
option of carrying out a professional internship knowledge of mathematics. of a specific historical context. Depending
during the final year of your degree. • Non-EU citizens interested in either curriculum on the curriculum you choose, you also
If you are interested in pursuing a career must take either an oral entry test via Skype or acquire methodological skills in management
in an international context, the Business one of the written tests described in the previous (legislation), conservation (restauration,
Administration and Management curriculum, point in the language of instruction of their maintenance, prevention), documentation
which is entirely taught in English, is right for you. chosen curriculum; for more information, write to (cataloguing, graphic reproduction), promotion
welcome@unive.it. (project design, finding resources and funding,
CURRICULA • For the Business Administration curriculum, a financial planning) and cultural heritage.
• Business Administration certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and
• Business Administration and Management a certified B1-level knowledge of English are CURRICULA
required; for the Business Administration and • Archaeology
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Management curriculum, a certified B2-level • Art History
Graduates can find employment as managers knowledge of English is required. • Economics and Management of Arts
and consultants in industrial, business, and Cultural Activities
banking, finance and insurance companies and • Performing Arts and Media Studies
enterprises, both in Italy and abroad. Potential
career fields include: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
• Management and supervision in the private sector Graduates can find employment in local
• Human resources government and with agencies involved in the CONTACT INFORMATION:
• Workplace organisation protection, conservation and management of Department of Philosophy
• Accountancy CONTACT INFORMATION: archaeological and historical-artistic heritage and Cultural Heritage
• Finance Department of Management or the in promotion of artistic events, the Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà
• Sales and distribution Cannaregio 873, Venice performing arts and the culture industry. Possible Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice
• Marketing campus.economico@unive.it careers include: campus.umanistico@unive.it
• Event organiser
www.unive.it/degree/et11 • Television, film and theatre producer www.unive.it/degree/ft1
40 41DIGITAL MANAGEMENT Economics and Business
Language of instruction: Language of instruction: or
Created in partnership with the digital business that evaluates their knowledge of logic and Do you want to specialise in economics and be CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
incubator H-Farm, this innovative programme is mathematics. capable of working both in Italy and abroad? Depending on the curriculum they complete,
unique in Italy and trains you to be a motivated • Non-EU citizens must take either an oral This flexible and in-depth programme provides graduates can find employment as consultants in
specialist in digital transformation capable of entry test via Skype or a written entry test you with the skills you need to critically analyse the field of economics or take on a professional
launching start-ups or helping a business go that evaluates their knowledge of logic and economic phenomena and tackle the world of role in the public and private sectors of tourism.
digital. mathematics; for more information, write to private businesses or public organisations. Apart Career opportunities can be found in the
The degree is entirely taught in English and welcome@unive.it. from the lecture-based courses, the programme following fields, among others:
offers you an engaging learning experience that • A certified B2-level knowledge of English is incorporates workshops and internships to • Accounting
emphasises interdisciplinary training, problem required. help you acquire the expertise you need for the • Financial and administrative management
solving and team-based teaching. It features a working world. Thanks to two separate curricula, • Banking
strong programme of extra-curricular activities can choose whether to study in Italian or in • Advertising
that include soft skills development, and from English.
your very first year you will be put in close ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION
contact with mentors involved with start-ups CURRICULA • Non-EU citizens must have a cumulative grade
and the digital world. Project work in companies • Economics and Business point average of at least 7.5/10
plays a fundamental role in the curriculum, • Economics, Markets and Finance • EU citizens interested in the Economics and
and the companies within the Ca’ Foscari and Business curriculum must take an Italian-
H-Farm network offer opportunities for personal language written entry test that evaluates their
development by introducing you to innovative knowledge of logic and mathematics; EU citizens
business ideas. The programme is taught on the interested in the Economics, Markets and Finance
H-Campus at Ca’ Tron, Roncade (near Treviso). curriculum must take an English-language written
entry test that evaluates their knowledge of logic
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES and mathematics.
Graduates possess the training they need • Non-EU citizens must take either an oral entry
to become business executives capable of test via Skype or one of the written entry tests
identifying, interpreting and managing new offered to evaluate their knowledge of logic and
organisational processes and business methods. mathematics; for more information, write to
Possible careers include: welcome@unive.it.
• Digital project manager • For the Economics and Business curriculum, a
• Digital manager CONTACT INFORMATION: certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and
• Business developer Department of Management CONTACT INFORMATION: a certified B1-level knowledge of English are
• Growth hacker H-Campus Department of Economics required; for the Economics, Markets and Finance
Via Sile 41, Roncade San Giobbe Campus, Cannaregio 873, Venice curriculum, a certified B2-level knowledge of
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION campus.economico@unive.it campus.economico@unive.it English is required.
• Non-EU citizens must have a cumulative grade
point average of at least 7/10 www.unive.it/degree/et7 www.unive.it/degree/et4
• EU citizens must take a written entry test
42 43ENGINEERING PHYSICS Environmental Sciences
Language of instruction: Language of instruction:
This programme trains you to be a modern, If you are interested in developing solutions
professionally cosmopolitan engineer with the for environmental problems, diagnosis plans
skills you need to tackle a wide range of issues or prevention strategies, this programme
related to advanced technology, whether these prepares you to do so by equipping you with the
are linked to energy, materials, computer multidisciplinary skills you need. The degree
science, biomedicine or “quantum computing”. involves core courses in mathematics, physics,
Engineering physics experts are multi-skilled chemistry, biology, ecology and geology, as well
professionals who combine expertise in two as specific courses in environmental science, in
disciplines: the fundamentals of science and order to provide you with a rich understanding of
the practicality of engineering. This makes environmental economics, ecology, environmental
them capable of adapting to situations in chemistry, law and environmental planning. It also
continuous technological evolution, including teaches you how to evaluate environmental impact.
the fields known as Complexity Sciences such as You can push your knowledge further thanks to
neuroscience or quantum physics. workshops, labs and field activities, and during your
second year you will get to spend a special intensive
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES week with professors, researchers and tutors, a
Graduates of the programme will be able to work unique opportunity in Italy. What is more, thanks
in all technologically advanced sectors related to Ca’ Foscari’s numerous exchange agreements,
to both production (materials, nanotechnology, you can choose to spend a semester or a year at a
biomedicine) and processing (numerical partner university abroad.
modeling, multi-variable systems, cyber
security). There are employment prospects for Career opportunities
graduates in both Italy and abroad. Graduates can leverage their multidisciplinary
skills to work in the diagnosis and prevention of
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION environmental issues, as well as the development
• EU citizens must take a written entry test that of strategies for managing them, at both public
evaluates their knowledge of mathematics, and private agencies and organisations. Possible
science, logic and verbal comprehension. fields of employment include:
• Non-EU citizens must take either an oral entry CONTACT INFORMATION: CONTACT INFORMATION: • Renewable energy and energy conservation
test via Skype or a written entry test that Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, • Environmental control
evaluates their knowledge of mathematics, Informatics and Statistics Informatics and Statistics • Waste collection and management
science, logic and verbal comprehension; for Scientific Campus Scientific Campus • Agriculture and forestry
more information, write to welcome@unive.it. Via Torino 155, Mestre Via Torino 155, Mestre
• A certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and campus.scientifico@unive.it campus.scientifico@unive.it Entry requirements and admission
a certified B1-level knowledge of English are • A certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and
required. www.unive.it/degree/ct8 www.unive.it/degree/ct5 a certified B1-level knowledge of English are
required.
44 45History Hospitality Innovation and E-Tourism
Language of instruction: Language of instruction:
This programme provides you with the foundation This innovative degree is designed to help you CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
for carrying out historical, anthropological, social launch a career in the field of hospitality and Once you graduate, you will have the preparation
and documentary research in different historical tourism. To achieve this, it equips you with the you need to assume operational, managerial or
periods. Based on the curriculum you choose, the cutting-edge skill set and knowledge required to consultancy roles in a wide range of contexts
programme introduces you to ancient, Roman, take on a managerial role in the hospitality industry within the hospitality and tourism sectors
medieval, modern or contemporary history as well while also familiarising you with the phenomena of both in Italy and abroad. You will be ready to
as to aspects of anthropology and geography. The digital transformation and sustainability in relation forge a professional career at modern tourism
anthropological, archival and historical approaches to the tourism sector. The study plan is calibrated to companies and hotels in all of their departments
employed will allow you to explore other fields as ensure that you acquire a nuanced understanding of (e.g., Marketing, Information and Communication
well. Thanks to the skills that the degree helps you the complex phenomenon of tourism from a variety Technologies, Food and Beverage, Guest
to acquire, you are prepared to launch a career of complementary perspectives by exploring it Relations, Events Planning and Management) as
in a variety of fields, including cultural heritage through social, economic, cultural, anthropological well as at destination-management organisations
management, communication, cultural event and environmental lenses. and public bodies connected with tourism.
organisation and publishing. What makes this degree particularly special is that
it is offered through the Scuola Italiana di Ospitalità ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION
CURRICULA (Italian School of Hospitality), which partners Ca’ • EU candidates must take a written entry test
• Anthropological Foscari with the Italian hospitality company TH that evaluates their logic skills and knowledge
• Archival Librarian Resorts. This university–private sector partnership of mathematics.
• Historic – The Mediterranean World from is designed to expose you to real-world contexts • Non-EU candidates must take either an oral
Antiquity to the Middle Ages and dynamics throughout your degree in order to entry test via Skype or a written entry test that
• Historic – From European Hegemony to provide an invaluable springboard for the launch evaluates their logic skills and knowledge of
Globalisation of your managerial career: almost a third of your mathematics; for more information, write to
university credits are earned through professional welcome@unive.it.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES internships in hospitality-related contexts and • A certified B2-level knowledge of English is
Graduates are equipped either to continue on to businesses, so during your studies you already required.
graduate study or to seek employment at both get tangible work experience and begin to create a
public and private institutions connected to the professional network.
study or preservation of history. Possible career While graduates of the degree are able to proceed
fields include: CONTACT INFORMATION: with their university studies at the master’s level, CONTACT INFORMATION:
• Archives and museums Department of Humanities the programme is designed for students who Department of Environmental
• Arts administration Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà want to jump into the working world at the middle Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice management level immediately after having Scientific Campus
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION campus.umanistico@unive.it concluded their undergraduate studies. Via Torino 155, Mestre
• A certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and campus.scientifico@unive.it
a certified B1-level knowledge of English are www.unive.it/degree/ft5
required. www.unive.it/degree/ct9
46 47Humanities InFORMATICS
Language of instruction: Language of instruction:
This programme focuses on linguistic history ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION The thorough theoretical and experimental • Computer programmer
and the figurative and literary culture of Europe • A certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and knowledge of computer science that this • Applications expert
and the ancient Mediterranean world from the a certified B1-level knowledge of English are programme offers has been recognised as • Web technician
medieval period to the present day. You can required. outstanding by several Italian professional • Database technician
choose between two curricula: Antiquity; or associations. The degree provides you with core • Network and systems technician
Science of the Literary Text and Communication. DOUBLE/JOINT DEGREE AVAILABLE conceptual competencies in informatics, as well
The programme offers you the unique Double degree with University College London as analytical, planning and development skills, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION
opportunity to apply for a double degree in Italian (UK): After completing their studies, students methodological and technological know-how • A certified B2-level knowledge of Italian and
Studies and the History of Art with the University receive a Laurea in Lettere from Ca’ Foscari and and other professional skills. If you choose the a certified B1-level knowledge of English are
College London, attending classes in both Venice a Bachelor’s Degree in Italian Studies/Italian and European Computer Science curriculum, you have required.
and London. The programme provides you with a the History of Art from UCL. the opportunity to apply to spend a year abroad
direct knowledge of texts and original documents Applications are submitted via the UCAS portal at one of Ca’ Foscari’s partner universities. If you DOUBLE/JOINT DEGREES AVAILABLE
as well as a critical approach with regard to how and are evaluated by UCL. choose the Data Science curriculum, you acquire Double degrees in European Computer Science
knowledge, ideas and information have been focused skills related to data collection, a new and are in place with: University of Hamburg
passed on over the centuries. Thanks to the active market. The more traditional Technologies (Germany), Universidad de Burgos (Spain),
skills you gain, you will be equipped to establish and Information Science curriculum, in contrast, Istituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Portugal),
yourself in a range of professional fields, from the allows you to explore professional informatics fields Université Paul Verlaine–Metz/Nancy (France),
dissemination of information to cultural heritage such as web technologies and design or informatics Université François Rabelais–Tours/Blois
conservation and management, and from archival system administration. All curricula include (France), Timisoara (Romania), Turku University
cataloguing to the critical analysis of information. workshop activities and experimentation as well of Applied Sciences (Finland). At the end of their
as a knowledge of English, especially the technical studies students receive a double degree in
CURRICULA language used in relation to ICT. European Computer Science (ECS).
• Antiquity Ca’ Foscari issues a yearly call for applications for
• Science of the Literary Text CURRICULA each of these double degree programmes.
and Communication • Data Science
• European Computer Science (ECS)
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Technologies and Information Science
Graduates possess the basic knowledge necessary
for teaching at middle schools and high schools. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT INFORMATION:
They are also prepared to take on a professional role CONTACT INFORMATION: Graduates can pursue careers in the software Department of Environmental Sciences,
at public or private institutions in a variety of cultural Department of Humanities production and data analysis sectors with Informatics and Statistics
areas. Possible career fields include: Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà manufacturing companies in the fields of Scientific Campus
• Journalism Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice information systems and processor networks, or Via Torino 155, Mestre
• Cultural management campus.umanistico@unive.it with organisations, local authorities and professional campus.scientifico@unive.it
• Cultural consulting laboratories that work with complex information
• Administration www.unive.it/degree/ft3 processing systems and methods. Possible careers www.unive.it/degree/ct3
• Archives and libraries include:
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