Santa Marta - Dorsoduro 2137 - 30121 Venezia
School of Sustainability of Environmental and Tourism Systems

The School of Sustainability of Environmental and Tourism Systems integrates knowledge and skills in the fields of science, economics, management and cultural studies at Ca’ Foscari University, to implement innovative teaching in the fields of Environmental Sciences, Economics and Tourism Systems. The teaching of the School is supported by the Departments of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics;  Economics; Humanities; Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies; Management; Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems; and Philosophy and Cultural Heritage.

Main objectives of the School are:

  • providing students with knowledge and analytical tools to approach issues related to the sustainability of social and environmental systems and to the development of tourism systems, with firm links with the current job market and its future evolutions;
  • to involve students in a study context rich of international collaborations and networks;
  • to contribute to train a new generation of experts and researchers with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills required to exploit in full the potentials for advances in science and management of sustainable and tourism development.

The School coordinates two second cycle degree programmes (graduate or master level according to the Bologna process): the Intercultural Programme on Tourism Systems and the degree in Environmental Sciences.

Moreover, the School coordinates four first- and second-level professional master's programmes: Chemical Engineering of Wastewater Treatment and Renewable Energy, Economics and Management of Tourism, Food and Wine Culture for Enogastronomic Resources Promotion, and Management of Sustainability and Carbon Footprint.

Besides coordinating its graduate and master programmes, the  Faculty of the School contributes to several PhD Programmes of Ca’ Foscari University, such as those in Science and Management of  Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Business and Economics. The School also develops integrated research and teaching activities in cooperation with prominent international institutions.

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