Evaluation procedure for International Students

International students intending to enrol in First or Second Cycle Degree Programmes can ask for the evaluation of their qualification and school career before starting the official enrolment procedure.

The evaluation procedure is available from January 15th till May 15th, 2012 and entails the electronic delivery of the documents required. Students will then receive notice of their full or provisional admission to the chosen degree programme.

More information:

• Degree programme
  
• Application requirements
  
• Evaluation procedure
  
• Documents required
  
• Deadlines
  
• Full/provisional admission
  
• Scholarships
  
• University fees
  
• Accommodation

Degree programme

International students can apply for evaluation of no more than one degree programme. For further information about the programmes available, visit the webpage concerning the current educational programmes of Ca' Foscari University.

Application requirements

For admission to a degree programme, applicants shall be equipped with a number of requirements (qualification, schooling years, etc.), as described in the proper website page.

Evaluation procedure

The evaluation procedure includes the following steps:

• online registration procedure;
• filling in of the evaluation application by logging in the Reserved Area (Online Student Services - ESSE 3 > Pre-enrolment evaluation) of the university website with the username and the password given at the end of the online registration procedure.

The university will consider only applications which have been carried out according to the procedure provided for and equipped with all of the required documents.

Documents required

At the end of the evaluation application, students are required to enclose the following documents:

• European curriculum vitae format;
• certificate including personal data and any school/academic qualifications; in case of evaluation for a Second Cycle Degree Programme, transcript of records and course descriptions for each exam taken;
• motivation letter.

A language certificate (at least B1 level) of English (for English-taught programmes) or Italian (for Italian-taught programmes) is advisable. Applicants who are native Italian or English speakers do not need to produce any certificate. Please be advised that applicants who are not provided with the Italian language certificate can take the Italian language test to be held in early September.

For evaluation purposes, the applicant can also produce a self-certificate of any required information. Yet, the original certificates shall be submitted upon enrolment.

Deadlines

Prospective students may submit their online application from January 15th to May 15th, 2012. In particular, students submitting their evaluation application by March 15th, 2012 will receive an email notice of their full/provisional admission by April 10th, 2012.

Non-EU students residing outside Italy shall submit the pre-enrolment application to the Italian Diplomatic Delegation in the country the educational system of their awarding school refers to. Deadlines for submission are fixed by each Embassy/Consulate. For any further information please visit the relevant website page.

After May 15th, 2012 international students or Italian students with a foreign qualification may directly contact the Teaching Committee of the chosen degree programme for evaluation purposes. In such a case, they cannot be awarded special scholarships for international students, as explained below here.

Full/provisional admission

By the evaluation procedure international students will be made aware of the following:

• if from a learning point of view their school career allows admission to the chosen degree programme;
• if documents submitted, school/academic qualifications and schooling years allow enrolment in the chosen degree programme.

At the end of the evaluation procedure, the Welcome and Enrolment Office will communicate the following information to the applicant by email:

• his/her full admission to the chosen degree programme: in this case administrative documents and school career have been successfully evaluated and the applicant can enrol according to the procedures and the deadlines that will be published on the university website;
• his/her provisional admission: in this case the reasons why the applicant is not allowed to directly enrol in the chosen degree programme will be specified.

Please be advised that in case of any successful evaluation, notice of admission to the degree programme does not automatically entail the applicant's enrolment. Enrolment is anyway subject to submission of all of the required documents, as specified at the end of the evaluation procedure.

Scholarships

International students who will enrol in a First or Second Cycle Degree Programme during the academic year 2012/2013 after completing the above-mentioned evaluation procedure by May 15th, 2012 can be awarded, according to the required academic achievements stated here below, scholarships amounting to EUR 2,000.00 before tax (including the IRAP, the regional tax on business activities), along with university fees reduction for the first year.

Scholarships will be delivered in two tranches amounting to EUR 1,000.00 before tax each (including the regional tax on business activities). In particular, the available scholarships are the following:

• 8 scholarships for students enrolled in the first year of a First Cycle Degree Programme;
• 14 scholarships for students enrolled in the first year of a Second Cycle Degree Programme.

Students can take advantage of such benefits only if the evaluation procedure is carried out according to the described procedure.
In order to be awarded the scholarship, students shall enrol at Ca’ Foscari University and earn at least:

• 24 university credits (CFUs) by February 28th, 2013 in order to be given the first tranche;
• 48 university credits (CFUs) by September 30th, 2013 in order to be given the second tranche.

The scholarships list will be processed taking into consideration the grade point average earned by students.
Beneficiaries of such scholarship shall not be qualified to receive or be awarded other scholarships for student financial aid provided for by the university or any other institutions.

In order to also benefit from the refund of university tuition fees, students who have gained such scholarship shall earn at least 48 university credits (CFUs) by September 30th, 2013 with a grade point average equal to or higher than 28/30.

Moreover, 2 scholarships amounting to EUR 3,000.00 before tax each (including the IRAP, the regional tax on business activities) will be awarded respectively to the best graduate in a First Cycle Degree Programme and to the best graduate in a Second Cycle Degree Programme of Ca' Foscari University. The best graduate will be chosen from all of the international students who followed the above-mentioned evaluation procedure to enrol in a First or Second Cycle Degree Programme, and this selection will be based on the following merit criteria:

• gaining of the degree within the regular time period of the degree programme (3 years for First Cycle Degree Programmes and 2 years for Second Cycle Degree Programmes);
• session in which the degree is taken (first, second or third session of the relevant academic year);
• graduation mark;
• weighted grade point average of the exams taken (calculated in relation to university credits).

University fees

University tuition fees shall be paid in two instalments. Any further information on the amounts due will be published on the university website in approximately May 2012.

In the meantime you can refer as an example to the webpages concerning the 2011/2012 university fees for First Cycle Degree Programmes or Second Cycle Degree Programmes.

Accommodation

In order to get accommodation in Venice, students enrolling at Ca' Foscari can take advantage of the service offered by the Housing Office of the university. They will be provided the application form for accommodation at the moment of their enrolment at Ca’ Foscari (no download is available on line).

Students enrolled at Ca’ Foscari University who are beneficiaries of or qualified to receive a regional scholarship may also benefit from the accommodation service offered by the regional body for student financial aid (ESU Venezia). For further information please visit the university website page concerning the regional scholarships or the website of ESU Venezia [Italian website].