Overseas mobility - incoming students

Thanks to bilateral mobility agreements between non-EU universities and Ca’ Foscari, incoming overseas students are selected by their universities for participation in international cultural exchanges. Their stay in Venice will enhance their university education, increase their knowledge of other cultures and languages, and provide them with an important life experience.

Contacts and reservations
Welcome

Procedures for your home university

To come to Ca' Foscari as an Overseas Incoming student, you must contact the International Relations Office of your home university to:

  • make sure that your University has a valid bilateral exchange agreement with Ca' Foscari University (please check the list of partner universities);
  • get information about the detailed procedure for selection and grant;
  • make sure that your home university send us your official nomination ( incoming.mobility@unive.it) before the deadline.

Deadlines for nominations by partner universities:

  • April 1st - Overseas Incoming mobility for the first semester or whole academic year (arrival in September);
  • October 1st - Overseas Incoming mobility for the second semester (arrival in January/February).

Procedures for incoming Overseas students

After being officially nominated, Overseas Incoming students receive Ca' Foscari Welcome Message, with a unique code (token) for the online registration.

Students have to prepare the following documents:

  • one passport-size photo (good quality, JPG format, 4MB max.);
  • transcript of records (prepared by the home university);
  • learning agreement;
  • English or Italian certificate (B2 level) - check the "Recognized certification" tab;
  • copy of a valid ID or passport;
  • accommodation form with one passport-size photo, only if you ask for accommodation in Venice; the International Relations Office of Ca’ Foscari University will send you the accommodation form with the Welcome Message.

Forms must be uploaded in the website for the online registration.
Original documents will be handed at the first meeting in Venice.

Moduli

Deadlines for incoming students' online registration

  • April 30th - Overseas mobility for the first semester or the full academic year (September arrivals);
  • October 30th - Overseas mobility for the second semester (January arrivals).

Before you leave your country

Do not forget to:

  • have an identification document valid for foreign travel;
  • only for non-EU students: ask the Welcome Unit of Ca’ Foscari University ( incoming.mobility@unive.it) for an official university acceptance letter for the VISA;
  • have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC card) issued by your National Health Authorities (for EU students) or another health insurance (for non-EU students);
  • take your appointment with the Welcome Unit in order to finalise your enrolment.

During your stay

Appointments with the International Relations Office

  • In order to arrange an appointment with the International Relations Office click here and choose "Welcome Unit". Each appointment is individual.

Programmes and courses

  • Overseas Incoming students can attend all the courses offered. PhD programmes and Professional Master's Programmes are excluded.
    Ca' Foscari offers a great variety of courses entirely taught in English or with facilities in English (bibliography, final exam, support).
    Each course website presents all the details: professor's name and contacts, timetable, programme.

Changes to the Learning Agreement

  • In case you want to change the Learning Agreement you have to arrange a meeting with the Welcome Unit: the staff will check and sign your L.A., they will update your courses in your online career and they will send the signed document to your home University for the final approval.

Extension of stay

  • If you wish to request an extension of your study period at Ca’ Foscari University, you need to provide the Welcome Unit ( incoming.mobility@unive.it) with the authorization from your home university (an e-mail will be enough).

Before leaving Venice

In order to officially close your Overseas period in Venice, you have to take an appointment with the Welcome Unit.

The Welcome Unit staff will give you your final official certificate.

Transcript of Records

As soon as your exam results have been registered at the end of your study period in Venice, you will receive your Transcript of Records from the Welcome Unit, which will include a conversion of your grades according to the ECTS scale.

The ECTS grades are generated automatically upon the creation of your transcript by taking into account the results obtained by all of the students who have taken the same exam at Ca' Foscari in the last three years.

Here is an example of how the calculation works: Mario Lopez received a grade of 19/30 on the "English Language" exam associated with the code LT005P.

The percentage of Ca' Foscari students who obtained the same grade on the same exam in the last three years is 2%, which on the ECTS scale is interpreted as an E.

The formula used in this conversion process can be found in the ECTS guide published by the European Commission.

Last update: 28/03/2018