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Earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the message of the Rector

On behalf of our university, Ca’ Foscari Rector Tiziana Lippiello sends a message of solidarity and condolences to all the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.

"The Shape of Water", apply now for the new Study in Venice summer school

Study in Venice, the network that unites higher education institutions in Venice, has launched its first joint summer school. "The Shape of Water" will take place from 3 to 14 July 2023, two weeks during which students from all over the world will have the opportunity to observe Venice and learn about its link with water. Send in your application by 20 March 2023.

4 Ca' Foscari Departments selected as 'Departments of Excellence'

The Department of Economics, the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies and the Department of Asian and North African Studies have been selected as 'Departments of Excellence' by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, which awards the best university Departments in Italy with research funds for a total of 271 million euros each year.

UNI-QUEST, a new service to help with residence permit applications

UNI-QUEST is the new help desk managed by Ca’ Foscari and the Questura di Venezia (i.e. the Central Police Station of Venice) to assist members of the University’s international community in the application for residence permits.
The help desk - located on the ground floor of Ca' Foscari's main building - will be open every Tuesday, from 9:00 a.m until 1:00 p.m.

Holiday closure 24/12 - 8/1. From 3/1 CFZ and BEC open, offices open online

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will be closed from 24 December 2022 through 8 January 2023. CFZ and BEC will reopen on 3 January. Administration offices will reopen on 3 January only online. 

Digital Humanities: digital technologies for teaching and research

«Disclosing collections» is a new series on Digital Humanities published by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari and directed by Franz Fischer and Holger Essler. The first volume is «I secoli di Venezia. Dai documenti dell’Archivio di Stato»

EUTOPIA awarded 8 ERC Starting Grants

Prestigious ERC grants have been awarded to the University of Warwick (three grants), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (two grants), and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Babeș-Bolyai University and the University of Gothenburg (one grant each). This excellent result attests to the value of the alliance and of university policies.

PINK joins European Community of Practice on Intellectual Assets Management

PInK, Ca’ Foscari’s portal dedicated to technology and knowledge transfer between University research and businesses, institutions and the local territory, has participated in the writing of the new European Code of Practice for the smart use of intellectual property.

EUTOPIA Week 2022 in Ljubljana: Tiziana Lippiello is the new President

The Rector of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Tiziana Lippiello is the new President of EUTOPIA. In December 2022 she will succeed Eva Wiberg, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gothenburg, who has guided the alliance thus far. The new President will lead the alliance for the next two years.