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Ca' Foscari's 2023/2024 study offer is now online!

Ca’ Foscari’s study offer for the 2023/2024 academic year is now online! Discover our 60 Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees, in seven different study areas. We have ntroduced four new degree programmes - three of which are entirely in English - as well as new partnerships with international universities.

"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.

Beyond EPICA reaches a depth of 808 meters in the Antarctic ice sheet

In Antarctica, the second drilling campaign of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project has been successfully completed. This project is an unprecedented challenge for paleoclimatology studies and its goal is to go back 1.5 million years in time to reconstruct past temperatures and greenhouse gas concentrations through the analysis of an ice core extracted from the depths of the ice sheet. 

EUTOPIA Week: voices from our community 

In order to better understand the impact that EUTOPIA can have on our community of students and researchers, we have interviewed the people who represented our university during some of the events that were organised during the EUTOPIA Week in Ljubljana.

QS 2023: Ca' Foscari ranked in 16 subjects

The leading subjects are "Modern Languages" (66th place in the world and 3rd in Italy) and "Classical Studies and Ancient History" (Top 90 in the world and 9th in Italy), which reached top positions thanks to  their excellent international reputation. The university has also maintained first place in Italy for the "Hospitality and Leisure Management" subject (Top 100 in the world).

Ca' Foscari welcomes 14 new "Marie Curie" Fellows

From Dante to racism in Europe, from climate change to hybrid warfare, from the Mayan diet to the fertiliser industry in Porto Marghera. Ca' Foscari University of Venice confirms its appeal to young research talents by winning a total of 3.3 million euros in European funds, which will go towards 14 "Marie Skłodowska-Curie" projects. 

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.

Sanremo winning song becomes tool to teach and learn Italian

After winning the last edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, Marco Mengoni’s song “Due vite” has now become a new tool for teaching and promoting the Italian language and culture in the world, thanks to the work of the Ca’ Foscari’s observatory on Language Education, directed by professor Fabio Caon.

ERC: Ca' Foscari wins 4 "Consolidator Grants", the best result in Italy

Ca’ Foscari has won 4 of the 21 “Consolidator Grants” awarded to Italian institutions by the European Research Council of the European Commission. The subject areas of the projects will range from visual anthropology in South America and the history of Artificial Intelligence to innovative methods to analyse deep ice in Antarctica and communication in the Ancient Near East.

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.

Youcafoscari, the protagonists speak

Interviews and events with international guests, professors and students. The best of Ca' Foscari's YouTube channel.