Summary 
Academic year 2024/2025

Regulations

The teaching regulations of the study course depend on the following organisational aspects: educational goals, access methods, study plan, exams, final exam, job opportunities, etc. Throughout their university career, students must refer to the teaching regulations enforced from their matriculation.

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Where

Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Scientific Campus, via Torino 155, 30170 Venezia Mestre
For information please contact:  campus.scientifico@unive.it

Head of studies

Prof. Andrea Marin (Teaching Committee Coordinator,  marin@unive.it )

Language

English

Access to the programme

Open admission subject to assessment of minimum requirements.

Quotas reserved for non-EU students residing abroad: 70 seats, of which 10 are reserved for Chinese students living in China, under the Marco Polo Project.

Admission requirements

To be admitted to this Master's Degree Programme students must possess a proper individual educational background and the minimum curricular requirements. A certified knowledge of English at minimum level B2 is also required.
Details about the assessment procedures are available in the webpage dedicated to admission requirements.

Admission with international qualification

Applicants with international qualification must have obtained a bachelor’s degree that is the result of at least 3 years of study. The preliminary evaluation of the qualification is mandatory. Procedures and deadlines are available on the dedicated online platform.
International qualification will be evaluated by the designated teaching committee after the pre-evaluation procedure carried out on the online platform.

Course overview

The Master's Degree in Computer Science and Information Technology aims at training professionals suitable for employment in industry and research in areas where a high level of training is required in the fields of software development and design, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Together with the fundamentals of these areas, students will acquire application skills of crucial importance for the labour market, technology transfer and applied research. The course of study provides a close look at the manufacturing sectors by offering internship and/or traineeship opportunities with leading companies in the sector. The courses emphasise the design activity that accompanies students from the first year of the course. The choice of three curricula designed on areas of interest that are extremely relevant to society (Software Development and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering, Cybersecurity) allows for a high degree of specialisation, thanks also to the highly qualified teaching staff, who are active in the international research and technology transfer scene. The flexibility of the curriculum, which is achieved through free-choice courses, enables the completion of the training according to the interests of each student.

Curricula available

• Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Software Development and Engineering

Occupational profiles

This Master's Degree Programme produces high-quality experts who may operate in the fields of software construction and data analysis, both in manufacturing companies dealing with information systems and processor networks, and in companies, local authorities and laboratories using complex information systems and analysis methods, both at a national and international level.

In particular, Computer Science and Information Technology graduates at Ca' Foscari will acquire skills for the production of reliable and correct software, with particular emphasis on security problems of IT systems. Moreover, they will acquire competencies concerning the management, intelligent treatment and analysis of data, which are particularly large, heterogeneous, and produced at high speed.

Moreover, second cycle graduates may take the professional licensing examination to register on the Italian roll of information engineers (section A).

Attendance

Open, though laboratory attendance is advisable to prepare exercises and projects in order to meet the theoretical and practical learning outcomes of the degree programme.

Examination assessment and graduation

Learning activities comprise taught courses, workshop-based projects and training/internships so that students can acquire a broad range of competencies, both theoretical and practical, that are transferable to the world of work, as well as life-long learning skills.

Learning outcomes are continuously assessed by means of written exams, oral exams, assignments, project reports, presentations, and group as well as student-teacher discussions.

The final exam consists of a dissertation that must contain original research, documentation and exhaustive scientific analysis, and that must be defended before a committee made up of university professors and experts.

Access to further studies

Professional Master's Programmes (1st and 2nd level) and PhD programmes