Master's Degree Programme in
Data Analytics for Business and Society
Enrolment until 2024/2025
Data Analytics for Business and Society
Enrolment until 2024/2025
Department of Economics
Academic Coordinator: Prof. Monica Billio
Educational Programmes office: didattica.economia@unive.it
Venice School of Management
Academic coordinator: Prof. Elisa Cavezzali
Academic co-coordinator: Prof. Laura Cortellazzo
Educational Programmes office: international.management@unive.it
International Office - Welcome Unit: jointdegree@unive.it
The double degree programme jointly designed by the Department of Economics and the Venice School of Management at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Henley Business School, University of Reading offers students the opportunity to experience an international study path, attending their second year at the partner University, achieving, at the end of the programme, a double academic degree.
This double degree programme is reserved to students enrolled in the following Master’s degrees:
at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
To participate, students must apply during their first year of enrolment.
At the time of application, candidates must have obtained at least 12 ECTS credits. Before departure, they must have earned the credits envisaged in the study plan for the first year of the programme by successfully passing the relevant exams. Departure is conditional upon the completion of at least 60 ECTS credits.
Students who intend to participate in the programme must have an adequate level of English proficiency, to be certified through one of the language certificates recognized by the partner university. The language certification will be requested during the process of enrolment at the partner University and it will not be required during the application process.
For further details regarding the programme's admission requirements, please refer to the dedicated datasheet in Annex A of the Call for applications.
Students will spend one academic year at Henley Business School, University of Reading in the second year of enrolment, during which they are required to achieve at least 60 ECTS credits and complete their programme.
Students enrolled in the Master's Degree in Global Accounting and Finance can access one of the following programmes offered at the Partner university:
Students enrolled in the Master's Degree in International Management can access the following Master:
Students enrolled in the Master's Degree in Innovation and Management for Culture and Creativity can access one of the following Masters:
Students enrolled in the Master’s degree in Economia e Finanza and Economics, Finance and Sustainability will have access to one of the following Master’s at the partner University:
Students enrolled in the Master’s degree in Data Analytics for Business and Society (advised path: Fintech and Bigtech) will have access to the following Master’s:
Students enrolled in the Master’s Degree in Data Analytics for Business and Society (advised path: Business Application) will have access to the following Master’s:
The assignment of the Master's programme will be decided by the Selection Committee during the selection process, taking into account:
For more information about the programme and the study plan, students from the Venice School of Management can contact the relevant Educational Programmes office: international.management@unive.it.
After being selected, students from the Department of Economics must contact the relevant Educational programmes office (didattica.economia@unive.it), to agree in advance on the study plan to be followed abroad, based on the equivalence between the courses offered at Henley Business School, University of Reading and those at Ca' Foscari, and to define any possible changes to their study plan at Ca' Foscari University.
For the mobility year only, selected students will be required to pay tuition fees at the partner University and will be exempt from fees at Ca’ Foscari, except for the regional tax for the right to education.
As established by the double degree agreement, Ca’ Foscari students will benefit from a 30% discount on the partner University fees, which vary according to the assigned Master’s. Details of the due fees for each programme at the partner University are available on the following webpage: Postgraduate fees for international students.
For the period of mobility abroad, selected students will benefit from a mobility grant, as provided for in the Call for applications.
Additional scholarships are offered by ICMA Center. More information can be retrieved here: Masters scholarships and funding.
Before departing for the mobility, selected students will be required to:
Further information will be provided by the Welcome Unit (International Office) upon completion of the selection process and after formal acceptance of the offer.
After reaching the destination, students will have to get the confirmation of arrival form signed by the Partner University, to certify the actual start date of the mobility period (orientation/welcome activities or educational activities).
If the students intend to make changes to the study plan agreed upon before departure, it is possible to complete a Learning Agreement variation form, which must be approved by the academic coordinators of the programme at Ca' Foscari and at the Host University.
Before returning from the mobility, students will have to get the confirmation of departure form signed by the Partner University, to certify the actual end date of the mobility period.
As soon as available, students must send to the Welcome Unit (International Office) the Transcript of records issued by the Host University, i.e. the certificate listing all the exams they passed during the mobility abroad.
The exams reported in the Transcript of records must correspond to those agreed upon in the Learning Agreement and any subsequent variation forms.
Students will conclude the programme at the partner University, following the procedures established by the Host institution.
Once the degree has been awarded, the Partner university will send the necessary documentation to the Educational Programmes office of the relevant Department and to the International Office in order to initiate the credit recognition procedure for the activities completed abroad, including the final examination, for the purpose of issuing the Ca' Foscari degree.
After the credit recognition procedure has been completed, students will be invited to attend a ceremony for the proclamation and awarding of the Ca' Foscari degree, which will take place during the first available graduation session. To this end, students will be required to submit a graduation request at Ca’ Foscari, by following the procedures and deadlines indicated on the relevant webpage: Thesis and final degree exam | Deadlines, admission and procedures.
Both diplomas will be legally recognized in the countries where they are issued.
A bonus point will be added to the final exam grade for students who participated in a double or joint degree programme. More information is available at the following webpage: Characteristics and assessment of final exam.
Unless there are future changes to the current regulations, at the end of the programme, students can apply for a Post-Study Work Visa or Graduate Route Visa, which allows graduates to remain in the United Kingdom for two years.