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Ca' Foscari University of Venice: International Open Days 2023

Join us during our online International Open Days from 27 February to 10 March 2023 and explore our Foundation Year, 5 bachelor's degree programmes, and 16 master's degree programmes, entirely in English. Keep reading for more information.

"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.

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.

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.

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.