International Programmes 2011/12

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Economics and Management Economics produces experts able to operate with flexibility in the complex global economic environment.

Areas of study include not only economics and finance; attention is given also to legal and social issues, as well as to quantitative analysis and to the development of decision making capacity.

— www.unive.it/dip.economia

International Programmes

Management develops scientific knowledge and skills for the management of companies of any size, type and field of activity.

Classroom study is supplemented with counseling and tutorials focusing upon development of entrepreneurship and leadership capacity for new enterprises.

— www.unive.it/dip.management

Bachelor’s Degree — BSc Economia aziendale Economics and Management en Double Degree ATLANTIS with Georgia State University Master’s degree (two years) — Economics-curriculum Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics (QEM) en Joint Degree Erasmus Mundus (QEM) with Université Paris 1, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universität Bielefeld — Economics and Finance Double Degree with Université de la Méditerranée Aix Marseille II en-it-fr — Marketing and communication it-fr Double Degree with Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris - ESCP

Professional’s Master Programmes (one year) — International Master in Economics and Finance (IMEF) en — Management of Cultural and Artistic Activities (MaBAC) Double Degree with Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris it-en-fr — Economics and Management of Tourism it-en Double Degree Economics and Management of Tourism with Vilnius University — Marketing and International Communication it-en PhD Programmes — Business (DEA) en — Economics (DEC) en Joint Degree European Doctorate (EDE-EM) - Erasmus Mundus, with University of Amsterdam, Universität Bielefeld, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Université Catholique de Louvain, Université Paris 1, L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Languages Asian and North African Studies offers a comprehensive, in-depth program for the study of classical and modern Eastern languages within their cultural, religious, artistic, social and historical contexts.

A particular emphasis is placed on examining the political, economic and legal systems of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, since an intimate cultural and societal understanding is fundamental to accurate and effective communication.

— www.unive.it/dsaam

International Programmes

Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies focuses on the study of linguistics, foreign languages and cultures, considered as bases for contact and development within and among larger complex cultural systems. Comparative linguistics and cultural studies are key intellectual tools not only for research of a theoretical nature, but also for understanding of our increasingly more multilingual and multicultural societies.

— www.unive.it/dslcc

Professional Master’s Programmes (one year) — Joint Degree Crossing the Mediterranean: Cultural Mediation towards Investment and Integration (MIM) (1st level) Joint Degree with Universidad Autonoma de Barcellona, Master’s Degree (two years) — Comparative International Relations it-en University Paul Valery of Montpellier, — European, American and Postcolonial University Moulay Ismail of Meknes en Languages and Literatures it-en PhD Programmes Joint Degree English and American — Asian and North African Studies it-en Literary and Cultural Studies — Linguistics it-en Karl-Franzens-University Graz, — Modern Languages, Cultures Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, and Societies it-en University of Pécs, City College of the City University of New York (U.S.A.), Roehampton University London, Université Paris Diderot — Language Sciences it-en Joint Degree English and American Literary and Cultural Studies — Interpreting and Translation for Publishing it-en — Languages and Civilizations of Asia and North Africa it-en — Languages and Economic and Legal Institutions of Asia and North Africa it-en Bachelor’s Degree — Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and North Africa it-en — Languages, Linguistics and Cultural Studies it-en — Linguistic and Cultural Mediation it-en

Sciences Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics provides innovative approaches to the analysis and management of information and environmental systems, underpinning sustainable development and the preservation of cultural heritage.

— www.unive.it/dais

International Programmes

Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems combines traditional areas in the field of chemistry and integrated studies on renewable energy sources, green chemistry, nanotechnologies and biotechnologies.

— www.unive.it/dsmn

Bachelor’s Degree — Computer Science-International Curriculum “European Computer Science – ECS”, with Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Université de Metz and Université Francois Rabelais de Tours/Blois, Universidad de Burgos en Master’s Degree (two years) — Computer Science en — Environmental Sciences it-en — Sustainable Development Joint Degree with Karl Franzens University of Graz, Leipzig University, Utrecht University, Basel University, Hiroshima University en

PhD Programmes — Chemical Sciences it-en — Computer Science en — Environmental Sciences it-en — Science and Management of Climate Change en

Humanities Humanities is an innovative centre for the development of interdisciplinary programmes among the various sectors of the humanities: history, archaeology and the history of art, classical and Middle Eastern studies, as well as Medieval Latin, Romance and Byzantine studies, Italian studies, linguistics, history of religions, geography, written forms of communication and text sciences.

— www.unive.it/dsu

International Programmes

Philosophy and Cultural Heritage focuses on the one hand upon the relationship between philosophy and social, psychological, cognitive, anthropological and pedagogical sciences; on the other hand, on historical, art historical and cultural research, as well as the conservation, maintenance and management of cultural heritage.

— www.unive.it/dip.fbc

Master’s Degree (two years) — Double Degree in History with Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero en Special courses — Aesthetics (it- workshops in English) — Philosophy of Language (it-workshops in English) — Greek Origins of the European Philosophic Tradition it — History of Garden Design it — Medieval iconography and iconology it — History of Music it — History of Art in Eastern Europe it

PhD Programmes — Mediterranean Doctoral School in History (MDSH) with National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Bogaziçi University Istanbul, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes de Paris, Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla

CF University for you Easy application: 1 Consult the evaluation procedure for international students on the Ca’ Foscari web site: www.unive.it/evaluation 2 Regardless of your country of origin, you will need a visa in order to stay in the European Union for more than 90 days in any 180 - day period. This regulation, previously neglected, is being increasingly enforced. For nationals of some countries, a visa is required for a stay of any duration at all. Check with the Italian consulate in your area to make sure you comply with visa regulations.

3 Register online at the Ca’ Foscari web site: www.unive.it — orientation@unive.it enrolment@unive.it Your arrival in Venice Make an online reservation at the Welcome and Enrolment Office, Ca’ Foscari University. enrolment@unive.it Ph +39 041 234 8377 Are you looking for a room in Venice?

Please contact our housing office Ph +39 041 234 8200 / 8222 / 8250 housing@unive.it A warm welcome from Ca’ Foscari Our International Office offers a range of useful support services and specialized staff to help you.

Keep in touch with your tutor, read your Welcome Guide and become involved in the “Buddy Program” and in activities during the welcome days organized for you. Discover the University and get a good start learning and living at Ca’ Foscari.

— international@unive.it

Ca’ Foscari is a member of the “Inte.S.E. – Foreign Students Integration” project of the European Union. Further information and online services are available on the website — www.intese.eu

The Ca’ Foscari experience Ca’ Foscari assists students during their entire University career, providing access for qualified students to benefits through the Financial Aid Office, and responding to the needs of working students, foreign students and students with disabilities through its specialized offices.

Ca’ Foscari promotes student-involvement in social issues and in local sustainable development projects. Students are recruited to fill appropriate temporary positions with the university.

— www.unive.it/international_students

Studying at Foscari means living a unique experience in the cultural and artistic heart of Venice. A number of international and local partnerships with civic, educational and cultural institutions, and over 800 events organized each year make Ca’ Foscari one of the most active promoters of cultural events in the Italian university system.

Through such initiatives and centres, Ca’ Foscari increases your human capital: at Ca’ Foscari not only can you acquire advanced technical skills; you can also gain cross-cultural competences crucial for success in the global labor market.

Venice: a unique place to live Venice is the place where people from all over the world congregate. Studying at Ca’ Foscari provides an opportunity to study and live in one of the world’s most interesting cities, where you can wander for hours and even enjoy getting lost, have a Spritz in one of Venice’s beautiful squares (campi), visit the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Foundation and other world famous museums and exhibitions, travel by boat through the smaller islands of the lagoon, enjoy the Lido beaches and enjoy our fresh Adriatic fish and other Venice specialities.

— www.veniceconnected.com

Student life — Theatre, music, film workshops for Ca’ Foscari’s students — International exhibitions in the Ca’ Foscari Exhibition area — RCF | Radio Ca’ Foscari, the University’s web radio www.radiocafoscari.it — Sport facilities at the Venice University Sports Centre — University Orchestra and Choir — Theatre with Shylock – University theatre company — The yearly Venetian University Boat Race — Student groups and associations

Putting our international graduates to work With 464 internships abroad in 2010/2011 Ca’ Foscari is included among the 10 Italian universities obtaining European Union funding for an Erasmus Placement Consortium Programme (I PROGRESS).

— stage.estero@unive.it Globalization programme at Venice International University — www.univiu.org

Ca’ Foscari International events — Lectures by internationally recognized scholars and cultural figures — Incroci di Civiltà (Cultural Crossroads), Venice literary festival — Digital week, a full week of events and workshops devoted to the digital world — Short Film Festival, the first such university organized festival in Europe.

Student facilities — Language courses at Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA) — Wireless access to the network — Course guidance, mentors, Faculty tutors — University libraries — Bank Account and Italian fiscal code — Health Insurance — Free e-mail, Internet access, and homepage for staff and students — Personalized services accessible online — Hundreds of PC stations — Eating facilities (ESU) — Ca’ Foscari Campus Store — App for iPhone (search “cafoscari” or “università venezia” in Apple’s App Store) — Social networking: twitter/facebook/youcafoscari on youtube

CF International Highlights — 1st Business school in Italy (1868) — Ca’ Foscari-Harvard Summer School, the only one in Italy collaborating with the top rated American University — International Double Degree programme Ca’ Foscari-ESCP (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris).

Ca’ Foscari is the only Italian university with a double degree programme with ESCP. — Chemistry Eurobachelor Degree Label at the Bachelor Degree Programme in Industrial Chemistry — EARLYhumanIMPACT, by Professor Carlo Barbante, is one of the 9 Italian research projects in physical sciences that obtained an ERC Advance Grant, with substantial European funding, in 2011.

— Atlantis programme, to promote accademic cooperation between USA and Europe.

The Ca’ Foscari’s programme is among the nine winners out of over 70 programmes proposed from Europe in 2010. Partner: Georgia State University (USA) and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin (France) — Ca’ Foscari is rated by the MIUR (2011) among the top italian Universities in research and educational activities.

— Russia’s Hermitage Museum has chosen Ca’ Foscari as a venue for its first exhibition of contemporary art (Dmitri Prigov, for the 2011 Art Biennale in Venice)

Growing up globally Sustainable Ca’ Foscari Responsible development with minimal ecological impact. Ca’ Foscari is committed to putting sustainability policies into practice.

Ca’ Foscari is the university chosen by the Italian Ministry of Environment for the Carbon Management pilot programme, aiming to reduce the universities’ carbon footprint and to extend guidelines to all Italian universities.

Ca’ Foscari is a member of International Global Compact Network, a UN initiative uniting companies and organizations wishing to share and apply, within their spheres of influence, principles of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption measures.

— www.unive.it/sostenibilita

Ca’ Foscari students’ stories —

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Damiano Bolzoni Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, is Chief Operation Officer and co-founder of SecurityMatters BV, Enschede the Netherlands.

Paolo Franceschetti 30 years old, PhD student in Environmental Sciences, inventor of Solwa, a solar still producing drinking water using solar energy.

It has been included by the UN among the year’s ten best sustainable ideas for the human development.

Alessandro Martinello Master Degree in Economics and Management, was awarded the Bank of Italy’s international scholarship “Stringher”.

Norma Schifano 23 years old, graduating student in Language Sciences, was granted the highly prestigius Gates Cambridge Scholar award, to pursue her PhD in Modern and Medieval Languages (Italian) at Cambridge University.

Kaushik Vikram Sivashanmugham 21 years old, Indian, student of Economics, Bachelor Degree in Economics and Management, won the Atlantis scholarship, allowing him to gain a double degree with the Georgia State University.

Delphine Trouillard French, obtained the MaBAC master and works at the Communications Office at Palazzo Grassi, Venice.

Furthermore…

Why did our enrolled students choose a Degree Programme at Ca’ Foscari?

— 65% said Ca’ Foscari is a prestigious university — 64% said the programme chosen offers good occupational opportunities — 59% said the quality of their chosen programme is better than that of other universities (source: Ca’ Foscari enrolled students questionnaire- a.y. 2010/11)

When asked Would you enrol again at Ca’ Foscari?

— 75% of our graduates answered yes (source: 2009 Almalaurea – graduates profile survey)

A year after graduation, 81.4% of Ca’ Foscari Master Degree graduates are gainfully employed or hold stipends for continuing their education. (source: 2011 Alma Laurea report on occupational conditions of graduates)

Ca’ Foscari at a glance

Where we are

People — 20,000 students, among which 1,162 foreign students from 92 countries — 4,000 new enrolments per year — 3,300 graduates per year — 1,700 professors, lecturers, native language teachers and administrative staff

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Dorsoduro 3246 30123 Venice (Italy) Ph +39 041 2348111 www.unive.it

Programmes — 4 main scientific-cultural areas: Economics, Humanities, Languages, Sciences — 15 Bachelor’s Degree Programmes — 30 Master’s Degree Programmes (2 years) — 18 PhD Programmes coordinated by 1 Graduate School — 10 Summer and Autumn International Schools — 31 Professional Master’s Programmes (1 year) Structures — 8 Departments — 5 Interdepartmental Schools, 1 Challenge School, 1 Summer School — 7 Departmental Libraries — 4 Subject-related Libraries — 1 Learning Centre Library — 1 Centre on Culture and Economics of Globalization (Treviso Campus)

International Network International agreements with 39 countries.

ALBANIA European University of Tirana University of Tirana ALGERIA Centre Universitaire El-Oued ARGENTINA Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Santa Fé) Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Buenos Aires) Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (Buenos Aires) ARMENIA Yerevan State University

Ca’ Foscari St Mark's Square

AUSTRALIA University of Adelaide University of Melbourne Swinburne University University of Sydney University of Sunshine Coast (Maroochydore, Queensland) AUSTRIA University of Graz BRAZIL Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte) Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis) Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (Criciúma) Universidade da Regiao de Joinville Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Universidade de Caxias do Sul BURKINA FASO Université de Koudougou CAMEROON Université de Maroua CHINA (PRC) Beijing Foreign Studies University Capital Normal University (Beijing) Dalian University of Foreign Languages Fuzhou University Nanjing University Tongji University (Shanghai) University of Tsinghua (Beijing) CHINA (ROC) Fu Jen Catholic University (Taipei) National Chung Hsing University (Taichung) CYPRUS University of Cyprus (Nicosia) CROATIA University of Zadar

FRANCE Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-enYvelines Université de Toulon et du Var GEORGIA Ivane Javakhishvili Tblisi State University

RUSSIAN FEDERATION Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow) Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry Astrakhan State University

GERMANY University of Bamberg

SERBIA University of NiŠ Singidunum University (Belgrade)

HUNGARY University of Pécs Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest)

SLOVENIA University of Primorska (Koper) Ljubljana University

JAPAN Hosei University (Tokyo) Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto) Keio University (Tokyo) Waseda University (Tokyo) Kanagawa University Sophia University (Tokyo) Meiji University (Tokyo)

SPAIN Institut Ramon Llull (Barcelona)

INDIA Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed (Pune) Indian Council for Cultural Relations Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (Hyderabad) Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Educarion and Research (Pune) Calcutta University Jadavpur University Rabindra Bharati University (Kolkata) University of Burwan ISRAEL Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan) KAZAKHSTAN L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University (Astana) Taraz State University LEBANON American University of Science and Technology (Beirut) LITHUANIA University of Vilnius MEXICO Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora (Mexico City) MOROCCO Université Moulay Ismail (Meknès) Université Mohammed V - Agdal (Rabat) Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah (Fès) PAKISTAN University of Sindh (Jamshoro) PERU Universidad Nacional de Trujillo

SOUTH KOREA Pai Chai University (Daejeon) Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul) Academy of Korean Studies Ewha Womans University (Seoul) TUNISIA Université de Sousse Université de Tunis El Manar Université du 7 Novembre à Carthage Université de Sfax pour le Sud Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes (Tunis) TURKEY Ankara University Yildiz Technical University UKRAINE I.I. Mechnikov National University (Odessa) Petro Mohyla Mykolayiv State University for the Humanities UNITED ARAB EMIRATES University of Sharjah UNITED KINGDOM London Metropolitan University University of Warwick Roehampton University (London) School of Oriental and African Studies (London) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Colgate University (Hamilton) Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale) State University of New York at Stony Brook The City College of New York Duke University (Durham) Georgia State University (Atlanta) Harvard University (Cambridge) Columbia University (New York) University of Delaware (Newark) New York University URUGUAY Universidad de la Impresa de Montevideo VIETNAM Vietnam University of Commerce (Hanoi)

Ca’ Foscari University was established in 1868 as a Business College.

It now offers a wide choice of subjects, high teaching standards, excellent facilities, an international reputation, high graduate employment rates and a top-quality student lifestyle in a special location like Venice.