Ca'Foscari University of Venice

Founded in 1868, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia is a leading university in Italy in Economics and Management, Humanities, Languages and Literature, Science. With more than 20,000 students and nearly 1,400 staff, UNIVE is organised into 8 Departments, 3 Schools and an International College, committed to developing the next generation of researchers, scientists and academics through collaboration across disciplines, advanced research projects and innovative study programs. Thanks to a strong internationalization policy, Ca’ Foscari courses (17 bachelor’s degree programmes, 29 master’s degree programmes, 16 PhD programmes and 32 Professional Master’s Programmes), together with a wide portfolio of international programmes, both in Italian and in English, attract an ever-increasing number of talented foreign students. The University has an outstanding national and international reputation for academic excellence in the fields of teaching and research. In 2021, it has been rated among the 150 top universities for Arts and Humanities, History, Modern Languages, and among the 250 top universities for Economics, Econometrics, Linguistics, in the QS World University Ranking by Subject. Ca’ Foscari University attracts funding from regional, national and international programmes. It has a long-standing tradition in research and well established experience in EU funded projects (240 projects since 2014 have been awarded, more than 200 within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. Furthermore many grants have been obtained within REC-programme, EU DGs grants, Territorial Cooperation Programmes, Life, Creative Europe, EuropeAid, with Ca’ Foscari participating as Lead Partner or Partner) for a total of 70M€ awards (more than 50M€ in Horizon 2020 funding). It is a top Host Institution with more than 100 Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship awarded, a Cofund Fellowship programme, 14 ERC grantees and an active and continuous participation in competitive research and collaborative programmes. The University participation in European and International calls has been enhanced through six Interdisciplinary Research Institutes established within the ‘Research for Global Challenges’ initiative that aims at encouraging international partnerships and fostering the most promising interdisciplinary collaborative research project. The six Research Institutes bring together research strengths from across the University and from its strategic partners, including local, national, and international stakeholders, to promote an interdisciplinary approach to research. They were mapped onto the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs.

Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia organises around 800 cultural and scientific events per year, enjoys 11 international research networks, has established 150 cooperation agreements with some of the most prestigious universities and international bodies in Europe and worldwide, develops fruitful relationship with business and productive world fostering knowledge exchange, innovation, technology transfer and entrepreneurship.