Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Ca' Foscari and Palazzo Giustinian, seat of Ca' Foscari University
Latin: Venetiarum universitas in domo Foscari
Type State-supported
Established 6 August 1868 (1868-08-06)
Rector Michele Bugliesi
Students 21,000[1]
Location Venice, Italy
45°26′04″N 12°19′35″E / 45.4345°N 12.3265°E / 45.4345; 12.3265Coordinates: 45°26′04″N 12°19′35″E / 45.4345°N 12.3265°E / 45.4345; 12.3265
Website unive.it
Ca' Foscari-Aula Baratto
San Giobbe Campus
San Giobbe Campus
San Sebastiano Campus
San Sebastiano Campus
Detail of a scientific laboratory of Santa Marta Campus
Detail of a scientific laboratory of Santa Marta Campus

Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italian: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) is a public university in Venice, Italy; it is usually known simply as Università Ca' Foscari. Since its foundation in 1868 it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes its name. The palace stands on the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and San Marco, in the sestiere ofDorsoduro.

The institute became a university in 1968.[2] It currently has eight departments and almost 21,000 students.[1] It is one of the highest ranked universities in Italy, ranking 5th in 2017 out of 89 universites.[3][4]

History

The institution was founded as the Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio ("royal high school of commerce") by a Royal Decree dated 6 August 1868, and teaching commenced in December of the same year. The idea of establishing such a school had arisen after the annexation of the Veneto to the new Kingdom of Italy in 1866, and was promoted by three people in particular: the Jewish political economist Luigi Luzzatti, later Prime Minister of Italy; Edoardo Deodati, senator of the Kingdom of Italy and vice-president of the province of Venice; and the Sicilian political economist Francesco Ferrara, director of the school for its first thirty years.[2]

The school was the first institute of higher education in commerce in Italy,[5] and was from the outset conceived as a national rather than a regional institution; it had a diplomatic arm to prepare commercial consular staff for overseas service, and was also a training college for secondary school teachers of commercial subjects. Foreign languages were taught from the start. The school was modelled on the Institut Supérieur de Commerce d'Anvers, founded in 1853 in Antwerp, Belgium.[2]

Following the establishment of a national syllabus for university teaching in 1935, the Istituto Superiore di Economia e Commercio di Venezia, as it was by then called, was authorised to teach and award four-year laurea degrees.[6] In 1968 it obtained university status, and the name was changed to Università degli Studi di Venezia.[2]

Organisation

The university is divided into eight departments:[7]

  • Economics
  • Philosophy and cultural heritage
  • Management
  • Environmental science, computer science and statistics
  • Molecular science and nanosystems
  • Linguistic and comparative cultural studies
  • Humanities
  • Asian and Mediterranean African studies

Rankings

Università Ca' Foscari last participated in the Institutional Evaluation Programme of the European University Association in 1999.[8]

In 2017 Ca' Foscari's economics department was ranked as the 3rd best in Italy, surpassed by University of Bologna and University of Padua[9].

The QS World University Ranking by subject has placed Ca’ Foscari of Venice among the top 150 universities in the world for ‘Arts & Humanities’ and ‘Languages’, and it is among the top 200 for ‘History’. ‘Economics’ has kept its place among the top 250 in the world.

The University is also the third state university in Italy for the quality of research according to ANVUR ratings, the National Agency for the Evaluation of University Research Systems.

Five Ca’ Foscari departments have been awarded additional funding by the Italian Ministry for education for a total of 35 million euros over 5 years, to which another 13.5 million has been made available by the University.

Research

Ca’ Foscari is highly committed to achieving excellence in research, developing international partnerships and funding promising scholars. As a leading research university, Ca’ Foscari is exploring new, cutting-edge disciplinary frontiers by dedicating significant resources to addressing six different global challenges[10]:

Science of Complexity

The transdisciplinary study of complex systems generates innovative solutions to the most pressing scientific and societal challenges facing the world today.

Digital Humanities

New digital technologies help to reveal new meaning in the world around us and create new fields of research such as the digital humanities and conservation science. The innovative approaches these technologies afford change the way cultural heritage is studied, preserved,restored, managed, disseminated and even created.

Social Innovation

Ca’ Foscari aims to break down the barriers that inhibit social participation, to reduce inequality and to promote integration,inclusivity and justice and improve healthcare by means of well-designed public policy.

Cross-cultural Relations

Comparative cultural and area studies provide the theoretical band conceptual basis for addressing some of the most burgent challenges of this century, such as radicalisation, migration and integration into increasingly multicultural and multilingual societies both within and beyond the European Union.

Green Growth

To help create a more sustainable future, Ca’ Foscari is developing nature-based solutions aimed at improving resource and energy efficiency, enabling green technologies (including nanotechnologies) and promoting sustainable growth in the maritime sector.

Innovation Management

Ca’ Foscari is investigating new frameworks and tools such as economic resilience, the circular economy, systemic and interactive innovation, bio-based products and multi-actor approaches.

Brain gain program[11]

Ca’ Foscari’s world-class academic reputation is partly the result of a strong international recruitment effort aimed at attracting the world’s best talent by leveraging the university’s traditional strengths. To make Ca’ Foscari as attractive as possible, this recruitment strategy focuses on creating an ideal context in which to pursue and develop innovative research.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships

This highly competitive fellowships awarded by the European Commission finance talented researchers and Ca’ Foscari is proud to be one of the top ten university in Europe and the most successful one in Italy for the number of them it hasbeen awarded.

ERC Grants in the Social Sciences and Humanities

These grants fund scholars carrying out pioneering research in emerging fields that dissolves disciplinary boundaries and introduces innovative approaches.Since 2013, Ca’ Foscari has been awarded eight of these highly prestigious grants.

Human Resources Strategy for Researchers

Ca’ Foscari has obtained the European Commission’s full Human Resources Strategy for Researchers certificate for its commitment to improving the experience of researchers as well as its success in attracting young foreign researchers and in fostering their international visibility.

Nobel's School

The celebration of 150 years[12] since Ca’ Foscari University Venice was founded brings some outstanding guests to take the stage at the Venetian University: six Nobel Prize Winners will give lectures to the University students throughout 2018.

Some of the personalities from around the world that have distinguished themselves in various fields of knowledge for their research, discoveries and inventions, for works of literature and working towards world peace will become part of the Ca’ Foscari community themselves. They will be lecturers for the degree programmes of the disciplines they have been awarded for and that define our University: economics and literature. A surplus value that Ca’ Foscari wants to give to its teaching, a one of a kind education that is unique to students, the heart and soul of Ca’ Foscari.

The Nobel lectures include:

Alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Regione ateneo: VENETO; Ateneo: "Ca' Foscari" di Venezia; Anno accademico: 2012/2013. Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca: Anagrafe Nazionale Studenti. Accessed March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Giannantonio Paladini (1996). Profilo Storico dell'Ateneo (in Italian). Venice: Università Ca' Foscari; cited at Profilo storico. Archived 18 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Ca' Foscari al nono posto nel ranking del Sole 24 Ore | Ca' Foscari Alumni". Ca' Foscari Alumni. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Classifica Censis Economia 2017: le migliori università italiane". SOS Studenti (in Italian). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  5. ↑ Kaplan, Andreas (2014). "European management and European business schools: Insights from the history of business schools". European Management Journal. 32: 529–534. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2014.03.006.
  6. ↑ Cesare Maria De Vecchi di Val Cismon, for Vittorio Emanuele III (28 November 1935). Norme relative agli insegnamenti che debbono essere impartiti nelle Università e negli Istituti superiori, Regio decreto 28 novembre 1935–XIV n. 2044 (in Italian). Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia. 284 (6 December 1935): 5565.
  7. ↑ Università "Ca' Foscari" Venezia (in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed March 2014.
  8. ↑ Institutional Evaluation Programme: Who has participated since 1994?. European University Association. Accessed March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Classifica Censis Economia 2017: le migliori università italiane". SOS Studenti (in Italian). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  10. ↑ "Strategic Plan 2016-2020" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Brain Gain Program".
  12. ↑ "Celebrazioni 150 anni Università Ca' Foscari Venezia".
  13. ↑ "Giuseppe De'Longhi". Forbes. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Damiano Michieletto". ROH. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Michele Boldrin | Department of Economics". economics.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  16. ↑ "Terms of Service Violation". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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