Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia

Institutional profile

Università Ca'Foscari Venezia (Ca' Foscari University) is a university in Venice, northern Italy. Founded in 1868, it was first educational institution in Italy to offer higher education in commerce and economics. The University has about 18,500 enrolled students and offers a wide range of subjects in 4 main scientific-cultural areas: economics, languages, sciences and humanities. Ca' Foscari University runs 23 First Cycle Degree Programmes and 33 Second Cycle Degree Programmes, over 25 Specialist Master’s Programmes and 15 Research Doctorates. The University also offers 9 Summer Schools including the prestigious Ca' Foscari - Harvard Summer School.