QS Sustainability, Ca' Foscari in the Italian top 10 of the world ranking
Ca' Foscari University of Venice is recognised as one of the leading academic institutions in sustainability. In the QS Sustainability University Rankings 2025, it is ranked 262nd worldwide out of 1,744 universities assessed and 7th in Italy.
Join Team26 and become a volunteer at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games
Would you like to be at the heart of organising the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, contribute to delivering a world-class sporting event, and experience it up close? The Team26 programme is looking for 18,000 volunteers to be key players in the Games, helping make the experience special and unforgettable for spectators, athletes, and teams.
Interdisciplinary Biodiversity: apply now for the new Winter School
The innovative programme brings together experts from various fields, including biology, climate studies, social sciences, and economics, and welcomes participants from diverse academic backgrounds. Young researchers, including master's and PhD students, can apply until November 7, 2024.
2024 Nobel Prize in Economics to Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson
The 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and James A. Robinson (University of Chicago), for their studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity. Professor Valerio Dotti comments on the topic.
Closures from 24 Dec. to 6 Jan. Offices (online), BEC and CFZ open on 2-3
Ca' Foscari University venues will be closed for the holidays from Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025. On 2 and 3 January, the University's administrative activities will resume online only and the BEC and CFZ libraries will be open.
Interdisciplinary Science Rankings: Ca' Foscari in the world's top 250
Ca' Foscari has been included in the inaugural Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (ISR) and is recognised as one of the world's top 250 universities for interdisciplinary research in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences.
'Caserma Pepe' at Venice Lido: project for student residence gets funded
The Ministry of University and Research is funding a project by Ca' Foscari University Venice to construct a student residence at the "ex Caserma Pepe" on the Venice Lido, with an investment of 26.9 million euros.
The project from the Venetian university received the third-largest funding among all submitted projects.
Ice loss in Greenland’s mountain glaciers
Conducted by CNR-Isp, in collaboration with Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the Universities of Freiburg and Copenhagen and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, the research used data acquired by satellites over 35 years and contributes to the understanding of the impact of global warming on the cryosphere. The results were published in the Journal of Glaciology.
Studying street art: An outdoor laboratory for Conservation Science
Vallà is hamlet in the town of Riese Pio X that gained fame for a participatory urban regeneration project called The Wallà. In June 2024, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics, and Statistics, for the study of the conservation of outdoor mural artworks. Arianna Abbafati and Giovanni Milan shared with us their first field experience, which took place last October.
Vera Buffolo, Audiovisual Producer of Podcasts for the European Parliament
Vera Buffolo, a Ca’ Foscari alumna, is part of the production team of Europarl Radio, the European Parliament's official web radio, which creates and broadcasts original audio content daily in all 24 official languages of the European Union. After five years of experience as a podcast producer, we asked this former Ca’ Foscari student to share the rewards and challenges of her work.
