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QS Europe Rankings: excellent results for Ca’ Foscari in student mobility

This year, Ca' Foscari University of Venice has once again confirmed its position as one of the top universities in Europe for number of outbound exchange students, and ranked sixth among the institutions assessed in the new edition of the QS Europe University Rankings.

X-Ray MicroCT unveils ancient pottery techniques

Researchers from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice have uncovered revolutionary insights into ancient pottery forming techniques using X-ray micro-computed tomography (microCT). This study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, reveals how advanced 3D imaging can reconstruct the complex processes behind Middle Bronze Age Cretan ceramics, offering a new methodology for analyzing ancient pottery.

The upcoming Indian elections in the eyes of student Riccardo Campana

Approximately one billion people in India are preparing to cast their vote in the upcoming election, which will determine the country's government for the next 5 years. Riccardo Campana - a Ca' Foscari student of Language and Civilisation of Asia and Mediterranean Africa - has been studying journalism at Bennet University in New Delhi (one of our partner universities ) since July 2023 and shared his insights with us.

PhD programmes: the call for 2024/2025 is open

The call for applications to the 40th cycle of Ca' Foscari PhD programmes is open, starting in a.y. 2024/2025. The application deadline is 1:00 pm CEST on Thursday, 23 May 2024.

Summer closure 2024 - University venues and libraries

Ca' Foscari University's facilities will close from Saturday, 10 August to Sunday, 18 August 2024, and reopen on Monday, 19 August. Libraries: in July and August there are changes in the opening hours and additional closure dates.

Play your music on the stage of the San Basilio Waterfront Music Fest

The San Basilio Waterfront Music Fest is back! On October 4, 2024, three student projects will perform on the stage between Magazzino 5 and Magazzino 6. You could be one of them! The deadline to submit your application is August 26th.

A museum in the former monastery of Ayia Napa in Cyprus

The ancient Venetian Monastery of Ayia Napa in Cyprus in the Famagusta district will be brought back to life thanks to the international collaboration between various cultural and research institutions, including a team from our University, coordinated by prof. Lorenzo Calvelli of the Department of Humanities.

Hidden Venice: the app to discover the city through the lens of history

Available for free, the Hidden Venice smartphone app is a high-level scientific IT product, created by Prof. Fabrizio Nevola (University of Exeter) with a research team, starting with a visiting professorship at Ca' Foscari University Venice at the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), which funded the project. 

The international stories of PISE alumnae Beatrice, Ginevra and Anita

One works as an Intelligence Analyst within the World Bank in Washington DC, one is employed as a Data Analyst for Euronet in Amsterdam, and one cooperates with the Ministry of the Interior to deal with migration policy management at national and European level. These are just some of the international careers of the Alumnae in Philosophy, International and Economic Studies.

Falling Walls Lab Italy Awards a Ca' Foscari Student for 2nd Year in a Row

With his pitch "Breaking the Wall of Black Boxes in Medicine," Leone Bacciu, a Bachelor’s degree student in Computer Science, presented the pyFUME project, a tool designed to aid medical decision-making through interpretable artificial intelligence communicating in human language.

Youcafoscari, the protagonists speak

Interviews and events with international guests, professors and students. The best of Ca' Foscari's YouTube channel.