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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.

Ca' Foscari signs cooperation agreement with Kansai Medical University

Considering the areas of common interest and shared academic goals in terms of teaching and research, the two Universities have decided to formalize a Memorandum of Understanding that will encourage joint programmes, student mobility, Knowledge Transfer, PhD and research collaboration. 

EUTOPIA hackathon: two students tell you why you should participate

EUTOPIA launches a second edition of ‘Innovation Challenges for Students: Discovery Week’: the alliance of 10 European universities is looking for students to take part in five days of challenges, teamwork, networking, training and meetings with companies in Cergy, from 13 to 17 November. Send in your application by 22 September.

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.

Miscategorization fuels discrimination within organizations and workplaces

How does discrimination arise? A new paper by Muhammed Alperen Yasar, Ph.D. student at Ca’ Foscari and Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University offers valuable insights into the development of discriminatory behaviors in organizations. The study  was recently published by the International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior. 

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.

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.