Department of
Asian and North African Studies

Study

Linguistic campus

Front-office students:

  • welcomes new students
  • checks up the OFAs (Additional Learning Requirements) and the access requirements
  • recognizes the former acquired credits
  • offers support with the study plan
  • provides academic calendar and exams sessions

Contacts 

BA and MA Degrees Programmes

Choose your degree programme from the following fields of study by selecting the academic year.
Each programme is followed by the relevant identification code and can be shown in more than one field.


  • test di ammissione Admission: Limited
  • doppio diploma Programme with Double or Joint Degrees
  • in italiano Language: Italian
  • in inglese Language: English
  • multilingua Language: Multilanguage degree

Master's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

  • test di ammissione Admission: Limited
  • doppio diploma Programme with Double or Joint Degrees
  • in italiano Language: Italian
  • in inglese Language: English
  • multilingua Language: Multilanguage degree

Bachelor's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

Master's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

  • test di ammissione Admission: Limited
  • doppio diploma Programme with Double or Joint Degrees
  • in italiano Language: Italian
  • in inglese Language: English
  • multilingua Language: Multilanguage degree

Master's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

  • test di ammissione Admission: Limited
  • doppio diploma Programme with Double or Joint Degrees
  • in italiano Language: Italian
  • in inglese Language: English
  • multilingua Language: Multilanguage degree

Bachelor's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

Master's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

  • test di ammissione Admission: Limited
  • doppio diploma Programme with Double or Joint Degrees
  • in italiano Language: Italian
  • in inglese Language: English
  • multilingua Language: Multilanguage degree

Bachelor's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

Master's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

  • test di ammissione Admission: Limited
  • doppio diploma Programme with Double or Joint Degrees
  • in italiano Language: Italian
  • in inglese Language: English
  • multilingua Language: Multilanguage degree

Bachelor's Degree Programme a.y. 2025/2026

Double/Joint Degrees

Double/Joint Degrees are Degree Programmes, which offer a curriculum shared with international universities and mobility periods for students and professors. Limited admission occurs through a call for applications.

Bachelor's Degree Programme in Language, culture and society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa:

Double Degree in Chinese Language with Capital Normal UniversityDouble Degree with Kyungpook National University

Master's Degree Programme in Language and Civilisation of Asia and Mediterranean Africa:

Double Degree with Capital Normal UniversityDouble Degree with College of HumanitiesDouble Degree with Universidad de Sevilla

Professional Master's Programmes

1st level Professional Master's Programmes

Yoga Studies. Body and meditation in Asian traditions [ITA]Didattica del coreano come lingua straniera [ITA]

Traineeships and internships

Students enrolled in the Degree Programmes of the Department can undertake an internship in Italy or abroad. In the second case, the University attributes bonus points towards the final degree grade. It is also possible to begin an internship from your own contacts or show recognition of substitute activities.

Traineeships and internships 

PhD Degrees

Asian and African Studies

Joint supervision PhD

PhD candidates can further develop their international skills and experience with an international joint supervision: students must attend both partner universities and their theses must be supervised by two tutors to obtain a double title recognized in both countries.

Summer School in Classical Chinese and Japanese

An initiative in collaboration with Princeton University, the Summer School in Classical Chinese and Japanese offers two study tracks: Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese language. Each track offers class hours dedicated to the study of the relevant language, as well as thematic seminars regarding the pre-modern culture of China and Japan.

Summer School in Classical Chinese and Japanese 

Ca' Foscari International College

Ca' Foscari International College prepares graduates of excellence providing them personalized cultural programmes, specific courses, application laboratories and additional cultural activities. Students attend Ca’ Foscari degree programmes and are offered free accommodation on the Venetian island of San Servolo.

Ca' Foscari School for International Education

Ca' Foscari School for International Education provides courses in English for exchange students, graduate seminar programmes, as well as a bridge term and a foundation year for prospective students, joint Summer Schools with prestigious international universities and intensive courses in Italian language.

Venice International University

At Venice International University you can attend courses of the Globalization Program taught in English in an international and multidisciplinary environment in the island of San Servolo, in Venice. The courses offered by Venice International University (VIU) are credit granting and international mobility scholarships are available for Master’s Degree programmes students who wish to write their final thesis at a foreign host institution.

Library of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Access the BALI - Library of Foreign Languages and Literature [ITA] to benefit from consultation and loan services, bibliographic research support, inter-library loans and supply of documents, photocopies, prints, scanning, as well as training opportunities with the workshops organized by the library.