Bachelor's Degree Programme in
Language, Civilisation and the Science of Language
Enrolment from 2025/2026

Summary
Academic year 2025/2026

Level of qualification

Bachelor's Degree Programme

Ministerial degree code

L-11 R (Modern Languages and Civilisations)

Language

Italian

Attendance

Open

Where

Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies

  • Ca’ Bernardo, Dorsoduro 3199, 30123 Venice (Italy)
  • Palazzo Cosulich, Dorsoduro 1405, 30123 Venice (Italy)
  • Ca’ Bembo, Dorsoduro 1075, 30123 Venice (Italy)

For further information please contact the Campus at campus.linguistico@unive.it.

Head of studies

Prof.ssa Luisa Ruvoletto (Teaching Committee Coordinator, luisa.ruvoletto@unive.it)

Access to the programme

Open admission.

Quota reserved to non-EU students residing outside Italy: 12 seats, of which 1 is reserved for a Chinese student living in China, under the Marco Polo Project.

Admission requirements

To access the course, a previous suitable background is required. Each curriculum requires specific knowledge, which the student should have before enrolling the university in order to attend the course successfully. This knowledge may be verified before enrolling.

If the result of the test is negative, the student can enroll, but they receive a supplementary required exam (OFA), which means that the student must fill any gaps in their background through specific activities organized by the University.

To study English or Anglo-American language it is required, at enrollment to have a certified knowledge of English language at least at B2 level.
The student will not be required to show any certification or pass any entry test.
More information on OFA for this programme is available on the webpage dedicated to the admission and enrolment​​​​​.

Admission with international qualification

Applicants with international qualification must have obtained a secondary school diploma after having completed at least 12 years of schooling. The preliminary evaluation of the qualification is mandatory. Procedures and deadlines are available on the online platform Apply.
Further details in the webpage dedicated to admission and enrolment with an international qualification.

Course overview

This Degree programme provides a solid training in two foreign languages chosen among the fifteen languages offered. The linguistic skills vary (from B2 to C1) according to the chosen language and are completed by additional skills depending on the chosen curriculum. 

There are three curricula:

  • The Literatures and Culture curriculum develops the student’s knowledge of contemporary and classic literature and culture in the two chosen languages, skills in the analysis of literary texts and in understanding how they relate to their own context.
  • The Linguistics, Philology and Language Teaching Research curriculum develops the student’s knowledge of language structures, in particular of the chosen languages, and skills in theoretical and applied linguistic, philology and language teaching.
  • The International Politics curriculum develops the student’s knowledge of history and culture, policies and international relations, and historical and political dynamics of international and economic systems.

Languages for which teaching is active:

  • three-year languages: Albanese, Anglo-American, Catalan, Czech, French, English, Italian Sign Language (LIS), Hispano-American, Modern Greek, Polish, Portuguese and Brazilian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish, German.
  • one-year languages: Basque, Bulgarian and tactile Italian Sign Language.

Curricula

  • International Politics
  • Linguistics, Philology and Language Teaching Research
  • Literatures and Culture

Examination assessment and graduation

The educational activities include classroom teaching, workshops and internships, in order to acquire wide-ranging skills that can be readily transferable into the world of work.
Knowledge acquired by students will be assessed through written and oral exams during the entire university career.
The degree exam consists in preparing a paper/thesis, evaluated according to methods similar to those of written exams but not in the presence of the student. The supervisor may require an oral discussion of the paper/thesis, in case he/she considers it to be necessary.

Access to further studies

Professional Master’s Programmes (1st level) and Master's Degree Programmes

Occupational profiles

Asia and North Africa Language and Culture Experts. 
Graduates may find employment in: 

  • publishing (newspapers, magazines, and specialised companies such as publishing houses);
  • organisations and enterprises within the tourism sector (travel agencies and more);
  • social and cultural cooperatives;
  • associations and organisations providing services in multilingual and multicultural contexts, as well as support to incoming non-EU citizens, and related activities;
  • private schools in Italy and abroad;
  • cultural institutions  and museums;
  • businesses and financial institutions operating in the markets of Asian or North African countries.