Outgoing mobilities in the framework of this programme have been suspended for 2025/2026 academic year. This destination has thus not been included in the Double degrees Call for applications 2025.
Academic Coordinator: Prof. Evgeny Dobrenko
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies - Educational Programme Office: didattica.dslcc@unive.it
International Relations Office - Welcome Unit: jointdegree@unive.it
The double degree programme jointly designed by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Russian State University for the Humanities, offers students the possibility to follow an international study path, attending courses at the partner University during their first semester of the second year and achieving, at the end of the programme, two academic diplomas.
| Type of agreement | Double degree | |
|---|---|---|
| Admission | Call for Applications | |
| Who can apply | Students who have achieved (or are about to) a bachelor’s degree and prove meeting the admission requirements for the master’s degree in European, American and Postcolonial Languages and Literatures - Slavic and Balkan Studies, to which they will enroll in the 1st year in the academic year following the Call's publication within the established deadlines | |
| Partner universities | Russian State University for the Humanities | |
| Duration of the mobility | One academic semeste | |
| Mobility period | 1° semester of the 2° year of the master’s degree | |
| Tuition fees | Payment of tuition fees at Ca' Foscari for the entire duration of the programme and exemption at the partner University | |
| Graduation | At Ca’ Foscari | |
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The programme is reserved to students who:
To participate in the programme, candidates must have a knowledge of both Russian and English language at least at B2 level of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR). An official language certification is not required, but the level of language proficiency will be assessed during the selection interview.
Selected students will spend a mobility semester at Russian State University for the Humanities during the 1st semester of the second year of enrolment in the master’s degree in European, American and Postcolonial Languages and Literatures.
During the mobility period, students shall sit exams amounting to 30 ECTS, to be agreed upon with the programme academic coordinators at both Universities. These credits will be recognized at Ca’ Foscari as part of the study plan.
For more information about the study plan, it is possible to contact the Department’s Educational Programme Office: didattica.dslcc@unive.it.
Selected students are required to pay tuition fees to Ca' Foscari for the entire duration of the programme and will benefit from total exemption from the payment of tuition fees at the partner University.
For the mobility period, students will benefit from a mobility grant with a variable amount, as defined annually in the Calls for Applications.
Before departing for the mobility, selected students will be required to:
Further information will be provided by the Welcome Unit (International Office) upon completion of the selection process and after formal acceptance of the offer.
After reaching the destination, students will have to get the confirmation of arrival form signed by the Partner University, to certify the actual start date of the mobility period (orientation/welcome activities or educational activities).
If the students intend to make changes to the study plan agreed upon before departure, it is possible to complete a Learning Agreement variation form, which must be approved by the academic coordinators of the programme at Ca' Foscari and at the Host University.
Before returning from the mobility, students will have to get the confirmation of departure form signed by the Partner University, to certify the actual end date of the mobility period.
As soon as available, students must send to the Welcome Unit (International Office) the Transcript of records issued by the Host University, i.e. the certificate listing all the exams they passed during the mobility abroad.
The exams reported in the Transcript of records must correspond to those agreed upon in the Learning Agreement and any subsequent variation forms.
Students will complete the programme at Ca’ Foscari, following the deadlines indicated in the dedicated web page: Thesis and final degree exam | Deadlines, admission and procedures.
Students will write a co-supervised thesis with professors from both Universities. The thesis will be written in Italian, Russian, or English, with a summary ("avtopeferat") in Russian.
The topic of the master's thesis must be agreed upon with the supervisor from Ca' Foscari. The co-supervisor from the partner University will submit a thesis report and a written evaluation to the Graduation Committee.
For the identification of the co-supervisor and further details on the procedures and type of thesis, students are advised to contact the programme coordinator, Prof. Evgeny Dobrenko, well in advance.
Once the Italian degree has been obtained, students must inform the Welcome Unit, which will handle the submission of the necessary documentation to the partner University to initiate the diploma issuance process.
Both diplomas will be legally recognized in their respective issuing countries.
A bonus point will be added to the final exam grade for students who participated in a double or joint degree programme. More information is available at the following webpage: Characteristics and assessment of final exam.
Further information on the procedures for the incoming double degree students: Double and Joint Degrees - Incoming students.
