Bachelor's Degree Programme in
Philosophy
Enrolment until 2024/2025

Admission

This website provides information solely for admission to the second or third year.
If you are enrolling, or if you are requesting to be transferred to the first year at Ca’ Foscari from another programme or another university, information about admission and enrolment is available on the website of the degree programme in Philosophy - Enrolment from 2025/2026.

If you hold an international qualification, before starting the application process please make sure you have completed the pre-evaluation procedure and that you have all the requirements for international students.

Degree-seeking students  

If you are a candidate with a disability or an SLD (specific learning disability), you can request support for the admission test (when required) and specific support services during your studies.

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Enrolment

To enrol in this bachelor's degree programme you must hold one of the following qualifications:

  • a five-year secondary school diploma (diploma di maturità quinquennale);
  • a four-year secondary school diploma (diploma di maturità quadriennale) with an additional integrative year. If the integrative year is missing, admission to the degree programme will be subject to evaluation by the relevant academic committee;
  • a European Baccalaureate diploma (or European Secondary School Leaving Certificate) obtained from European Schools located in Italy.

Enrolling in the second or third year

The procedure for enrolment with credit recognition from a previous academic career, intra-university or inter-university transfer, involves the evaluation of your previously completed exams and the subsequent issuance of a credit recognition form.

In order to enrol in the second or third year you must have a credit recognition form with at least 48 CFU recognised.

The Ca' Foscari University, according to the European directives that norm the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), recognises equivalence: 1 CFU = 1 ECTS.

You can request credits recognition for the activites carried out in:

  • Bachelor's Degrees, or Master's Diplomas;
  • incomplete University studies as a result of withdrawal or lapsed status;
  • single courses;
  • Internship/traineeships/previous employment;
  • simultaneous enrolment.

How to request your Credit Recognition Form

Candidates who want to get admitted in the second or third year can submit their request for the credit recognition form to the Humanistic Campus, filling in the specific form available by clicking on the button "Request your Credit Recognition Form".

The request must be submitted by September 15th, 2025; or for those who will enrol from October 1st to October 30th, by October 15th, 2025.

You are required to upload the following documents:

  • a signed self-certification form listing exams. Please indicate for each exam: the name of the Course of study and class code, the name of the University, the name of the courses taken with their academic fields and disciplines sector and relative weight in CFU (ECTS), the mark and the exam date. This document might be available in your University Reserved Area: if it is not available or, if all the required data is not listed, you may use the forms on this page;
  • any exam syllabus in your possession.
file rtf Model of self-certification of withdrawal with exams [ITA] 5 MB
file rtf Model of degree self-certification with exams 10 MB

Requests for credit recognition are to be submitted to the Campus. The Teaching Committee will evaluate your request. Once approved, the credit recognition form will be sent to you via e-mail. Please remember to sign the form.

Credits will be recognised according to the Linee guida per riconoscimento CFU [ITA] (CFU Recognition Guidelines).

Activities recognised through a completed Master's degrees or Master's diplomas will not affect the final grade. However, activities recognised from single courses or from an incomplete university career resulting from withdrawal, expiration, or transfer will be taken into account for grade point average.

Enrolment with credit recognition is not allowed to students concurrently enrolled in another University degree programme and for which suspension has been requested.

Enrolment with credit recognition is subject to the fee payment of 300.00 euros: the payment invoice will be provided upon confirmation of enrolment.

You are not obliged to pay if you request credit recognition for: 

  • activities undertaken previously at Ca' Foscari (for example single courses) if the code of the lectures corresponds to that required by the study plan. In the case that some lectures do not fall among those included in the study plan, and consequently are listed among those that can be chosen by the student, you will have to pay the 300.00 euros fee.
  • inter-university transfer;
  • simultaneous enrolment.

Request your Credit Recognition Form [ITA]  

Credit recognition forms for Ca’ Foscari activities

Candidates who wish to request credit recognition exclusively for activities carried out at Ca' Foscari, with the same course code as in their current study plan (e.g., single courses attended at Ca' Foscari), can fill in the recognition form themselves and attach it, duly signed, during the enrolment procedure.

file pdf Philosophy - second year [ITA] 443 KB
file pdf Philosophy and History - second year [ITA] 443 KB
file pdf Philosophy and Human Sciences - second year [ITA] 448 KB
file pdf Philosophy - third year [ITA] 442 KB
file pdf Philosophy and History - third year [ITA] 442 KB
file pdf Philosophy and Human Sciences - third year [ITA] 446 KB

Additional Learning Requirements (OFA)

Admission to the bachelor's degree programmes in Philosophy, Humanities, History, and Social Sciences and Social Work requires adequate knowledge of the Italian language. Your level of Italian language knowledge will be assessed through a test after your enrolment. Exclusively for the bachelor's degree programme in Philosophy, candidates are required to have an adequate knowledge of philosophical culture. 

You are exempt from the italian language test if you scored more than 90/100 (54/60) on your High School Diploma.
You are exempt from the philosophical culture test if you attended three years of Philosophy during your high school studies and you scored more than 90/100 (54/60) on your High School Diploma.

If you do not pass the italian language test you will be assigned an Additional Learning Requirements (OFA) of Italian language.

English language requirements

Knowledge of the English language at a minimum B1-level is also required for admission to the bachelor's degree programmes listed above.

If you do not satisfy the English language requirement at the time of enrolment, you will be assigned an English B1 Additional Learning Requirement- ALR (Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo – OFA).

Enrolment deadlines and guidelines

You can enrol from July 1st to September 30th 2025.

An additional enrolment time window will open from October 1st to October 30th 2025. The enrolment in this period requires the payment of an additional fee of 50 Euros.

The Credit Recognition Form must be uploaded as part of the enrollment application process.

Academic year of enrolment

The year of enrolment is determined on the basis of the number of University Credits (CFU) you have been awarded:

  • From 48 to 107 CFU: you can be admitted to the 2nd year of this bachelor's degree programme. You will refer to the study plan for the a.y. 2024/2025.
  • From 108 CFU: you can be admitted to the 3rd year of this bachelor's degree programme. You will refer to the study plan for the a.y. 2023/2024.

During the enrolment application procedure, when selecting your degree programme and the curriculum, you will only be allowed to choose those available for the 2025/2026 academic year. The Enrolment Unit will review your Credit Recognition Form and process your enrolment based on the relevant academic year and curriculum. Candidates who request the inter-university transfer do not need to fill out the enrolment application, it will be arranged by the Enrolment Unit.

The following steps must be undertaken:

  • Registration on the University website: consists of filling in your personal data, residence, and domicile. You should not carry out the registration online if you have already been enrolled at Ca’ Foscari.
  • Pre-enrolment online: in order to pre-enrol, you must access the Personal Area on the website with your SPID  or CIE (Electronic Identity Card) and select the function Enrol for courses with no admission test. Once the course has been selected, you must fill out the enrolment form. While filling out the form, you can upload those documents that demonstrate your knowledge and experience  (e.g. recognised language certifications; credit recognition form; self-certification, etc). Once the documents have been uploaded, you must confirm all the data entered and proceed to the payment section. If you particpated in the entry requirements evalutation process as a graduand candidate you must upload your signed self-certification of enrolment with exams. Please note that your self-certification must include: the University where you achieved the qualification, the class code, the name of the degree programme, your graduation date and mark, the list of the exams you have taken with their academic fields and disciplines sector and relative weight in CFU (ECTS).
  • Payment of the first instalment of the tuition fees: the payment must be carried out using the PagoPA system, by clicking on the “payment” button when finishing the pre-enrolment procedure.

Failure to comply with the deadline specified above results in the loss of the right to enrol: if you encounter any problems, please submit a request by accessing this link: www.unive.it/faqsforstudents before the deadline. Submitting the enrolment application and paying the first instalment does not guarantee automatic enrolment. The Enrolment Unit will review each request and complete the process within 7 working days. Once finalised, newly enrolled students will be notified via email.


Exceptional cases

Remember that it is possible to enrol in a degree programme requesting: