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, International and Economic Studies - 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.

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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 the Philosophy, International and Economic Studies 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.

In order to enrol in the second or third year you are required to:

Request the Credit recognition form and be recognised at least 48 CFU;
Ensure you have the adequate knowledge required by the degree programme of your choice;
Verify the number of places available for the second or third year in order to participate in the dedicated procedure;
Enrol according to the procedure the Enrolment Unit will provide you with.

Admission to this programme is subject to the number of places available.

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 within the following time windows, which align with the periods for assigning available places:

first round: from April 7th to June 25th, 2025;
second round: by August 19th, 2025.

Required documents

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.

	Model of degree self-certification with exams	10 MB
	Model of degree self-certification with exams [ITA]	106 KB
	Model of self-certification of withdrawal with exams [ITA]	5 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.

CFU Recognition Guidelines

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.

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English language proficiency

A minimum B2-level knowledge of English is mandatory for enrolment. You can demonstrate your English knowledge level by submitting one of the recognised certifications or if you fall within one of the exemption categories listed on the language requirement webpage..

You will not be allowed to enrol if you do not meet the language requirement by the enrolment deadline.

Assignment of available places and enrolment procedures

In order to enrol in the second or third year you must apply for the assignement of available places: admission is subject to availability.

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 must request admission 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 must request admission to the 3rd year of this bachelor's degree programme. You will refer to the study plan for the a.y. 2023/2024.

Application for place assignment

You can apply for place assignment during these two periods:

First round: places available published on June 18th 2025
- application period: from 8th to 10th July 2025
- ranking list publication: July 18th 2025
Second round: places available published on August 6th 2025
- application period: from 26th to 28th August 2025
- ranking list publication: September 4th 2025

The ranking lists will be drawn up on the basis of the evaluation of candidates' CV and motivation letter. The Enrolment Unit will email successful candidates with detailed information about the enrolment procedure.

Thos who get admitted in the first round must complete their enrolment by July 31st 2025, under penalty of losing the assigned place.

Place request procedure

To apply for a place in the first round, you must log into the Reserved Area, select "Evaluation Test" and choose "Ammissione agli anni successivi al primo dei corsi ad accesso programmato". The procedure will be open from July 8th 2025.

You must upload:

your credit recognition form;
self-certification of completed exams;
your CV;
a motivation letter;
an identity document;
self-certification of bachelor's degree with exams, useful for the evaluation of entry requirements (only for master's degrees).

The procedure allows you to submit the application, in order of preference, for a maximum of three programmes: if you select more than one preference, you will have to upload the credit recognition form for each chosen programme.

If you have never been a student at Ca’ Foscari you will have to:

register on the website;
access your personal area using your SPID or CIE (Electronic identity card) account.

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The data controller is Ca' Foscari University of Venice, with headquarters in Dorsoduro n. 3246, 30123 Venice (VE), legally represented by the Rector pro tempore.

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For information on the retention period of each cookie, please refer to the list below.

6. Recipients and categories of recipients of personal data and data transfer outside the European Economic Area

For the purposes set out above, in addition to specifically authorized employees and collaborators of the University, personal data may also be processed by those who execute outsourced activities on behalf of the University in their capacity as data processors (the updated list is available at: https://www.unive.it/pag/36643/).

Personal data collected by third party cookies may be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in compliance with the provisions of the Regulation.

7. Data subjects rights and how to exercise them

As a data subject, you have the right to obtain from the University, in the cases provided for by the Regulation, the access, the rectification and the erasure of your personal data as well as ask for the limitation of the processing of your personal data or to object to the data processing itself (articles 15 and following of the Regulation). The request can be submitted, without any particular formal procedures, by contacting the Data Protection Officer directly at dpo@unive.it or by sending a communication to the following address: Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Data Protection Officer, Dorsoduro 3246, 30123 Venice. Alternatively, you can contact the Data Controller, by writing a PEC (certified email) to protocollo@pec.unive.it.

Data subjects, who believe that the processing of their personal data is in violation of the provisions of the Regulation, have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority, as provided for by art. 77 of the Regulation, or to take legal action (art. 79 of the Regulation).

Appendix on social media:

In addition to the privacy notice published at: www.unive.it/pag/29567, the University provides you with information on the processing of your personal data collected through its social media pages (Facebook, Instagram). In particular, the University only processes anonymous and statistical information collected by the social media providers, who act as joint controllers on the basis of the CJEU ruling n. C-210/16 (5 June 2018). Moreover, the University informs you that when you leave a comment or a post on its social media pages, it will process your data only to administer your request/comment.

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