Bachelor's Degree Programme in
Language, Culture and Society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa
Enrolment until 2024/2025

Double Degree with Kyungpook National University

The double degree programme between Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Kyungpook National University (KNU) offers students enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree in Languages, Cultures, and Society of Asia and the Mediterranean Africa - Korea curriculum, Humanities path, the opportunity to attend an intensive language course and two semesters of mobility for studies at the partner University.

At the end of the programme, which lasts a total of 4 academic years and one semester, students will obtain a double academic degree:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Language, Culture and Society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa from Ca' Foscari University of Venice;
  • Bachelor’s degree in Korean Language and Literature from the Kyungpook National University.
Partner University website
Kyungpook National University
Contacts

Academic coordinator: Prof. Vincenza D’Urso
Department of Asian and North African Studies - Educational Programmes office: internazionale.dsaam@unive.it
International Office - Welcome Unit: joint.degree@unive.it

Admission requirements

The programme is reserved to students enrolled in the Bachelor's degree programme in Language, Culture and Society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa  - Korea curriculum, Humanities path at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

To participate in the programme the application must be submitted during the 3rd year of enrolment.

At the time of the submission of the application students must have successfully taken the following exams: Korean Language 1 (LT002J), Korean Language 2 (LT003J) and English Language (LT005P) envisaged in their study plan.

Students must obtain all the credits of the first two years of the Bachelor’s degree programme, by successfully passing all the relevant exams envisaged by the study plan. In addition, the students must have successfully passed the examinations of KOREAN LANGUAGE 3 MOD. 1 (LT005J) and KOREAN LANGUAGE 3 MOD. 2 (LT004J). In fact, the departure is subject to the actual completion of the indicated credits. 

For further details regarding the programme's admission requirements, please refer to the dedicated datasheet in Annex A of the Call for applications.

Application and selection

Students can apply for the programme following the procedures and deadlines outlined in the Call for applications and its annexes, which are published annually.

The results of the selection process are published on this webpage, according to the timelines specified in Annex A of the Call.

Calls and forms

file pdf Call for applications 2025 355 KB
file pdf Annex A 1 MB
file pdf Annex B 122 KB

Programme and study plan

Selected students will attend at the partner University:

  • an intensive Korean language course during the 1st semester of the 4th year (between November and February)
  • two academic semesters of mobility for studies during the 2nd semester of the 4th year and 1st semester of the 5th year.

Enrollment in the intensive language course requires the payment of a fee.

The exams to be taken during the mobility period will be agreed upon with the academic coordinator of the programme, based on the study plan outlined in the double degree agreement. For more information about the study plan students can contact the Department’s Educational Programme office: internazionale.dsaam@unive.it.

By the end of the mobility period in Korea, in order to obtain the double degree, students must achieve the TOPIK 5 language certification, according to the procedures and deadlines that will be communicated by the partner University during the mobility.

Tuition fees and mobility grant

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.

Mobility procedures

Before departing for the mobility, selected students will be required to:

  • complete the registration/application procedure at the receiving institution according to the procedures and within the deadlines set by the Partner University;
  • sign the grant agreement for the first mobility year (covering the period of attendance of the intensive language course and the first of the two study mobility semesters) that will regulate the disbursement of the mobility grant ;
  • fill out the Learning Agreement for the first mobility semester for study, listing all the educational activities to be carried out at the Partner University and identifying the equivalences with the courses included in the Ca' Foscari study plan, which must be approved by the academic coordinators of the programme at Ca' Foscari and at the Host University.

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 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.

At the end of the first semseter of mobility for studies, even if they will stay in Korea for an additional semester, students will have to get the confirmation of departure form signed by the Partner University, to certify the end date of the first mobility year.

Second semester of mobility for studies

For the second semester of mobility for studies will be required to:

  • sign the grant agreement for the second mobility semester;
  • fill out the Learning Agreement for the second mobility semester, which must be approved by the academic coordinators of the programme at Ca' Foscari and at the Host University;
  • get the confirmation of arrival form by the Partner University, in order to certify the start date of the educational activities of the second mobility semester;

get the confirmation of departure form by the Partner University, to certify the end date of the educational activities 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 Agreements approved for the two mobility years and any subsequent variation forms.

Graduate

Students will write their final thesis at Ca’ Foscari, in accordance with the requirements of their degree program, as indicated on the dedicated webpage: Graduate.

Students must submit a formal graduation request, following the procedures and deadlines outlined on the relevant webpage: Thesis and final degree exam | Deadlines, admission and procedures.

Once they have obtained their Italian degree, students must inform the Welcome Unit, which will handle the submission of the necessary documentation to the host institution to initiate the process of issuing the Korean diploma.

It is important to note that, in order to obtain the double degree, students must have achieved the TOPIK 5 certification during their mobility period in Korea.

Both diplomas will be legally recognized in the country of issuance.

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.

Incoming students

Further information on the procedures for the incoming double degree students: Double and Joint Degrees - Incoming students.