Master's Degree Programme in
Language and Management to China
Enrolment until 2024/2025

Summary
Academic year 2024/2025

Level of qualification

Master's Degree Programme

Ministerial degree code

LM-38 (Modern languages for international communication and cooperation)

Language

English and Italian

Attendance

Open

Where

Department of Asian and North African Studies, Palazzo Vendramin dei Carmini, Dorsoduro 3462, 30123 Venice.
For further information please contact the Linguistic Campus, campus.linguistico@unive.it.

Head of studies

Prof. Carlotta Sparvoli (Teaching committee coordinator, carlotta.sparvoli@unive.it)

Announcements and regulations

The teaching regulations of the study course depend on the following organisational aspects: educational goals, access methods, study plan, exams, final exam, job opportunities, etc. Throughout their university career, students must refer to the teaching regulations enforced from their matriculation.

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Access to the programme

Limited admission: 70 places.
Quota reserved to foreign non-EU students residing abroad: 3 seats, of which 2 space is reserved for Chinese students, living in China, studying under the Marco Polo Project.

Admission requirements

Master’s degree in Language and Management to China is a limited admission programme. It requires personal preparation and minimum credit requirements as well as passing the admission test.
A minimum proficiency level of B2 in English is required and students must also have an adequate level of personal preparation, consisting of Chinese language proficiency equivalent to level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference. It is compulsory to check students’ level of personal preparation; this also involves assessment of the degree mark.
For details of the curriculum requirements and how personal preparation is assessed, please refer to the Admission web page, which also contains details about the admission test.

Admission with international qualification

Applicants with international qualification must have obtained a bachelor’s degree that is the result of at least 3 years of study. The preliminary evaluation of the qualification is mandatory. Procedures and deadlines are available on the dedicated online platform.
International qualification will be evaluated by the designated teaching committee after the pre-evaluation procedure carried out on the online platform.
Further details in the webpage dedicated to Degree-seeking students.

Course overview

This course is intended for graduates who have completed a three-year degree and are already knowledgeable and proficient in Chinese language and culture. It combines advanced Chinese language skills with knowledge of marketing, management, economics and law, specifically targeting contemporary issues. The course aims to train professionals to operate in companies, entities and institutions that have developed or are developing strategies for growth in China. Language learning focuses particularly on sector-specific terminology related to the economic, legal and management sphere, while the study plan as a whole is designed to deal with the growing internationalisation and globalisation of companies, entities and institutions. The course overall focuses on management practices and processes and on the increasingly global context in which businesses and institutions operate. Despite having a solid theoretical basis, the economic, legal and management skills are strictly linked to management and market scenarios in China.

Courses are taught in English, with the exception of language and IT lessons.

Double and Joint Degree

Ca' Foscari University of Venice offers international educational programmes designed in collaboration with one or more partner universities, entailing the attendance of part of the study path abroad. At the conclusion of these programmes, selected students obtain a Double Degree (a diploma from Ca' Foscari and one issued by the partner university) or a Joint Degree (single degree jointly awarded by the member universities of the consortium delivering the programme), depending on the provisions of the agreements with the partner universities and the different national regulations.

Double and Joint Degrees available:

  • DD Business and Politics in Modern Asia National Research University - Higher School of Economics Saint Petersburg (Russia)
    At the end of the study path, upon completion of all the exams and the thesis defense, students will receive a double degree: Master's Degree in Language and Management to China from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Master in Business and Politics in Modern Asia, from HSE.
    Admission: selection call.

Examination assessment and graduation

Course activity includes face-to-face lessons, laboratories and workshops during the two-year course. The final internship is compulsory and allows you to acquire extensive skills that can be applied in the workplace.
Throughout university the knowledge learned by the student will be verified through written and oral exams.

The final examination consists in writing a thesis on a topic agreed with the supervisor, including a preface in Chinese.
Students must then discuss their research or applied research in front of an examination board, which awards a final mark, to be added to the weighted average of the marks awarded during the course. This will be partially performed in Chinese, in order to demonstrate that students have and are able to apply the language skills expected upon graduating from the course.
Given the specific nature of this course, the thesis shall be written and discussed in English, with the exception of theses on linguistics/terminography, for which Italian is permitted. The topic discussed must be relevant to the disciplinary fields covered in the course.
The final examination for the master's degree course may also be based on students’ internship experiences.

Access to further studies

Professional Master’s Programmes and PhD programmes.

Occupational profiles

Business consultant for the Asian market
Graduates will mainly work as freelancers or for companies and business consulting agencies and Chambers of Commerce.

Specialist in the marketing of goods and services offered to the Chinese market
Graduates will be able to work in the sales/marketing departments of companies marketing goods and services that operate in China or with China.

Language consultant and interpreter during business negotiations with Chinese companies
“Language and Management in China” graduates will be able to work in the public or private sector, developing international business relations, as a freelancer or on behalf of agencies.

Translator of Chinese commercial or technical media
“Language and Management in China” graduates will be able to operate in the public or private sector, developing international economic relations, as a freelancer or on behalf of agencies.