The Master’s in Digital and Public Humanities at
Ca Foscari University of Venice
is a
2
years
long
program for international students,
taught in English.
The Master’s in Digital and Public Humanities at
Ca Foscari University of Venice
is a
2
years
long
program for international students,
taught in English.
📖Introduction
A public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes its name. Founded in 1868 as Italy’s first international business school, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is a public institution offering a wide range of program in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Ca’ Foscari welcomes students from around the world. And thanks to its location in the awe-inspiring city of Venice, it provides the opportunity to study and carry out research at the heart of Europe in one of the world’s most uniquely beautiful and dynamic cities.
Innovation, investing in talent, support to researchers and the development of international collaborations: these are just some of the activities that make Ca’ Foscari’s more competitive in the global arena and influential in information sharing.
Benefit from the multidisciplinarity of this curriculum, which integrates knowledge from different fields and promotes the development of advanced cross-cutting skills, in order to help you make the best use of the interconnection between humanities and computer science. The Digital and Public Humanities field is one of Ca’ Foscari strong suits, as evidenced by our brand new Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), which gathers experts from all over the world. Choosing a Digital and Public Humanities programme will help you learn how to look at the world and at our cultural heritage through the lens of technology and innovation, connecting the past with the future through new IT and multimedia tools.
Build a career in a variety of fields: in the service sector; in the culture industry and cultural institutes; in specific centres, such as specialised electronic publishing; in the management, presentation and enhancement of cultural assets; in intercultural activities; and in the field of language technologies
Become an expert in the design, production and enhancement of online resources, an expert in the digital management of cultural resources or a Public Humanities Expert.
Courses: INFORMATION VISUALIZATION, DATA SCIENCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS INTRODUCTION TO CODING AND DATABASE TECHNOLOGY WEB AND USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AND PUBLIC HUMANITIES DIGITAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR TEXTUAL DATA LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING MODELLING AND VISUALIZING TEXTUAL DATA TEXT ENCODING AND DIGITAL SCHOLARLY EDITING XML DATABASES IN THE HUMANITIES DATA ANALYSIS, DIGITAL MANUSCRIPT AND ARCHIVAL STUDIES DIGITAL AND PUBLIC ART DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE, ETHICS AND POLITICS PUBLIC AND DIGITAL HISTORY DATA MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL ISSUES DIGITAL ICONOGRAPHY AND ICONOLOGY STUDIES GEOSPATIAL AND LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVAL SCIENCES INVESTIGATING MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: A COMBINATION OF DIGITAL AND TECHNICAL ART HISTORY PUBLIC HISTORY VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES
Founded on August 6, 1868 as the “Scuola Superiore di Commercio” (Advanced School for Commerce), Ca' Foscari was the first Italian institution to deal with advanced education in Business and Economics. The original main office is still found in the grand gothic palace “volta de canal” (on the bend of the Grand Canal), in the heart of Venice.
Why Ca’ Foscari?
Globally, the QS World University Rankings place Ca’ Foscari among the top 50 universities for Classics Ancient History, the top 100 for Modern Languages, the top 150 for Archaeology and History, the best 200 for Linguistics, Philosophy and Economics & Econometrics and the top 300 for Accounting & Finance and Law.
Ca’ Foscari believes that today’s universities must be places of international exchange, so it offers you more than 30 joint and double degrees and over 500 active international exchange agreements.
Due to its commitment to making an excellent university education affordable, Ca’ Foscari has remarkably low tuition fees: the maximum yearly fees for bachelor’s degrees are 1,929 euro and those for master’s degrees 2,157 euro. In addition, the university offers high-achieving international students special financial aid.
Ca’ Foscari guarantees you a well-rounded study experience not only thanks to its wide variety of cultural events, sports activities and student associations, but also because of its location in Venice. Here you can surround yourself with history yet also be plugged into contemporary culture and innovation while benefiting from the quality of life offered by an urban centre where car traffic and congestion are replaced by boats on canals and bustling pedestrian neighbourhoods full of student life.
Please choose the programs here
,
"You
are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of
getting accepted.
Required Documents:
Passport
Graduation certificate
Passport size photo
Official transcript
Personal statement
English certificate (You can take the English test online)
Guarantor letter
2 Recommendation letters
Preparing documents:
You can start your application now and send the application
documents
during
your application. Some documents you can
send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info
about
preparing
application documents is here
Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information
is
available
here.
The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application
fee and
upload
the application documents.
Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your
application within
2-3
days and proceed to the university or ask
you for further clarification
After it has been processed to the university you will receive
your unique
application ID from each university.
The university may contact you directly for further questions.
We will then follow up each week with the university for updates.
As soon as
there is any update we will let you know.
If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change
address at any
time
please let us know.
After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions
letter
electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable
deposit to the university.
Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the
admissions
letter and visa form to your home country.
