The Four Faculties
The Faculty of Economics, Ca’ Foscari's original core, draws upon a long tradition in the field of economic studies and business economics. In addition to general economics Degree Programmes, it offers law, business economics and management, mathematics-statistics courses as well as economics Degree Programmes focusing on specific sectors like tourism. San Giobbe Campus in Venice hosts most of the economic Departments, lecture rooms, lecturers’ offices and the library of economics. The branch sites at Treviso offer Degree Programmes in economics applied to specific sectors such as foreign trade, statistics and IT in corporate management.
The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures is one of the oldest in Italy. It offers a range of 40 Western and Eastern languages, each offering different curricula opportunities in literature and philology, linguistics, language teaching methodology, history, art and culture, archaeology, philosophy and religion. There is also a Degree Programme in the Italian Sign Language (LIS).
The Faculty headquarters are in San Sebastiano, Venice, while many of the lecture rooms are situated in the new San Basilio teaching centre. The branch site in Treviso offers a First Cycle Degree Programme in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation and a Second Cycle Degree Programme in Interpreting and Translation.
The Faculty of Humanities offers Degree Programmes in History, Literature and Philosophy, including fields of study such as Archaeology, Visual and Performing Arts, Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities, and Social Sciences.The Departments and the library of humanities are based in the Venice Malcanton-Marcorà complex, while most of the lecture rooms are housed in the Faculty headquarters at San Sebastiano and in the new San Basilio teaching centre.
The Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences was founded in the 1970s as a Faculty of industrial chemistry. Chemical studies are now applied to industry, restoration and materials engineering, with a particular focus on nanotechnologies and biotechnologies. The Degree Programmes are aimed to develop know-how to support the manufacturing sector with which the Faculty collaborates. Additional disciplines include environmental sciences and computer science. Most of the scientific Departments are housed in the University branch of Santa Marta in Venice. Works continue on the new Via Torino Campus in Mestre, which currently houses the Computer Science Department. Numerous research laboratories are situated in Marghera, in the Vega Science & Technology Park.
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