Ca' Foscari University of Venice

{{Short description|Public university in Venice, Italy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox university | name = Ca' Foscari University of Venice | native_name = | logo = | logo_size = 100px | latin_name = Venetiarum universitas in domo Foscari | former_name = Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio, Istituto Superiore di Economia e Commercio di Venezia | image = Logo Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.svg | image_size = | image_alt = Ca' Foscari and Palazzo Giustinian, seat of Ca' Foscari University | caption = | Motto = | established = {{start date|1868|8|6|df=yes}} | type = Public | endowment = | administrative_staff = | rector = Tiziana Lippiello | students = 21,000<ref name=anag/> | city = [[Venice]] | state = [[Veneto]] | country = Italy | coor = {{coord|45.4345|12.3265|type:edu_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | campus = Urban | website = {{URL|unive.it/}} }} '''Ca' Foscari University of Venice''' ({{langx|it|Università Ca' Foscari Venezia}}), or simply '''Ca' Foscari''', is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] and [[business school]] in [[Venice]], Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the [[Venetian Gothic architecture|Venetian Gothic]] [[Ca' Foscari|palace]] of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes its name. The palace stands on the [[Grand Canal (Venice)|Grand Canal]], between the [[Rialto]] and [[San Marco di Venezia|San Marco]], in the [[sestiere]] of [[Dorsoduro]], while the rest of the University is scattered around the historical centre. In addition to the historical centre of Venice, Ca' Foscari also has campuses in [[Mestre]] and [[Treviso]].

Ca' Foscari was founded in 1868 after the annexation of the Veneto region in the [[Kingdom of Italy]] as the ''Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio'' (Royal College of Commerce)''.'' As such, it is the second oldest business school in the world, after the [[University of Antwerp|Institut Supérieur de Commerce d'Anvers]], founded in 1853.<ref name="Kaplan2014">{{cite journal |last=Kaplan |first=Andreas M |date=2014 |title=European Management and European Business Schools: Insights from the History of Business Schools |journal=European Management Journal |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=529–534 |doi=10.1016/j.emj.2014.03.006}}</ref> Ca' Foscari expanded throughout the 1900s and became a full-fledged university in 1968. It currently has eight departments and almost 21,000 students, and is Venice's biggest university.<ref name=anag/><ref name="paladini" />

[[File:Palazzo Giustinian + Ca' Foscari Venedig.jpg|alt=The Ca' Foscari Palace|thumb|260x260px|The [[Ca' Foscari Palace]] seen from the Grand Canal.]] Its teaching and research is centred around [[Business economics|economics & business]], [[humanities]], and [[modern language]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.unive.it/pag/252/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Università Ca' Foscari Venezia |language=it |archive-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528004416/https://www.unive.it/pag/252/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History == [[File:Università Ca' Foscari Venezia San Giobbe.png|thumb|San Giobbe Campus, Ca' Foscari's Department of Economics.|alt=San Giobbe Campus|261x261px]] Ca' Foscari was founded as the "Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio" (Royal College of Commerce) by a Royal Decree dated 6 August 1868, and teaching commenced in December of the same year. The idea of establishing such a school had arisen after the annexation of the [[Veneto]] to the new [[Kingdom of Italy]] in 1866, and was promoted by three people in particular: the [[Political economy|political economist]] [[Luigi Luzzatti]], later [[Prime Minister of Italy]]; Edoardo Deodati, [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|senator]] of the Kingdom of Italy and vice-president of the [[province of Venice]]; and the Sicilian political economist [[Francesco Ferrara]], director of the school for its first thirty years.<ref name=paladini/>

The school was the first institute of higher education in [[commerce]] in Italy.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kaplan | first1 = Andreas | year = 2014 | title = European management and European business schools: Insights from the history of business schools | doi = 10.1016/j.emj.2014.03.006 | journal = European Management Journal | volume = 32| issue = 4| pages = 529–534}}</ref> It also had a diplomatic section to train and educate Diplomats and [[Commercial diplomacy|commercial consular staff]] for overseas service and international law. In addition, Ca' Foscari was also created to operate as a [[teacher training college|training college]] for secondary school teachers of commercial subjects. Foreign languages were taught from the start as well as the study of foreign cultures. The school was parallelled only by the [[University of Antwerp|Institut Supérieur de Commerce d'Anvers]], founded in 1853 in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]].<ref name=paladini/> Today, Ca' Foscari is still a specialised university for the study of business economics, humanitites and languages.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Università Ca' Foscari Venezia San Sebastiano.JPG|thumb|San Sebastiano Campus.|alt=San Sebastiano Campus|351x351px]] Following the establishment of a national syllabus for university teaching in 1935, the Istituto Superiore di Economia e Commercio di Venezia, as it was by then called, was authorised to award four-year ''laurea'' degrees.<ref name=rd/> In 1968 it obtained university status, and the name was changed to Università degli Studi di Venezia. In the following year two new faculties were created, of [[industrial chemistry]] and of philosophy and letters.<ref name=paladini/>

Currently, Ca' Foscari hosts eight strategic research centers:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Centri|url=http://unive.it/pag/12402/|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Università Ca' Foscari Venezia|language=it}}</ref> the Center for Cultural Heritage and Technology,<ref>{{Cite web|title=CCHT@Ca'Foscari|url=https://www.iit.it/it/centers/ccht-cafoscari|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia|language=it-it|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126110134/https://www.iit.it/it/centers/ccht-cafoscari|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=CMCC@Ca'Foscari|url=https://www.cmcc.it/research-organization/joint-programs/cmcccafoscari|access-date=2021-02-25|website=CMCC|language=en-US}}</ref> the European Centre for Living Technology,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.unive.it/pag/23664/?L=1|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Università Ca' Foscari Venezia|language=en}}</ref> the [https://hscif.org/venice/ Center for Humanities and Social Change] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908215521/https://hscif.org/venice/ |date=8 September 2024 }}, the [https://www.unive.it/pag/11651/?no_cache=1 Institute for Global Challenges], the [https://www.unive.it/pag/36676/ Marco Polo Centre], the [https://www.unive.it/pag/39287 Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities], and the [https://www.unive.it/pag/35190 Venice Centre in Economic and Risk Analytics for Public Policies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207155952/https://www.unive.it/pag/35190/ |date=7 December 2024 }}.

== Organisation == The university is divided into eight departments:<ref name=miur/> * Economics * Philosophy and cultural heritage * Management * Environmental science, computer science and statistics * Molecular science and nanosystems * Linguistic and comparative cultural studies * Humanities * Asian and Mediterranean African studies

It also hosts the European Centre for Living Technology as well as a Law Center.

== Rankings == {{Infobox university rankings | THE_W = 601–800<small> (2020)</small> | THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/ca-foscari-university-venice|title=World University Rankings 2020 – Ca' Foscari University of Venice|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref> | QS_W = =660 | QS_W_ref = <ref name=":QSW2026">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings}}</ref> | USNWR_W = 941<small> (2020)</small>| USNWR_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/universita-ca-foscari-venezia-529000|title=U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2019 – Universita Ca Foscari Venezia|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> |QS_W_year=2026}}The [[QS World University Rankings|QS World University Ranking]] by subject has placed Ca’ Foscari of Venice among the top 100 universities in the world for modern languages, among the top 150 in the world for humanities, and among the top 200 in the world for economics and management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ca-foscari-university-venice/undergrad|title=Ca' Foscari University of Venice|date=2012-12-13|website=Top Universities|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref>

The university also ranked as the third best public university in Italy for their quality of research according to [[ANVUR]] (the National Agency for the Evaluation of University Research Systems) in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unive.it/pag/14024/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=2560&cHash=64e03f51b9c2db0b160c5f9ada0d294c|title=ANVUR evaluation: Ca' Foscari's excellent research|website=www.unive.it|language=it|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref>

== Notable alumni == Among the alumni of the university are: *[[Sio (cartoonist)|Simone Albrigi]], comic artist, known by the pen name “Sio” *[[Michele Boldrin]], economist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michele Boldrin {{!}} Department of Economics |url=https://economics.wustl.edu/people/Michele_Boldrin |access-date=2018-09-05 |website=economics.wustl.edu |language=en |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905215114/https://economics.wustl.edu/people/Michele_Boldrin |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Carlo Carraro]], economist and Ca' Foscari's president between 2009 and 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=CARRARO Carlo – Unive |url=https://www.unive.it/data/5115/5592277/curriculum |access-date=2018-10-23 |website=www.unive.it |language=it}}</ref> * [[Paolo Costa (politician)|Paolo Costa]], economist and politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=COSTA Paolo – Unive |url=https://www.unive.it/data/persone/5592991/curriculum |access-date=2018-10-23 |website=www.unive.it |language=it}}</ref> *[[Ida d'Este]], educator, politician and partisan<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-10 |title=10 febbraio 1917: nasce Ida D’Este |url=https://wordnews.it/2022/02/10/10-febbraio-1917-nasce-ida-deste/ |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=WordNews |language=it-IT}}</ref> *[[Giuseppe De'Longhi]], businessman<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |title=Giuseppe De'Longhi |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/giuseppe-delonghi/ |access-date=12 May 2015 |website=Forbes}}</ref> *[[Nicolò Degiorgis]], artist, publisher, curator *[[Peppe (artist)|Giuseppe Durato]], manga artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evento: Giuseppe Durato: da Ca’ Foscari alla produzione di manga in Giappone – Unive |url=https://www.unive.it/data/agenda/4/55422 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Università Ca' Foscari Venezia |language=it}}</ref> *[[Barbara Frale]], historian<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gręźlikowski |first=Janusz |date=2016-06-08 |title=Roman Walczak, Sede vacante come conseguenza della perdita di un ufficio ecclesiastico nel Codice di Diritto Canonico del 1983, Città del Vaticano, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2015, ss. 330 |journal=Teologia i Człowiek |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=177 |doi=10.12775/ticz.2015.058 |issn=2391-7598 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[Massimiliano Frani]], pianist<ref>{{Citation |last=Crawford |first=Richard |title=Oxford Music Online |date=2002 |chapter=Porgy and Bess |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o004106}}</ref> *[[Mario Fratti]], playwright and drama critic *[[Lilli Gruber]], politician, author, journalist and TV-personality<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gruber, maestra nel maltrattare gli ospiti sgraditi |language=it |work=ilGiornale.it |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/gruber-maestra-nel-maltrattare-ospiti-sgraditi-1107933.html |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref> *[[Carla Lavatelli]], Italian-American artist *[[Beatrice Leanza]], curator *[[Giancarlo Ligabue]], palaeontologist and politician *[[Ugo La Malfa]], politician<ref>{{Cite book |last=MIRENO |first=BERRETTINI |title=La Gran Bretagna e l'Antifascismo italiano. Diplomazia clandestina, Intelligence, Operazioni Speciali (1940–1943) |date=2010 |publisher=Italy |oclc=890908714}}</ref> *[[Rina Macrelli]], screenwriter and essayist *[[Roberto Meneguzzo]], banker and investor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/02/20/palladio-quo-vadis-relazioni-amici-ambizioni-di.html|title=Palladio, quo vadis? Relazioni, amici e ambizioni di Roberto Meneguzzo – la Repubblica.it|work=Archivio – la Repubblica.it|access-date=2018-10-23|language=it}}</ref> *[[Damiano Michieletto]], opera director<ref name="ROH">{{cite web |title=Damiano Michieletto |url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/damiano-michieletto |access-date=18 June 2015 |website=ROH}}</ref> *[[Sara Moretto]], politician *[[Lionello Perera]], banker, patron of the arts<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mantoan |first=Diego |title=Lionello Perera: An Italian Banker and Patron in New York |date=2022 |publisher=Vernon Press |isbn=978-1-64889-442-8}}</ref> *[[Flaminio Piccoli]], politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=PICCOLI, Flaminio in "Dizionario Biografico" |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/flaminio-piccoli_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |access-date=2018-10-23 |website=www.treccani.it |language=it-IT}}</ref> *[[Renzo Rosso]], businessman, founder of the clothing brand Diesel<ref>{{Cite book|title=Be Stupid: For Successful Living|last=Rosso|first=Renzo|publisher=Rizzoli|year=2011|isbn=978-0-8478-3758-8|location=Venezia|pages=32}}</ref> *[[Francesca Trivellato]], historian * [[Paul Watzlawick]], philosopher and psychologist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psicoterapiainterazionista.it/paul-watzlawick/|title=Paul Watzlawick {{!}} Istituto di Psicoterapia Interazionista Psicopraxis|website=www.psicoterapiainterazionista.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2018-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160710/http://www.psicoterapiainterazionista.it/paul-watzlawick/|archive-date=23 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Lella Vignelli]], architect and designer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=2016-12-28 |title=Lella Vignelli, a Designer With a Spare, Elegant Style, Dies at 82 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/business/lella-vignelli-death.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[Guglielmo Cinque]], linguist *[[Homayoun Ershadi]], actor and architect<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=2025-11-16 |title=Homayoun Ershadi, 78, Dies; ‘Kite Runner’ and ‘Taste of Cherry’ Star |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/obituaries/homayoun-ershadi-dead.html |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>

== See also == *[[List of universities in Italy]]

== References == {{Reflist|45em|refs= <ref name=anag>[http://anagrafe.miur.it/cerca.php?misure%5B%5D=iscr&filtra-anno-accademico=2012&filtra-tipo-laurea=&filtra-area=&filtra-classe=&filtra-regione-univ=5&filtra-universita=36&filtra-facolta=&filtra-regione-sede=&filtra-provincia-sede=&filtra-comune-sede=&filtra-cittadinanza=&filtra-tipo-nazionalita=&filtra-regione-res=&filtra-provincia-res=&filtra-tipo-diploma=&filtra-fascia-voto-diploma=&filtra-anno-diploma=&filtra-fascia-eta=&filtra-sesso=&filtra-anno-corso=&filtra-parola-chiave=&module=Anagrafe&action=Risultati&gruppo%5B%5D=anno-accademico&gruppo%5B%5D=universita&gruppo%5B%5D=classe&gruppi_js=anno-accademico%3Auniversita%3Aclasse Regione ateneo: VENETO; Ateneo: "Ca' Foscari" di Venezia; Anno accademico: 2012/2013]. Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca: Anagrafe Nazionale Studenti. Accessed March 2014.</ref>

<ref name=miur>[http://cercauniversita.cineca.it/index.php?module=strutture&page=StructureSearchParams&advanced_serch=1&action=submit#titcen Università "Ca' Foscari" Venezia] (in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed March 2014.</ref>

<ref name=paladini>Giannantonio Paladini (1996). ''Profilo Storico dell'Ateneo'' (in Italian). Venice: Università Ca' Foscari; cited at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080718223100/http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=74 Profilo storico]. Archived 18 July 2008.</ref>

<ref name=rd>Cesare Maria De Vecchi di Val Cismon, for Vittorio Emanuele III (28 November 1935). [http://augusto.digitpa.gov.it/gazzette/index/download/id/1935284_P1 Norme relative agli insegnamenti che debbono essere impartiti nelle Università e negli Istituti superiori, Regio decreto 28 novembre 1935–XIV n. 2044] (in Italian). ''Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia''. {{nobreak|'''284''' (6 December 1935): 5565.}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *Mario Isnenghi e Stuart Woolf, ''L’Ottocento e il Novecento'', Roma, Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, 2002. *Giuseppe Maria Pilo et alii (a cura di), ''Ca’ Foscari. Storia e restauro del palazzo dell’Università di Venezia'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|88-317-8857-4}}. }}

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