| Ca' Foscari, University of Venice | |
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| Università Ca' Foscari Venezia | |
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| Latin: Venetiarum Universitas in Domo Foscari | |
| Motto | Venetiarum universitas in domo Foscari (Latin) |
| Motto in English | University of the Venices in Foscari's house |
| Established | 1868 |
| Type | State-supported |
| Rector | Prof. Carlo Carraro |
| Students | 20,000 (2009) |
| Undergraduates | Economics, Economics and Finance, Administration and Control, Business Consultancy, Business economics and management, Business Law, Economics and Management of Complex Systems, Economics and Management of Networks, Economics of tourist systems, Economics of Local Development, Economics of International Trade, Marketing and Communication, Statistics and Business Information Systems. |
| Postgraduates | International Master in Economics and Finance, MBA in Health Care |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Sports teams | CUS Venezia (http://venus.unive.it/venescus/) |
| Website | [2], www.unive.it/ |
The Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italian Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, UNIVE) is an Italian university.
It takes its Venetian name from the university building, the Ca' Foscari (the Foscari house or palace), on the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and San Marco. This palace was the seat of the Royal Higher Commercial College, founded on August 6, 1868 as Italy's first higher education institute to deal with economics and commerce. The idea of establishing such a school arose after the annexation of the Veneto to Italy in 1866, and was particularly promoted by Luigi Luzzatti. The College was the first institute of its kind to have as its primary objective the training of businessmen, but also to serve as a training college for secondary school teachers of commercial subjects.
The institute became a university in 1968. It currently has four faculties. The University has around 20,000 students, and is also known as simply Università Ca' Foscari.
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Organization
The university is divided into four faculties:
- Faculty of Economics and Business
- Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature
- Faculty of Literature and Philosophy
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
Sports Teams
The Venice University Sports Centre (Venice CUS) offers university students the possibility to participate in a wide variety of sports in the facilities at Calle dei Guardiani: judo and personal defence, aerobics and other kinds of gymnastics, fitness, volleyball, basketball, tennis, handball and five-aside-football. There is also a sauna.
In the city centre and on the mainland there are also the facilities for rowing and voga alla veneta, sailing, canoeing and kayaking, golf, horse riding, free climbing and swimming.
The CUS also offers university members the possibility to take part in summer and winter camps. They also organise interfaculty tournaments of football, volleyball, basketball, tennis and five-a-side football.
See also
External links
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice Website (Italian) (English)
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice International students (English)
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