Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italian: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia), or simply Ca' Foscari, is a public research 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. The palace stands on the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and San Marco, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, while the rest of the University is scattered around the historical centre. Ca' Foscari in addition has campuses in Mestre and Treviso.
Latin: Venetiarum universitas in domo Foscari | |
Former name | Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio, Istituto Superiore di Economia e Commercio di Venezia |
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Type | Public |
Established | 6 August 1868 (1868-08-06) |
Rector | Tiziana Lippiello |
Students | 21,000[1] |
Location | , Veneto , Italy 45.4345°N 12.3265°E / 45.4345; 12.3265 |
Campus | Urban |
Website | unive |
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 "The Royal College of Commerce". As such, it is one of the oldest business schools in the world.[2] It became a full-fledged university in 1968. Ca' Foscari currently has eight departments and almost 21,000 students.[1][3]
Its teaching and research is centred around economics & business, humanities & cultural studies, and modern languages, particlarly the history and languages of Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.[4] Together with a northern grouping of Bocconi University, University of Bologna and University of Padua, Ca' Foscari's economics department is consistently ranked amongst the best in Italy.[5][6][7] As well, Ca' Foscari is consistently ranked amongst the best in Italy for modern languages, and educates a large number of translators for Italian civil service and business.[8]