OpenFieldFounded in 1868 as Italy's first business school, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia is a world-class public university housed in gothic palazzi overlooking the Grand Canal of Venice. Globally celebrated for economics, management, Asian and Middle Eastern languages and cultures, environmental humanities, and climate science, Ca' Foscari hosts Italy's foremost doctoral program in the Science and Management of Climate Change (in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change - CMCC) and expansive European research projects.
Review checked academic pathways and funding options below:
Joint doctoral research program with the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), training future leaders in climate dynamics, vulnerability assessment, adaptation economics, and international climate treaties.
Two-year international Master of Science in English offering specialized tracks in Quantitative Finance, Risk Management, and Sustainable Economics at Ca' Foscari's Department of Economics in San Giobbe.
Doctoral research conducted at the Scientific Campus in Via Torino, leveraging the Venice Lagoon natural laboratory to investigate marine sediment contamination, sea level rise impacts, and coastal wetland restoration.
Two-year English-taught Master's program combining Venetian art history, architectural heritage preservation, photogrammetry, and digital archiving for global museums and cultural institutions.
Postdoctoral research fellowship at NICHE in Venice, exploring coastal human-water relationships, environmental literature, and public humanities responses to ecological crises.
Eight-week summer research placement at the Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP) on the Ca' Foscari scientific campus, analyzing trace organic markers and paleoclimate dust in Alpine and Antarctic ice cores.
Three-year fixed-term Assistant Professorship (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato Tipologia A) at the Department of Management, conducting empirical research on green bonds, ESG investment metrics, and climate financial risk.
Tuition fees at Ca' Foscari are calculated on a progressive scale according to the student's family economic situation (ISEE Parificato). For international students from non-OECD countries, tuition is capped at €156 to €1,200 per year. Admitted doctoral candidates receive fully funded state scholarships of approximately €1,400 net per month (€16,243/year gross) plus a 50% stipend increase during research periods abroad and €3,000 research mobility allowances.
Distinguished researchers and laboratory heads at Università Ca' Foscari:
Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Director of the Institute of Polar Sciences · Paleoclimatology, Ice Core Chemistry, Trace Element Geochemistry, Polar Sciences
Professor of Environmental Economics and ERC Grantee · Climate Change Economics, Energy Demand, Adaptation Policy, Environmental Econometrics
Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Dean of the Department of Environmental Sciences · Environmental Chemistry, Aerosol Science, Pollution Dynamics, Marine Chemistry
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