Globalization Program, Fall 2016 pre-registration opens

Globalization Program: Pre-registration for the Fall 2016 semester opens on May 2.
Over 130 students from all over the world will take courses on Italy, Cultures of the World and Global Challenges in the 15-week program.

The specialization track on Economics, Management and Digital Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage gives students with a background in the Humanities the opportunity to acquire skills that will be useful in developing careers in this field, training among others in economics and digital tools applyed to the humanities and multimedia communication, or studying art and architecture in Venice and UNESCO world heritage sites.

There will also be other excellent opportunities for students interested in the relationship and comparison between Asian and European cultures, but also intercultural exchange, and gender and politics. Additional courses will be proposed, based on common principles of research through parallelisms and complementarities, such as Everyday Life in Ancient Greece, and Jewish History and Culture.

The courses are interdisciplinary and are structured as seminars so as to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience among students from different academic and cultural backgrounds.

The full course listing for Fall 2016 term is now available and descriptions and syllabi have been updated.

All students registered in degree programs at one of VIU's fifteen Member Universities are eligible to apply for the Globalization Program. Courses are recognized for credit by the students' home universities. In order to register for courses, all students must prior pre-register via the VIU website after having submitted their application to the study abroad office of their home universities. Students from Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Università Iuav di Venezia and Università degli Studi di Padova can pre-register directly on VIU website.

Pre-registration to VIU portal available by May 2.

Registration for courses will open on July 20 and will close on September 7, 2016.

Through the Mobility Program the best students will be selected for internship opportunities abroad (eg. Tongji University - UNEP Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development, Duke University, MOCA Shanghai, UNESCO-WHITRAP) and in Italy (eg. Peggy Guggenheim Museum, La Biennale di Venezia, UNESCO Venice Office, eAmbiente-Venice, Italian National Research Council).

Scholarships are available to support internships in Italy and worldwide mobility for research, and this year also to support Residency of Globalization Program students.

  Read more about scholarship opportunities
  Check destinations available and testimonials of past students!

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