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The pre-registration for the Spring 2017 semester opens on December 14, 2016.
Over 100 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 Environmental Management and Sustainable Development gives students with a background in the Social Sciences the opportunity to acquire skills that will be useful in developing careers in this field, training among others in coastal wetlands, macroeconomics and cconomic crises, and societal issues of the automobile. There will also be other excellent opportunities for students interested in the relationship and comparison between Asian and European cultures, but also in otherness, race and culture, and in gender studies. Additional courses will be proposed, based on common principles of research through parallelisms and complementarities, such as Shakespeare’s Venice, The History of Printing in Venice in the Renaissance, and The Mysteries of Italian Port Cities.
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 Spring 2017 term is now available, descriptions and syllabi will soon be 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. All students must 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, Università degli Studi di Padova and Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” can pre-register directly on VIU website.
Students from Waseda University who already attended the Fall 2016 term do not need to pre-register.
Pre-registration to VIU portal available from December 14, 2016.
Registration for courses will open on January 18 and will close on February 22, 2017.
In addition...
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 from this year also to support Residency of Globalization Program students.
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We are looking forward to welcoming you at Venice International University!
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