The pre-registration for the Spring 2018 semester opens on October 15, 2017.
Students can pre-register now from this link.
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 innovation and social changes, energy politics, and environmental and natural resource economics. 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 studies. Additional courses will be proposed, based on common principles of research through parallelisms and complementarities, such as Communicating Media and Politics and Comparative Studies on Nationalism.
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 course listing for Spring 2018 term is available online, descriptions and syllabi will soon be updated.
All students registered in degree programs at one of VIU's seventeen 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.
Dates to note:
Pre-registration to VIU portal available from October 15, 2017.
Registration for courses will open on January 10 (postponed to January 15) and will close on February 21, 2018.
In addition...
Through the Internships and Mobility ProgramMobility 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, in addition to scholarships to support Residency of Globalization Program students.
Quick links:
- Spring 2018 courses
- More information about registration procedures and admission requirements
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Venice International University!