BAConservazione e gestione dei beni e delle attività culturali

Study location	Italy, Venice
Type	Bachelor's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	BA
Course code	FT1/E00/2021

Tuition fee	€2,100 per year More information
Application fee	€30 one-time This non-refundable fee allows you to apply for admission to a maximum of two programmes of study. How to pay the fee

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) Students must have attended school for at least 12 years in order to be eligible to enrol in a bachelor’s degree offered by an Italian university. READ MORE ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF YOUR APPLICATION The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. If your documents are not in English or Italian, please upload the original documentation or a verified copy of it AS WELL AS a professional translation in English or Italian. You can obtain professional translations either in your country or in Italy, and they can be issued by professional translators, a local court of law or court interpreters.

Language requirements

Italian ITALIAN A minimum B2-level knowledge of Italian is required for enrolment. Please make sure you upload one of the certifications we recognise as proof of your language level. LANGUAGE CERTIFICATIONS WE RECOGNIZE You can apply to this programme even if you have yet to obtain a language certification, but in order to complete your enrolment you will need to provide one or take a preliminary Italian language test organised either on Skype or on campus before the academic year begins. You are exempted from needing to provide evidence of your proficiency in Italian if: • Italian is your mother tongue; or • you are an EU citizen (regardless of citizenship and residence). Chinese Marco Polo students can provide a language certification indicating either a B1- or a B2-level knowledge of Italian. Chinese Marco Polo students enrolling with a certified B1-level knowledge of Italian must achieve a certified B2-level knowledge of the language by the end of the first year of their studies.

Other requirements

This is an open admission programme without an entry test. However, personal knowledge will be evaluated with an Italian language written test. All international students (even those holding an Italian language certification and those who passed Ca’ Foscari’s Italian test) will be assigned an Additional Learning Requirement, or ALR, in Italian (Obbligo Formativo Aggiuntivo – OFA) that must be satisfied by the end of your first year of study (deadline of September 30) by passing an exam. Passing the ALR exam may be necessary in order to take other exams included in your study plan.

More information	unive.it/degree/ft1

Overview

Would you like a career as a conservation specialist or an artistic heritage manager? This innovative programme is designed to help you achieve this goal.

This programme offers four curricula, or study paths, from which to choose:

• Archeologico (Archaeology)
• Storia dell’arte (Art History)
• Economia e gestione delle arti (Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities)
• Tecniche artistiche dello spettacolo (Performing Arts and Media Studies)

The programme incorporates both historic and artistic aspects because working in the field of cultural heritage requires you to have an in-depth knowledge of a specific historical context. Depending on the curriculum you choose, you also acquire methodological skills in management (legislation), conservation (restauration, maintenance, prevention), documentation (cataloguing, graphic reproduction), promotion (project design, finding resources and funding, financial planning) and cultural heritage.

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Programme structure

This programme includes the following components:

• course work
• curricular internship
• final thesis

You can request to spend one or two semesters at a partner university through Ca’ Foscari’s exchange programmes.
Your curricular internship can be carried out either in Italy or abroad.

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Career opportunities

Graduates can find employment in local government and with agencies involved in the protection, conservation and management of archaeological and historical-artistic heritage or the in promotion of artistic events, the performing arts and the culture industry.

Possible careers include:

• Event organiser
• Television, film and theatre producer
• Museum professional
• Art valuation