BAFilosofia
| Study location | Italy, Venice |
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| Type | Bachelor's degree, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3 years (180 ECTS) |
| Study language | Italian |
| Awards | BA |
| Course code | FT2/FIL/2014 |
| Tuition fee | €2,100 per year |
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| Application fee | €30 one-time This non-refundable fee allows you to apply for admission to a maximum of two programmes of study. |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Students must have attended school for at least 12 years. 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. |
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| Language requirements | English Italian ITALIAN 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: Chinese Marco Polo students can provide 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. ENGLISH If you do not satisfy this requirement at the moment of enrolment, you will be assigned an Additional Learning Requirement, or ALR, in English (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. |
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| Other requirements | Access to this programme is unrestricted. However, personal knowledge will be evaluated with an italian language written test and with a test on philosophy. For more information, please consult the programme’s dedicated web page at the section Enrol > Admission. Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: All non-EU 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. |
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Overview
This programme gives you a critical understanding of philosophy’s principal themes and the issues that have arisen in their historical development while exploring them in connection with other disciplines and research fields, including psychology, the human sciences, education studies and the arts.
It is the only university programme in Italy that reflects on the philosophical matters that are fundamental to our contemporary world and our increasingly globalised society. Two of the programme’s defining components are its integration of the human sciences (psychology, anthropology) and its coursework in the education sciences.
Thanks to the skills this programme helps you to develop, you will be ready to continue your education with a graduate degree or pursue a professional career in a variety of fields, including print and digital publishing and library and archive services.
This programme offers 3 curricula, or study paths, from which to choose. Explore this programme’s study plan (Study > Study plan > Enrolled in the 2023/2024 academic year)
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and History
- Philosophy and Human Sciences
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.
Career opportunities
Graduates are equipped to undertake advanced studies in the fields of philosophical and social analysis and educational counseling. They can also move on to a first-level professional master’s programme dealing with philosophy and philosophical counseling or with educational training and the science of cognition.
Possible career fields include:
- Library and archive services
- Human resources
- Communication
- Advertising
NB: The deadline to apply for admission in 2024/25 as a non-EU citizen residing outside Italy has already passed. The platform will begin accepting applications from these applicants for the 2025/26 academic year in December.
NB: The deadline to apply for admission in 2024/25 as a non-EU citizen residing outside Italy has already passed. The platform will begin accepting applications from these applicants for the 2025/26 academic year in December.