Mediazione linguistica e culturale

Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Italy, Venice

School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship Italy, Treviso

Study location	Italy, Treviso
Type	Bachelor's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	BA
Course code	LT5/GGG/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

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.

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.

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	English 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. 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 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 A minimum B1-level knowledge of English is also required. Please make sure you upload one of the certifications we recognise as proof of your English language level. Exemption categories 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.

Language requirements

English

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.

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 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
A minimum B1-level knowledge of English is also required.
Please make sure you upload one of the certifications we recognise as proof of your English language level.

Exemption categories

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.

Other requirements	This is a limited-admission programme that requires you to take an entry test. non-EU applicants take the entry test via Skype. If the preliminary evaluation of your documentation by the Counseling and Welcome Unit is successful, you will be sent instructions for reserving the date and time of your entry test; EU applicants must “register for and take an entry test. The calls for applications are posted on the programme’s dedicated web page at the section Enrol > Admission. Please make sure the page is updated with the call for application relevant for the academic year in which you plan to begin your studies! 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.

Other requirements

This is a limited-admission programme that requires you to take an entry test.

non-EU applicants take the entry test via Skype. If the preliminary evaluation of your documentation by the Counseling and Welcome Unit is successful, you will be sent instructions for reserving the date and time of your entry test;
EU applicants must “register for and take an entry test. The calls for applications are posted on the programme’s dedicated web page at the section Enrol > Admission.

Please make sure the page is updated with the call for application relevant for the academic year in which you plan to begin your studies!

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/lt5

Would you like to work in linguistic and cultural mediation, in international communications or in tourism?
This programme prepares you to do so with a professional approach, providing you with an interdisciplinary education that includes specific language courses for English and Spanish, international law and business economics. It also incorporates coursework addressing negotiation, translation and linguistics as well as the cultural and institutional characteristics of English- and Spanish-speaking regions.

Thanks to the skills and knowledge you acquire, you can apply to be a linguistic consultant, translator or interpreter, and you will be capable of assisting with international negotiations or contributing to the international development of an institution.

Explore this programme’s study plan (Study > Study plan > Enrolled in the 2024/2025 academic year)

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.

Graduates are prepared for a varied range of employment opportunities: