MAStoria dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea
| Study location | Italy, Venice |
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| Type | Master's degree, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 2 years (120 ECTS) |
| Study language | Italian |
| Awards | MA |
| Course code | FM7/GGG/2019 |
| Tuition fee | €2,300 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 | Minimum 3-year bachelor's degree (or higher) A minimum three-year undergraduate degree is required. READ MORE ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF YOUR APPLICATION Admission to this master’s degree programme is subject to your possession of specific minimum curricular requirements. A Teaching Committee will evaluate your undergraduate transcript of records to determine if you possess the necessary background knowledge to be admitted. READ MORE ABOUT THE MINIMUM CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS (to be updated soon for 2025/2026) 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 Please note: Ca’ Foscari University does not conduct any test to assess your knowledge of English as part of the application procedure. |
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| Other requirements | A motivation letter must be added to your application. |
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Overview
This programme provides the skills you need to become a historian or a curator in an archive, library or museum by exploring the history of cultures and religions as well as anthropology and sociology.
The programme equips you with a complete knowledge of reading methodologies, preparing you to analyse different types of literary, documentary, archival, iconographic and monumental materials as well as the survey techniques of studies focusing on primary sources.
These skills are essential for professional training in the fields of communication, teaching and the dissemination of academic knowledge, and the programme helps to further their development with workshops organised in museums, archives and libraries.
Explore this programme’s study plan (Study > Study plan > Enrolled in the 2023/2024 academic year)
Double Degree available
Students enrolled in this programme have the opportunity to obtain an international double degree with Université de Grenoble Alpes (France). Learn more about this opportunity on the university website at the section Study > Double Degree with Université de Grenoble Alpes.
Programme structure
This programme includes the following components:
- course work
- curricular internship
- final thesis
You can apply to carry out the double degrees outlined above, which would involve spending one of the two years of study at our partner university. Alternatively, you can request to spend one or two semesters abroad through Ca’ Foscari’s exchange programmes.
Your curricular internship can be carried out either in Italy or abroad.
Career opportunities
Graduates can employ the knowledge and skills acquired through the programme by seeking employment of a variety of kinds.
Possible career paths include:
• Historian
• Museum curator
• Publisher
• Journalist or writer
• Researcher or teacher
• Archive specialist
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Central European Time
This is the first admission round for the 2025/26 academic year. To see the others in which you are eligible to apply, insert your citizenship on this platform’s homepage and then consult the relevant news item that appears in the homepage’s news section.