BAAncient Civilizations for the Contemporary World (inter-university degree)

Study location	Italy, Venice | Milan
Type	Bachelor's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	LT7/GGG/2023

Tuition fee	€4,257 per year More information.

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.

Language requirements

English A minimum B2-level knowledge of English is required. Please make sure you upload one of the recognised language certifications as proof of your English language level. 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 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 online written entry test called English TEST HUMANITIES, which is offered by the provider CISIA. This test evaluates your reading and argumentation skills, the ability to draw general conclusions from specific observations, logical reasoning and interpretation and use of data. Applicants must register for and take the entry test in response to one of the calls for applications posted in the Application section of the programme’s webpage. PLEASE NOTE: non-European applicants requiring a visa MUST submit their application for admission during Session 1 (deadline of April 30).

More information	ancient-civilization.cdl.unimi.it/en

Overview

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

This markedly interdisciplinary programme is offered collaboratively by a number of departments at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Department of Asian and North African Studies; Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage; Department of Humanities) and the University of Milan La Statale (Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage; Department of Literary Studies, Philology and Linguistics).

Taught entirely in English, the programme is designed to explore the multi-faceted complexity of ancient civilizations that flourished in Europe, Northern Africa, and Eastern and Western Asia with the particular goal of learning about, and from, the past in order to be better capable of critically assessing the modern world’s complexities and challenges. As a result, the programme’s approach places special emphasis on the study of cultural intersection, exchange and tensions.

The degree’s study plan is organized in four areas, which together provide you with a solid knowledge and training in the study, management and promotion of the cultural heritage of various ancient civilizations:

• Tangible Cultural Heritage: history and interpretation
• Tangible Cultural Heritage: discovering, cataloguing, preserving and archiving
• Intangible Cultural Heritage: history, anthropology, philosophy, history of religions, law
• Intangible Cultural Heritage: languages and literatures

Explore this programme’s study plan.

Programme structure

This programme includes the following components:

• course work
• curricular internship, which can be carried out in Italy or abroad
• final thesis

Career opportunities

As a student enrolled in this programme, you would already acquire some professional experience before graduation thanks to the programme’s obligatory curricular internship. As a graduate, you would have the preparation you need in order to seek employment in various roles contexts, including, but not limited to the following:

• Cultural operator in charge of services such as the management and/or implementation of reception services at archaeological sites, museums, exhibitions, cultural associations, foundations, or similar bodies and institutions
• Collaborator in the cataloging of cultural heritage in foundations, cultural associations, auction houses, or similar bodies and institutions
• Assistant curator in the organization of exhibitions and cultural events
• Excavation technician or assistant
• Museum technician
• Cultural communicator or consultant for the entertainment industry in projects involving a historico-cultural nature