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Università Ca' Foscari
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Università Ca' Foscari

📍 Calle Larga Ca’ Foscari 3246, Venezia, 30123🏗 1868-01-01

Ca’ Foscari isn’t just a university in Venice—it traces its origins to the moment the Veneto was absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy. The school was founded as the Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio by a Royal Decree dated 6 August 1868, with teaching beginning in December 1868. It’s housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca’ Foscari, on the Grand Canal between Rialto and San Marco, while the rest of the university is spread across the historical centre. That early focus matters: Ca’ Foscari became the first higher-education institute in commerce in Italy, and it later grew into a full-fledged university in 1968. In business education, it has a long timeline—today it is still described as the second oldest business school in the world, after the Institut Supérieur de Commerce d’Anvers founded in 1853. …

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