BA Business Administration and Management

About the course

A three-year business degree taught entirely in English by the Venice School of Management, on Ca’ Foscari’s Economics campus in Venice (not Treviso). You study management, accounting, marketing, finance, organisation and people management, along with economics, law and quantitative methods. A curricular internship in Italy or abroad and a final thesis are part of the degree, and you can spend one or two semesters at a partner university. Graduates go into management, HR, marketing, accountancy, finance and sales, or on to a master’s. You graduate with an Italian Laurea in Economia Aziendale (class L-18).

Entry requirements for Irish students

• Foreign school qualifications: Ca’ Foscari asks for a secondary school diploma after at least 12 years of schooling, and every foreign diploma must be pre-assessed on apply.unive.it. The Leaving Certificate is not named. The 2026/27 calls do not mention a Declaration of Value or CIMEA statement, so ask the welcome@unive.it team which documents they need.
• Admission test: limited places, ranked on your TOLC-E score (the Italian-language TOLC-E; the English TOLC-E is not accepted). The CEnT-S (English, €55) and a SAT score (at least 880/1600 in 2026) are also accepted. You must have the result by the round’s deadline.
• Two selection rounds for EU applicants: spring (call published in March) and summer (call published in June). Irish citizens apply in the ‘non-visa’ category, the same as Italian and EU students.
• English: B2 is required. For this course you can enrol without it, but you must reach B2 by 30 September of your second year (an English ‘ALR/OFA’ exam). Ca’ Foscari exempts students whose school qualification came from studies taught entirely in English; check that the Leaving Certificate counts.

How to apply

1. Sit an accepted testBook a TOLC-E (Italian version) or CEnT-S (English) with CISIA, or use a SAT score. In 2026 the TOLC-E had to be sat by 30 April (spring) or 28 August (summer).
2. Get your diploma pre-assessedCreate an account on apply.unive.it and upload your school documents. Ca’ Foscari must assess every foreign school qualification before you can be admitted.
3. Register for a selection roundIn 2026 the spring round ran from 9 March to 30 April, and the summer round from 1 July to 28 August. The 2027 calls are normally published in March and June.
4. Accept and enrolIf your ranking is high enough, pay the €200 acceptance fee within the short window given (two to three days), then complete enrolment and upload your B2 English certificate.

Costs

• Tuition 2026/27: income-based. The most you pay is €2,177 tuition + €192 regional tax + €16 stamp duty = €2,385 a year. With an ISEE under €25,000 (and the merit rules met) you pay only the regional tax and stamp duty. The 2027/28 figures are not yet published.
• Extra costs: €30 application fee on apply.unive.it (covers up to two courses); TOLC-E €35 or CEnT-S €55; a €200 non-refundable acceptance fee, which comes off your first instalment.
• To get a reduced fee, your family needs an ISEE (an ISEE parificato for families living outside Italy). If you don’t get one, you pay the maximum.

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