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Venice International University 17 Universities 11 Countries 3 Continents 1 Campus A global experience Venice International University Founded in 1995, VIU is something unique in the international academic panorama: a group of universities from all over the world sharing a common campus on the Island of San Servolo in the Venice lagoon. The member universities devise study programs to prepare their students to face today’s global challenges: Sustainable Development, Climate Change; Environmental Security, Ageing, Urban Growth, Innovation and Technology; Global Ethics and Human Rights; Cultural Heritage are central topics of VIU programs. VIU fulfils its role as a consortium by providing an innovative platform for transnational education, in which the interdisciplinary and comparative methods adopted enable students of all levels to consider multi-faceted problems through innovative approaches. VIU offers its support for research programs involving the various universities that form its network, and develops specific programs for advanced training. VIU Members The Universities that form VIU range from the Far East (China and Japan) to the Far West (USA and Québec) passing through the Mediterranean and Europe (Israel, Russia, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Italy). Université de Bordeaux KU Leuven Université de Lausanne Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich Università degli Studi di Padova Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Università Iuav di Venezia Consiglio Nazionale Duke University delle Ricerche - CNR Tsinghua University Durham, N.C. Università degli studi di Roma Beijing Boston College “Tor Vergata” Tongji University Boston, Mass European University Shanghai Institut Nationale de la Recherche at St. Petersburg - EUSP Waseda University Scientifique - INRS, Québec Tel Aviv University Tokyo The Globalization Program International PhD Academy | The program brings together talented, Global Challenges Series motivated students from the member Interdisciplinary workshops on major universities in a truly multicultural, societal challenges faced by humankind international and interdisciplinary today. PhD candidates will participate in environment. Each term 140+ students intensive programs at VIU. Increasingly, from the member universities come to it will be necessary for PhD students Venice to take part in VIU’s Globalization to possess, together with their area of Program. Students can attend one or two specialization, knowledge of these great semesters as part of their (Bachelor or challenges to complete and diversify their Master level) degree program in the home training and increase their adaptability university. They choose from a course during their future careers. The focus of offering of 20+ courses which are English- the series of Academies in 2017-2018 will taught by visiting professors from the be “Water”, “Sustainable Energies”, “Social member universities and are recognized for studies related to Indigenous Peoples”. credit. The program provides a powerful learning International PhD Academy | experience in which students develop their Interdisciplinary Training and Professional capacity for critical thinking and creative Skills series problem solving. Proactive research career development for A set of core courses is available each term, PhDs within academia or in the private focusing on three themes: sector. _ Italy During the intensive programs participants _ Cultures of the World take part in workshops that include _ Global Challenges Project management and financing; The Value of Networking; Science and Money; Two specialization tracks are offered, Communicating your Science; Ethics in providing courses focusing on: Science; Job Search Skills. _ Economics, Management and Digital Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage Graduate Seminars (Fall only) Thematic intensive seminars, on a focused _ Environmental Management and topic, approached from a multidisciplinary Sustainable Development (Spring only) perspective. The seminars are driven by interdepartmental cooperation, and it is Internships and Worldwide mobility expected that they will give rise to medium- Students of the Globalization Program and long-term projects involving the can apply for internships to gain work participating departments. experience in prestigious host institutions in Italy, or to pursue research for their Summer Schools master’s thesis at one of the member Intensive taught programs for graduate universities worldwide. The internships are students and post-doc researchers. supported by scholarships. Professors from at least two member universities participate in the development Graduate Activities and scientific coordination. The Summer The VIU Graduate Activities are a new area Schools are also open to students from non- recently developed by the partners at VIU member universities. and which support students in acquiring new knowledge, skills and transversal competences: TEDIS Program on Innovation Conferences and Seminars Research and higher education in the VIU offers its organizational support and fields of enterprise competitiveness and unique venue on the island of San Servolo local development within globalization to its Associated Members and other processes of world economy and enterprise Research Centers or Academic Institutions internationalization. TeDIS also promotes who wish to organize academic and and hosts initiatives which provide a scientific Conferences, Workshops and meeting platform for target groups of Seminars in cooperation with VIU. researchers, institutions, and policy- makers connected to the main research Campus focus areas: e-government, Creativity and The VIU Campus is located in San Servolo, Design, Transport and Logistics, Enterprise just a 10-minute boat ride away from Internationalization. St. Mark’s Square by public water-bus (Line n. 20 from San Zaccaria). TEN Program on Sustainability The facilities are generously provided by the Research and capacity-building activities owner of the island, the Metropolitan City to promote Sustainable Development at of Venice – a form of local government, a global level, with particular attention to and the entire island is managed by its emerging economies where target groups service company “San Servolo Servizi consist mainly of policy officers, professionals Metropolitani”. and experts. Green Economy, Environment Facilities on the island include a dozen Security, Urban Sustainability are the conference rooms and classrooms, wifi focus areas of the TEN program, while connection, a library, computer rooms, Capacity building, Knowledge sharing and offices, accommodation for over 300 guests, Dissemination are among the main activities. a park, a collection of works of art by The TEN Program promotes networking contemporary artists, a self-service cafeteria, among experts and stakeholders offering an a small café, sports courts, a barbecue grill, international platform for the exchange of and more... knowledge and information on Sustainability tools and policies developed at national and global level. Ageing Program Research and capacity-building activities with the goal of furthering the understanding of the ageing process from an interdisciplinary perspective, referring to the various domains such as economics, health sciences and sociology, in order to identify critical areas that affect health and social care of older people and address the challenges of demographic and societal changes in Europe and in the rest of the World. Target groups include experts and stakeholders, including PhD candidates, university researchers and professors, medical and social care professionals. Venice lnternational University Assembly Università Catherine Cornille François Bussy Boston College Ca’ Foscari Venezia Kebin He Université (Italy) de Lausanne (USA) Nouria Hernandez Université Pinjing He Città Metropolitana Bernd Huber di Venezia de Bordeaux Tongji University Oleg Kharkhordin (Italy) (France) Natalia Mazur Norimasa Morita Consiglio Nazionale Université European University delle Ricerche - de Lausanne Giuseppe Novelli at St. Petersburg National Research (Switzerland) Riccardo Pozzo Stephen Nowicki Council Università Yaron Oz Duke University (Italy) degli Studi di Padova Shouen Fang Gustavo Piga Duke University (Italy) Università di Roma Manuel Tunon (USA) Università “Tor Vergata” de Lara European University degli Studi di Roma Laurent Servant Margherita Turvani at St. Petersburg “Tor Vergata” (Italy) Université de (Russian Federation) Università Iuav Giuseppe Zaccaria Bordeaux Institut National di Venezia Giovanni Zanalda Toru Shinoda de la Recherche (Italy) Waseda University Scientifique Waseda University Maria Chiara Tosi (Canada) (Japan) Academic Council Università Iuav KU Leuven Carlo Giupponi di Venezia (Belgium) (Dean) Hans van Ess Ludwig Maximilians Board Shaul Bassi Ludwig Maximilians Universität Umberto Vattani Università Ca’ Foscari Universität (Germany) (President) Venezia Elisabeth Wallace Tel Aviv University Luigi Brugnaro Yves Bégin Boston College (Israel) (Vice President) Institut National Eyal Zisser Tongji University Carlo Giupponi de la Recherche Tel Aviv University Scientifique (China) (Dean) Jiane Zuo Tsinghua University Claude Arbour Franca Bimbi Tsinghua University Università di Padova (China) Michele Bugliesi Isola di San Servolo 30100 Venezia Tel. +39 041-2719511 Fax. +39 041-2719510 [email protected] www.univiu.org Venice International University Founded in 1995, VIU is a private no profit Association, which members are: Boston College,U.S.A;