Venice International University (VIU) Network
The Venice International University (VIU) is an international academic consortium that, through its Globalization Program, offers English-taught courses on major global issues, providing students with a unique immersive experience in Venice.
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If your wish is to study the dynamics of globalization in an international academic setting, to engage with students and faculty from diverse disciplines and cultures, and to experience an immersive stay in Venice, then the Globalization Program of the Venice International University is for you.
The VIU's Globalization Program is the main semester-long training programme offered to students from member institutions. Each year, the partner universities work together to develop a programme that prepares their students to tackle the global issues of today's world.
Every semester, more than 140 Bachelor's and Master's students from all over the world take part in the programme, choosing from around twenty courses taught in English by lecturers from the member universities.
You can find out more about the programme on the VIU website.
Target audience:
- In principle, all students at UNIL
Geographical area covered:
- Venice, Italy
- Attend the information session on university exchanges organised by your faculty or section/school at the beginning of the academic year.
- Consult your faculty's website for outgoing mobility.
- Find out during which period of your course you can go on an exchange.
- Examine the Globalization Program course programme and check that it is compatible with your course at UNIL.
- Make an appointment with your studies and mobility adviser to ensure that the courses you plan to take at VIU will be recognised upon return.
- Duly complete and sign the application form and the Learning Agreement corresponding to your profile, available below.
- Send your complete application by the deadline to studentmobility@unil.ch (application form, Learning Agreement, CV, cover letter and transcript). If you are applying for both the VIU and another SEMP or faculty destination, please put your studies and mobility adviser in copy of your email.
Please note that you must prepare your application in English!
A first application deadline is set for 20 February for the following academic year. Then, if there are any places left, a second application deadline is set for 15 April, again for the following academic year.