study architecture in Venice

Architecture in Venice is the project school.

Venice is the theater in which to develop a unique study experience, taking inexhaustible cues for one's future work.

A long tradition links Venice to its School of Architecture.

A tradition of masters who, from Carlo Scarpa to Aldo Rossi, taught you and recognized in this city the power to transmit the aspiration to beauty.

Architecture in Venice is a school that interprets the needs of a profoundly evolving world of profession: the idea that it transmits at every level is that designing means being able to read places, know their history, coordinate different disciplinary skills.

the three-year degree course in architecture

Characteristic trait of the degree course in Architecture is the continuous comparison between theory and practice, between knowledge and know-how, which allows the student a constant verification of learning.

The degree program in Architecture transmits to the student the cultural, methodological and technical knowledge that allows him, at the end of the three-year period, to work professionally with competence and autonomy; at the same time, it offers the educational bases to continue the studies in the master's degree course.

The first year of the course identifies and provides cultural horizons and basic languages;

the second year is dedicated to construction techniques and environmental control, while the third year is dedicated to the characterization of contemporary urban design.

W.A.Ve. Architecture Workshop in Venice

The Università Iuav di Venezia offers architecture students an experience of extraordinary effectiveness that has no equal in the world of university education: W.A.Ve. (Architecture Workshop in Venice).

The summer architectural design workshops involve all the three-year students under the guidance of thirty internationally renowned architects and professionals. During the three weeks of intensive work, students have the opportunity to get involved through a learning by doing learning experience thanks to a stimulating international context.

W.A.Ve. is a great atelier of creativity that ends with a collective exhibition, open to the city, of the projects and with the awarding of the best projects evaluated by an international jury.

after graduation

The three-year degree course prepares for the profession of junior architect (registered with the Professional Register of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects / Conservators / section B) that:

1. collaborates in the design, construction management, estimation and testing of building works, including public works;

2. designs and directs the work, carries out supervision, measurement, accounting, settlement, relating to simple civil constructions, with standardized methods and direct or instrumental surveys on current and / or historical buildings.

The graduates' professional profile can be further enriched by attending first-level masters courses and vocational courses or other training courses.