Today, protecting and safeguarding cultural heritage requires a proactive approach, oriented toward the future and capable of engaging with all events (natural and conflict-related) that make heritage vulnerable, from tourism pressure to climate change.
The single-cycle degree programme offered by Iuav is highly competitive at national level, set in a city that possesses an extraordinary architectural, urban and landscape heritage and that is itself an unparalleled laboratory for restoration and conservation culture.

The five-year programme provides you with a solid educational foundation and a wide range of interdisciplinary activities, scientific contributions from national and international experts, and a body of knowledge developed by Iuav through years of experience in reconstruction in risk areas, both in prevention and in emergency and post-emergency management. You will have the opportunity to undertake internships in public and private institutions.
You will develop the ability to oversee the entire conservation and design process, from preliminary phases to supervision of execution and long-term maintenance of the work.

After graduation, you will be able to work with competence and autonomy in all activities related to the profession of architect, recognised at European level, in both decision-making and operational roles, in public and private contexts. You may also access the School of Specialisation in Architectural and Environmental Heritage (SSIBAP), qualifying for positions as architect officials within the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Il cantiere di restauro di Palazzo Farnese a Roma | The restoration site of Palazzo Farnese in Rome

Rilievo tramite drone | Survey carried out using a drone

Acqua alta in Piazza San Marco | High water in Piazza San Marco

Sopralluogo | Site inspection

Venice provides lifelong inspiration. An uninterrupted tradition links Venice to its School of Architecture. Masters such as Carlo Scarpa and Aldo Rossi, who taught at Iuav, were affected by the beauty of Venice and translated it into their works.
Iuav caters for the needs of rapidly changing professional environments and is fully committed to teaching design and planning as interpretations of spaces, knowledge of their history and synergy of multidisciplinary competencies and skills.

During the two-year study programme, you will acquire all the necessary competencies to become architectural designer and thinker able to move towards a career in architecture as independent and inventive practitioners. You will also acquire the knowledge to enhance your communication skills and gain expertise in contemporary architectural fields.

The English-taught MA in architecture provides education and training for internationally oriented architects in accordance with the Directive of the European Parliament 2005/36/CE. It offers you excellent preparation for the changing demands of society, both in the technical-scientific area and the humanities. It trains how to cope with present-day problems related to urban and natural landscapes while focusing on the conservation and transformation of different architectural and urban contexts, with particular attention to environmental, economic and social sustainability.

MA students are highly qualified to hold important positions in both national and international architectural firms. They can work in public institutions, private practices and public companies in construction, urban and regional planning.

Wave – Architecture workshop in Venice

Wave – Architecture workshop in Venice

Wave – Architecture workshop in Venice

Venice is more than a unique place to study mobility. It is a living laboratory. Few places in the world offer such an extraordinary concentration of mobility systems within a single urban environment. Water, land, and air transport coexist, interact, and converge in a complex and highly integrated system. In Venice, mobility is not simply a subject to be studied: it is a reality to be experienced, observed, and understood in all its dimensions.

Building on this exceptional context, the Master's degree offers a distinctive and competitive educational experience in the Italian and international landscape. Students develop a broad and integrated understanding of transport and mobility, combining advanced technical knowledge with interdisciplinary perspectives. The programme is enriched by internships with leading companies and organisations, international study opportunities, and integrated design workshops - an educational approach that represents one of the distinctive strengths of the Iuav University of Venice.

The programme looks at mobility as a system, not as a collection of separate sectors. Transport safety, logistics, infrastructure, mobility planning, operations, technology, and design are addressed as interconnected components of a broader and increasingly complex ecosystem. This systemic perspective distinguishes the programme from more specialised degrees that approach transport from a predominantly sectoral standpoint, focusing on individual domains such as safety, logistics, or vehicle design. But the world of mobility is changing - and changing fast.

This Master's degree responds to one of the most profound transformations shaping the future of transport: the digitalisation and automation of mobility systems. Artificial intelligence, connected infrastructures, autonomous technologies, data-driven decision-making, and emerging mobility services are redefining how transport systems are planned, designed, operated, and managed.

These transformations demand a new generation of professionals. Professionals who can move beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries, understand complex systems, work with advanced technologies, and anticipate the consequences of decisions in an increasingly uncertain and interconnected world.

This Master's degree is designed to educate these professionals.

The programme prepares the infrastructure and mobility manager of the future: a highly skilled professional capable of understanding, designing, implementing, managing, maintaining, and preserving complex transport systems and major infrastructure throughout their entire lifecycle.

A professional who does not simply manage today's mobility systems, but is equipped to shape the mobility systems of tomorrow. And there is perhaps no better place to begin this journey than Venice.

Sustainable transportation and smart maritime mobility

Today, creative and communicative forms such as cinema and television have expanded into the field of visual arts and, more broadly, into all domains of creativity. The term Expanded Cinema encompasses many expressions: from artists’ films to documentary and experimental cinema, from remediation practices in museum installations to interactive forms enabled by new technologies.

The new Master’s Degree Programme in Visual Arts and Expanded Cinema at Iuav responds to the growing demand for high-level cultural and artistic professionals capable of leading creative and production processes in the fields of visual arts and communication. Teaching combines theoretical and critical courses, led by professors and researchers in semiotics, art theory, philosophy of science, and aesthetics, with practical laboratories and workshops (partly taught in English), guided by curators and artists active in the international art world. The programme follows the most advanced international models of practice-based art research, allowing students to develop both individual and collective projects, and to complete their first original artistic works.

After graduation, a wide range of professional opportunities becomes available, in both public and private institutions working in the fields of visual arts, communication, and performance, as well as in radio, television, and multimedia production, and in specialised research and consultancy. Possible career paths include: visual artist, curator, filmmaker, videomaker, archive producer, consultant for auction houses or private and public collections, art critic, art historian, art director in publishing and advertising, artistic director in television, creative industries, festivals, and cultural institutions.

Studentesse e studenti di Arti visive e cinema espanso a Ca' Tron | Visual Arts and Expanded Cinema students at Ca’ Tron

Prove di suono | Sound tests

Esercitazione | Practice

"Omaggio di Venezia a Palmyra". Canto per immagini, parole, suoni "Omaggio di Venezia a Palmyra". Canto per immagini, parole, suoni | “Homage of Venice to Palmyra”. Song of images, words, sounds

Laboratorio di Arti visive tenuto da René Gabri | Visual Arts Studio led by René Gabri

Workshop diretto da Marta Kuzma | Workshop directed by Marta Kuzma

Iuav is among Europe’s leading academic institutions, excelling in the education of creative talents and in the field of fashion studies.
The Master’s degree programme, in Italian and English, prepares an internationally oriented professional profile capable of addressing changes in fashion as a cultural, creative, and productive system. It draws on the heritage of Made in Italy, taking into account the most pressing issues of contemporary society, through an extensive network of relationships with industry.

The programme is structured as a collaborative learning community and articulates into two pathways: Fashion Design and Fashion Ecologies. Fashion Design fosters creative and critical autonomy, experimental design practices, and a solid cultural awareness. Fashion Ecologies offers practical and theoretical skills to guide the transition of the fashion system toward innovative models that prioritise responsibility, social equity, well-being, and sustainability.
Hands-on workshops and studio practice provide students with the opportunity to develop individual projects and to engage with collective design experiences. Design activities are individually supervised by faculty members, including professionals and experts. The programme regularly collaborates with companies, institutions, universities and research centres, archives, and museums, enabling students to fulfil their internships.

The programme qualifies students for a variety of professional roles in the fashion field, including: fashion designer in companies or for one’s own brand; creative direction; curation of cultural projects in public or private institutions, such as museums, foundations, fashion centres and fashion shows; sustainability officer in the fashion sector; research in material driven design; eco-design and expert of product life cycle; management of fashion archives and fashion community manager.
The degree programme also grants access to PhD programmes and supports pathways into research and academia.

Mostra del Laboratorio di Fashion materials | Fashion Materials Workshop Exhibition

Backstage del Laboratorio di Collezione finale | Backstage at the final collection workshop

Fashion ecology

Laboratorio di Design della moda – Fashion Design Workshop

Laboratorio di Moda | Fashion – Moda | Fashion Workshop

Laboratorio di Moda | Fashion – Moda | Fashion Workshop

Laboratorio di Moda | Fashion – Moda | Fashion Workshop

Tesi di laurea | Degree thesis

Progetto di Moda | Fashion – Moda | Fashion Project