VIU News
The recent publication of the annual Times Higher Education - World University rankings confirms the academic excellence and prestigious reputation of the VIU Member Universities.
Five out of the eleven Universities which constitute the VIU network ranked among the top 200 Universities in the world:
# 023 Duke University
# 048 LMU
# 052 Tsinghua University
# 150 Boston College
# 158 Tel Aviv University
Under the Presidency of Ambassador Vattani the University of Padua has joined VIU this year.
The University of Padua is the second oldest University in Italy. Along with such Universities as Bologna, Paris, Oxford and Cambridge, that of Padua was one of the first to exemplify the idea of a Gymnasium Omnium Disciplinarum.
Today, the University of Padua covers all fields of academic teaching and research and it is very active in the field of international cooperation.
In the past years VIU and its Members Universities have joined in several initiatives with Padua. A new project, the Digital Workshop Space, Time and City, Training and Teaching in a Digital Laboratory is about to start involving experts and professors of the Iuav University of Venice, Duke University and the University of Padua.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
Among the students enrolled in the Globalization Program Fall 2016 term, three were selected as winners of the RED (Residency-Excellence-Diversity) Scholarship:
Julia Amatuni, PhD in Anthropology at European University at St Petersburg
Thomas Ikeda, Bachelor in Finance/Data Analytics at Boston College
Ryun Song, Bachelor in International Liberal Studies at Waseda University
The RED scholars are expected to actively contribute in promoting and organizing co-curricular activities such as the Tea2B, informal conversations on key topics that involve students, professors and staff taking place on Mondays at prof. Luca Pes' office.
They will also participate in the Globalization Program Plenary Workshop.
Their role will be mainly in the editorial team, under the guidance of prof. Pes, to document the activities of the workshop and produce some follow up materials to be published on the VIU website and magazine.
For more information about the RED Scholarship please visit this page.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
Among the students enrolled in the Globalization Program Fall 2017 term, three were selected as winners of the RED (Residency-Excellence-Diversity) Scholarship:
Anouk Chambaz, Bachelor in Social Sciences / Philosophy at University of Lausanne
Sharon Shilon, Bachelor in Psychology and Business Management at Tel Aviv University
Susann Kuehn, Master in History of Art at Ludwig Maximilians Universität
The RED scholars are expected to actively contribute in promoting and organizing co-curricular activities such as the Tea2B, informal conversations on key topics that involve students, professors and staff taking place on Mondays at prof. Luca Pes' office.
They will also participate in the Globalization Program Plenary Workshop.
Their role will be mainly in the editorial team, under the guidance of prof. Pes, to document the activities of the workshop and produce some follow up materials to be published on the VIU website and magazine.
For more information about the RED Scholarship please visit this page.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
Among the students enrolled in the Globalization Program Spring 2018 term, three were selected as winners of the RED (Residency-Excellence-Diversity) Scholarship:
Anouk Chambaz, Bachelor in Social Sciences / Philosophy at University of Lausanne
Hazar Zoabi, Bachelor in Education / English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University
Savannah Clarke, Bachelor in International Studies / Studio Art at Boston College
The RED scholars are expected to actively contribute in promoting and organizing co-curricular activities such as the Tea2B, informal conversations on key topics that involve students, professors and staff taking place on Mondays at prof. Luca Pes' office.
They will also participate in the Globalization Program Plenary Workshop.
Their role will be mainly in the editorial team, under the guidance of prof. Pes, to document the activities of the workshop and produce some follow up materials to be published on the VIU website and magazine.
For more information about the RED Scholarship please visit this page.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
Among the students enrolled in the Globalization Program Fall 2018 term, three were selected as winners of the RED (Residency-Excellence-Diversity) Scholarship:
Heidi Khair, Master in History at Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Laura-Marie Schurer, Bachelor in Ethnology at Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Clara Van Gestel, Master in International and Criminal Law at KU Leuven
The RED scholars are expected to actively contribute in promoting and organizing co-curricular activities such as the Tea2B, informal conversations on key topics that involve students, professors and staff taking place on Mondays at prof. Luca Pes' office.
They will also participate in the Globalization Program Plenary Workshop.
Their role will be mainly in the editorial team, under the guidance of prof. Pes, to document the activities of the workshop and produce some follow up materials to be published on the VIU website and magazine.
For more information about the RED Scholarship please visit this page.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
Among the students enrolled in the Globalization Program Spring 2020 term, three were selected as winners of the RED (Residency-Excellence-Diversity) Scholarship:
Sebastian Ritter Choquehuanca, Bachelor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Anna Peterson, Bachelor in Computer Science at Boston College
Oxana Mroczek, Bachelor in Social Sciences at University of Lausanne
The RED scholars are expected to actively contribute in promoting and organizing co-curricular activities such as the Tea2B, informal conversations on key topics that involve students, professors and staff taking place on Mondays at prof. Luca Pes' office.
They will also participate in the Globalization Program Plenary Workshop.
Their role will be mainly in the editorial team, under the guidance of prof. Pes, to document the activities of the workshop and produce some follow up materials to be published on the VIU website and magazine.
For more information about the RED Scholarship please visit this page.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
Each semester scholarships are awarded to talented students to contribute to the cost of living in Venice for a semester, to promote excellence and diversity in the Globalization Program.
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