Iuav Venice- University Of Architecture & Design
IUAV founded in 1926 is one of the first Architecture Schools in Italy, with its headquarters in Tolentino, located near Piazzale Roma and comprising the Tolentini church convent complex and a few other neighbouring areas. It is one of the best Design and Art Schools in Europe and across the world. IUAV is deep-rooted in tradition and at the same time is truly committed to modernity and innovation, by giving its students ample opportunities to connect with high-profile teachers and world-renowned professionals.
IUAV is an international university that offers courses and internships both in Italy and abroad and encourages student exchanges. It teaches the knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure successful entry into the world’s job market. It is a widely recognised School of Excellence, as excellent as the city of Venice, known for its beauty, culture and lifestyle.
The university offers several undergraduate, 4 graduate and 6 Master’s degree programs in Architecture, Urban Planning, Fashion, Arts and Design. It is one of those rare design-themed universities that lay emphasis on teaching, conducting research in, and practising the design of living spaces and environments (buildings, cities, landscapes and territory) and in the design of everyday use objects, of fashion and of graphics. Today, it has expanded to visual arts, theatre and performing arts, and multimedia events. In 2019, the university started the new master's degree Programme in Architecture, entirely taught in English. In addition, Iuav offers advanced specialisation courses and 9 PhDs. In 2015–2016, 4285 students were enrolled at the university, and 1397 students graduated. Since 2018, Iuav has one department (school), the Department of Project Cultures.
IUAV’s established agreements with important Italian and foreign cultural institutions, museums and universities like La Biennale di Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, Palazzo Grassi, Musei Civici Veneziani, Triennale di Milano, Parsons School of Design, MIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, UNSW Sydney and Tongji University has enabled its students to interact and collaborate with these institutions, giving them a scope for widening the horizon of their learnings.
University’s rankings: As of 2020 and According to QS World University Ranking, IUAV is among the best 100 universities around the world in the field of Architecture. It jumped up by more than 100 ranks from 2018 to 2019. Since 2019, Iuav is among the best 150 universities around the world in the field of Art & Design on the report of QS World University Ranking for best Art & Design universities for the year 2019 & 2020. Also, as one of the finest architecture universities in Europe, it was listed in Domus Magazine's Guide to Europe’s Top 100 Schools of Architecture and Design selected across Europe. Nationally, according to La Repubblica-CENSIS University Rankings (2017), IUAV was ranked 2nd after Polytechnic University of Milan and Polytechnic University of Turin based on the evaluation parameters of The Italian polytechnics. IUAV stands 1st in ranking by the 2020 La Repubblica-CENSIS ranking for Best Architecture Faculty 2019-2020 for the three-year degree courses with 110 points.
The University has a library dedicated to architecture and other design disciplines in Italy. IUAV Library System promotes cooperation and projects which aim to improve and develop the dissemination of information on the subjects of Architecture and Urban Planning, with agreements and membership of The National Library Service of Italy (Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale– SBN), Archinet and Urbandata Associations and the University of Padua and the Ca' Foscari University of Venice phaidra Library System.
