Foremost experts in the fields of architecture, planning, design and arts as well as artists are part of the university's history, including: Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Carlo Scarpa, Carlo Aymonino, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti, Gino Valle, Aldo Rossi, Giovanni Astengo, Giancarlo De Carlo, Tadao Ando and Richard Serra.

Iuav has established agreements with important Italian and foreign cultural institutions, museums and universities such as 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.
Iuav students are involved with all of these institutions on a regular basis.

As of 2020 and According to QS World University Ranking, Università Iuav di Venezia is among the best 100 universities around the world in the field of Architecture, it gained around hundred position going from position 151-200 (2018) to that of 51-100 (2019 & 2020).
An improvement of about 100 positions that places Iuav architecture courses among the best in the world and largely first in Italy for growth intensity.

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 universites 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(PoliMi) and followed by Polytechnic University of Turin(PoliTo) according to the classification and evaluation parameters of The Italian polytechnics.
While in the 2020 La Repubblica-CENSIS ranking for Best Architecture Faculty 2019-2020 for the three-year degree courses, the Iuav (110 points) was in first place – first also in terms of career progression and international relations – followed by the University of Sassari (104.5 points) and Camerino (99.5 points).
The Polytechnic of Turin and Milan are in fifth and sixth place respectively (95 and 94 points).
Foremost experts in the fields of architecture, planning, design and arts as well as artists are part of the university's history, including: Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Carlo Scarpa, Carlo Aymonino, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti, Gino Valle, Aldo Rossi, Giovanni Astengo, Giancarlo De Carlo, Tadao Ando and Richard Serra.
Iuav has established agreements with important Italian and foreign cultural institutions, museums and universities such as 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. Iuav students are involved with all of these institutions on a regular basis.
As of 2020 and According to QS World University Ranking, Università Iuav di Venezia is among the best 100 universities around the world in the field of Architecture, it gained around hundred position going from position 151-200 (2018) to that of 51-100 (2019 & 2020). An improvement of about 100 positions that places Iuav architecture courses among the best in the world and largely first in Italy for growth intensity.
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 universites 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(PoliMi) and followed by Polytechnic University of Turin(PoliTo) according to the classification and evaluation parameters of The Italian polytechnics. While in the 2020 La Repubblica-CENSIS ranking for Best Architecture Faculty 2019-2020 for the three-year degree courses, the Iuav (110 points) was in first place – first also in terms of career progression and international relations – followed by the University of Sassari (104.5 points) and Camerino (99.5 points). The Polytechnic of Turin and Milan are in fifth and sixth place respectively (95 and 94 points).
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