Bocconi University ( it, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, ) is a private university in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Italy. Bocconi provides education in the fields of

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

, finance,

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management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit est ...

and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

SDA Bocconi SDA Bocconi School of Management (SDA standing for Scuola di Direzione Aziendale) is the graduate business school of Bocconi University. It is the leading School of Management in Italy and also stands among the top-ranked European institutions. ...

, the university's business school, offers

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and

Executive MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

programs. Bocconi University is consistently ranked as the best university in Italy in its fields, and as one of the best in the world. In 2021,

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ranked the university 7th worldwide and 2nd in Europe in business and management studies, as well as 1st in economics and

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outside the

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and the

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(16th worldwide).

History

Bocconi University was founded in 1902 by

Ferdinando Bocconi Ferdinando Bocconi (11 November 1836 – 5 February 1908) was an Italian politician. He is mostly known for being the founder of Bocconi University in Milan in 1902. Bocconi was born and died in Milan. The university was named after his son, L ...

and was named after his son, who died in the

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during the

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. The university was originally affiliated with the

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engineering school and incorporated a teaching model that was based on what was in use at the École Supérieure of Antwerp.

Campus

The campus was originally located in Via Statuto near the

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, where its first building was inaugurated in 1902. The current campus is now located beside Parco Ravizza, between Via Sarfatti and Viale Bligny and consists of several buildings, all within walking distance to Porta Ticinese, the

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: *The

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is the oldest building on campus. It was designed in 1936 by the Italian

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. It contains classrooms, an aula magna, a restaurant, and most of the administrative

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s. Its entrance features two lion statues which are

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of several university myths. *The ''pensionato'' building, which faces Via Ferdinando Bocconi, was inaugurated in 1956 by architect Giovanni Muzio and hosts some grand halls, some of the

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and dormitory facilities (350 bedrooms on 5 floors), and some faculty offices. The different floors have an irregular form and bear the shape of a symmetric "L" letter, which stands for Laude. *The

building, which is also in Via Ferdinando Bocconi, was opened in 1985 and featured two blocks with a distinct set of dark metal panels. The building was extended in 2001, especially to host EGEA, the university bookstore. The campus

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is placed between the ''pensionato'' and the

building. *The modern ''Velodromo'' building was projected by

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and opened in 2001. It is called so due to its form resembling an ellipsoid

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. Each of its four floors has about ten classrooms with a capacity of 150. The ''Velodromo'' uses a

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as its

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system, which provides energy conservation. A

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statue of Ferdinando Bocconi overlooks the foyer of the ground floor. *Close by, in Piazza Sraffa, are the

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building (also built by Giovanni Muzio in 1962), the campus

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''"San Ferdinando"'', and some smaller buildings such as those with the offices of the Language Center and other

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activities. *In 2007, a new building was inaugurated in Via Guglielmo Roentgen known as Grafton Building from the name of the Irish practice Grafton Architects which designed the innovative building. The Grafton Building won the "World building of the year" at the

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2008 held in Barcelona. The new building houses the offices of the entire Faculty, with its Departments and Research Centers in Viale Bligny. Its underground levels include, in addition to the new Aula Magna, seminar rooms, a spacious foyer, an exhibition area and parking. It is situated next to the ''Velodromo''. The 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to its designers,

Yvonne Farrell Yvonne Farrell (born 1951) is an Irish architect and academic. She is the co-founder, together with Shelley McNamara, of Grafton Architects, which won the World Building of the Year award in 2008 for their Bocconi University building in Milan ...

and

Shelley McNamara Shelley McNamara (born 1952) is an Irish architect and academic. She attended University College Dublin and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Architecture. She founded Grafton Architects with Yvonne Farrell in 1978. Grafton rose to promin ...

of Grafton Architects. Several other administrative and research offices of Bocconi's institutes are scattered across the area, especially around Parco Ravizza and Viale Isonzo.

Dormitories

Bocconi University provides off-campus students with approximately 1800 places in dorms. Residences for students are ''Bocconi Residence'', ''Javotte Residence'', ''Dubini Residence'', ''Spadolini Residence'', ''Arcobaleno Residence'', the more modern ''Isonzo Residence'', ''Bligny Residence'', and the latest ''Castiglioni Residence'' (inaugurated in 2018) and the former ''Kramer Residence'' (Now closed). The type of accommodation varies between the residences and the choice is among single rooms in apartments for either one, two or four people. The residences offer also services to students such as cleaning services, laundry rooms, study rooms, and parking spaces. Many students, however, choose to rent private apartments which are easy to find around the university area.

Academics

Undergraduate programs

The university offers four three-year undergraduate courses in

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which share a common basis in the first three semesters and then distinguish themselves from one another by focusing on either Finance (CLEF),

Social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

(CLES) or Business administration (CLEAM); the fourth course is entirely taught in English (BIEF) and is targeted at both international students and students pursuing an international career. Students in this course have the choice to major in

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

or Finance during their course of studies. A fifth separate three-year undergraduate course in Economics focuses on the economics and management of Arts, Culture and Communication (CLEACC). Another three-year undergraduate course is the Bachelor's in International Politics and Government (BIG), the first degree in the field of

and

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offered by the university. The university also offers a five-year course in Law, which incorporates the Italian equivalents of the

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and the

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. Both the bachelor's degrees in Finance in Italian (CLEF) and in English (BIEF) have been recognized by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (

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). The partnership is granted to programs which cover at least 70% of the content necessary to take the CFA Program Exam level III, the highest level. In a joint venture with the

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, Bocconi also offers a four-year ''Dual Degree in International Business'', the first two years of which are spent in

and the latter in

Graduate programs

The Bocconi Graduate School mainly offers master programs mainly taught in English, with some also in Italian: *International Management; *CEMS MIM Program *China MIM Program *Management (English and Italian); *ESSEC - Bocconi Double Degree *Marketing Management (English and Italian); *Accounting, Financial Management and Control (English and Italian); *Finance (English and Italian); *Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment; *Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication; *Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations *Economics and Social Sciences; *Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology; *Data Science and Business Analytics; *Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance *LSE - Bocconi Double Degree; *Sciences Po - Bocconi Double Degree; *Law and Business Administration (Only in Italian). Bocconi has established many partnerships for its Master of Science programs: the Master of Science in Finance was among the first six programs in the world to establish a partnership with the CFA institute and the first in continental Europe, while the Masters of Science in Management and International Management enable a select number of students to take part in the CEMS Master of International Management, of which Bocconi is a founding member, along with HEC,

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and

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School of Law

Bocconi University School of Law was established in 2006, consolidating the tradition of legal studies at Bocconi under the aegis of the "A. Sraffa" Institute for Comparative Law. The School of Law currently offers a combined LL.B. and LL.M. in Law, runs the Specialization School for Legal professions in cooperation with the

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, and hosts a Summer Academy in cooperation with the

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, as well as with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.

PhD School

The Bocconi PhD School offers the following 4-year PhD programmes: *PhD in Economics and Finance; *PhD in Business Administration and Management; *PhD in Statistics and Computer Science; *PhD in Public Policy and Administration; *PhD in Legal Studies (3-year program);

SDA Bocconi

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Programs highly ranked by ''

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'' and ''

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'' magazine. The school is also the publisher of ''E&M'' (Economia & Management), a famous Italian business and management review. Apart from the MBA, the SDA offers further

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programs in Corporate Finance and Banking,

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Management, Fine Food and Beverage management, Fashion Management, Design Management, Sports Law and

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, and a Master in Stage and Show Management in a joint venture with the ''Academy for the Performing Arts'' of the

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La Scala. The SDA also offers a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) and professional education to executives and managers. SDA Bocconi also has a combined MBA and

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(MAIA) with the

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(SAIS) in

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Research and endowment

In 2006, research was mainly funded by Bocconi itself (around €1.5 million), the

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(around €1.4 million) and the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (around €300 thousand), in addition to other external sources (around €11 million). In 2011, the European Research Council (ERC) assigned around €5 million to five projects in the area "social science and humanities" led by five Bocconi professors. As of 2007, the university has 20 permanent research centres and four research project centres. Bocconi is a member of the

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, an international network researching the offshoring of business processes and services.

Departments

*Accounting *Economics *Finance *Management and Technology *Marketing *Decision Sciences *Legal Studies *Policy Analysis and Public Management *Computing sciences

Permanent Research Centers

*''ASK'' - Centre for Research on Management and Economics of Arts and Culture Institutions (Study centre on the economics and management of the arts and culture) *''PAOLO BAFFI CENTRE'' - Paolo Baffi Centre on International Markets, Money and Regulation *''CAREFIN'' - Centre for Applied Research in Finance *''CERGAS'' - Centre for Research on

Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

and Social Care Management (Institutional structures; management of public and private companies providing healthcare and social services) *''CERMES'' - Centre for Research on

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

& Services (Marketing and competitive analysis; commercial consumption and distribution; trade fairs) *''CERTeT'' - Center for Research on Regional Economics,

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and

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...

(Urban, regional and transport structures of territorial economics; evaluation of EU policies on territorial development) *''CREDI'' - "Ariberto Mignoli" Centre for European Research on Business Law and History *''CReSV'' - Center for Research on Sustainability and Value *''CRIOS'' - Center for Research on Innovation, Organization and Strategy *'' DONDENA CENTRE'' - Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (Interdisciplinary research on social cohesion, demography, life course dynamics and public policy) *''IEFE'' - Centre for Research on

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and

Environmental Economics Environmental economics is a sub-field of economics concerned with environmental issues. It has become a widely studied subject due to growing environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. Environmental economics "undertakes theoretical or ...

and Policy (Energy economics and policies; environmental policies and management; economics and management of public utility companies - energy and environmental) *''IGIER'' - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research. Part of the Institute of Economics, it operates jointly with two international bodies, the US-based

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, National Bureau of Economic Research, and the UK-based CEPR, Centre for Economic Policy Research (Economics and economic policy) *''ECONPUBBLICA'' - Centre for Research on the Public Sector (Taxation system; organisation of the social state; privatisation; income distribution; fiscal federalism)

International rankings

Student life

Student associations

The university is home to several societies, some of which are directly involved in facilitating students' integration into the campus life environment and in organizing special events ranging from business games to excursions.

Student publications

The university hosts several student-run publications: *Tra i Leoni: a campus magazine run by the eponymous society. The title, which means "between the lions", is a reference to the atrium of the main building, which is also a favourite meeting point for students, guarded by two lion statues. *Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers: the Law School's official student publication. The journal's editorial board are selected by way of an annual write-on competition, and go on to select and provide feedback on submitted papers, as well as organising the annual call for papers. *IS@B News: a campus magazine run by the International Student Association (IS@B). *Be OBjective Magazine: a bimonthly pdf magazine founded by students from the ACME course. The magazine focuses on art, culture, media and entertainment.

Recreational activities

Bocconi lies in the Navigli area of

, making for easy access to all the main landmarks and activities of the city for its students.

Superstitions

In the atrium of the oldest building of the university, there are three sets of doors. The central doors, which are larger than the others, have two lions on either side of them. There is a superstition within the university that students who pass in between the two lions via the central doors risk not being able to graduate. This derives from the adage "Chi passa tra i Leoni non si laurea alla Bocconi." If seen from the top, the three main buildings of Bocconi seem to spell "30L" (30 ''cum laude''), the maximum achievable grade in any exam. The building in Via Roentgen is the "3", the velodrome is the "0" and the main building is a cross of two "L"s. It is not clear whether it was planned to have such a shape or was just by chance; in any case, it is considered a good omen to the students.

Notable people

Alumni

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, tennis player

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's wife *

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, dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, previously professor of finance and deputy dean at London Business School *

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, CEO of Renault; former president of SEAT * Mario Monti, former Italian Prime Minister *

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, former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs * Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone Group *

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, professor at the Stern School of Business at

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; former senior adviser to the

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and the

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, Italian politician and member of the European Parliament *

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, OMRI (; 23 July 1940 – 18 December 2010) was an Italian banker and economist who served as Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the Europ ...

, economist and former Italy's Minister of Economy * Benedetto Della Vedova, Italian politician *

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, CEO of Eni * Marco Patuano, CEO of Telecom Italia *

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, CEO and founder of YOOX Group *

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, economist *

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, Harvard professor *

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, Italian entrepreneur and manager *

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, professor of Sociology at

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, former rector of Bocconi University (2008–2012) and columnist for '' Il Sole 24 Ore'' *

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(2006) *

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, chair of the ECB Supervisory Board (2019–present), and previously chair of the

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, professor of Islamic law, Arabic Language and Literature. Author of multiple books on Islamic Culture * Leopoldo Sabbatini, the first dean of Bocconi University, vice president of the Milan Chamber of Commerce * Mario Arcelli, Economist, Minister for the budget in the Italian government *

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Alumnus of the Year

The award for ''Alumnus of the Year'' was given for the first time in 2011 to

, former general director of

, replacing the awards for ''Bocconian of the Year'' (given since 1988) and ''Master of Masters'' (given since 2007). The ''Alumnus of the Year'' award is given to a Bocconi alumnus from any of the five schools (Undergraduate School, School of Law, Graduate School, PhD School and SDA Bocconi School of Management) who has distinguished himself following the Bocconian values of professionality, entrepreneurship, integrity, responsibility and openness. The award is given by the Bocconi Alumni Association (BAA). Former recipients of the award have included:

, Vittorio Colao,

Urbano Cairo Urbano Cairo (born 21 May 1957) is an Italian businessman and chairman of Torino F.C. Cairo is a native of Milan. His principal business interest is in Cairo Communication, a business which he founded. At as mid-2016, Cairo via U.T. Communica ...

, Francesca Bellettini, Stefano Sassi,

Giuseppe Sala Giuseppe "Beppe" Sala (born 28 May 1958) is an Italian manager and politician, currently mayor of Milan. He was CEO of Expo 2015 in Milan from 2010 to 2015. He became mayor of Milan in 2016, supported by the centre-left coalition, and he was co ...

, Giovanni Ciserani, Diego Piacentini, Laura Cioli, Giovanni Castellucci, Alberto Cribiore, Gaetano Micciché,

Paolo Cuccia Paolo Cuccia is an Italian businessman. Cuccia served as president of Gambero Rosso Holding S.p.A. ( Gambero Rosso), president of Artribune srl, member of the board of Astaldi and member of the board of Techedge. Education * 1980 Master in Bu ...

, Enrico Cucchiani,

, Claudio Costamagna,

, Marco Drago, Corrado Passera,

, Emma Marcegaglia, Isabella Ventura, Carlo Scognamiglio,

, Giovanni Giudici, Lucio Stanca, Jody Vender,

, Giordano Zucchi, Roberto Mazzotta.

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