Bocconi University
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| Established | 1902 |
| Type | Private |
| Rector | Prof. Angelo Provasoli |
| President | Mario Monti |
| Students | 12800 |
| Location | Milan, Italy |
| Sports teams | Pellicani PallanuotoBocconi |
| Affiliations | EQUIS, Association of MBAs, CEMS |
The Bocconi University (Italian Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, UNI-BOCCONI) is a university located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1902.
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[edit] History and Mission
Bocconi University was established in 1902, with a generous endowment from Ferdinando Bocconi, a wealthy merchant and owner of a retail chain, who intended to commemorate his son lost in the Battle of Adowa. Ferdinando sold his stores and in 1917 Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio renamed the Bocconi stores into La Rinascente, by which they are still called as of now. Bocconi University, with other economic faculties as "M. Biagi" of Modena and Reggio Emilia, became the first Italian institution of higher education to grant a degree in economics.
Since its inception, Bocconi has stood for liberalism, pluralism, and social and economic progress. While a private institution, Bocconi has traditionally been more than an elite university. It has consistently promoted and practiced equality of opportunity among its many generations of students, by actively subsidizing the education for disadvantaged students. In the words of its first Rector and President, Leopoldo Sabbatini, a strenuosly democratic lawyer, Bocconi's aim is to "promote harmony between school and life."
Today, Bocconi is a university of international standing in business, economics, and law. It is also a research university, getting funds for its research projects from national and supranational institutions. By virtue of being a major node in the European and global network of business and economics universities, Bocconi exchanges faculty and cooperates on large projects with like-minded European and North-American universities and business schools. Bocconi has an exchange program with prestigious Dartmouth College and New York University (NYU). Bocconi has close relations with major corporations and international agencies, as well as their managers and officials, and constantly interacts with the business and economic environment to tackle new issues, implement new techniques, and start new research endeavours.
Bocconi University is now structured around five major schools: Undergraduate School, Graduate School, Law School, PhD School, and, with a larger degree of autonomy, SDA Bocconi School of Management. Bocconi presently offers Bachelor Degrees, Masters of Science, PhDs, and MBAs in Management, Economics, Law, Statistics, and other disciplines. It also has a number of post-experience programs, and administers hundreds of advanced courses to managers and professionals in all realms of private and public management.
"Bocconi is the best university in economics in Italy and is recognized as one of the best business schools in Europe and in the world." Financial Times
[edit] Programmes and admission
[edit] Undergraduate programs
The University offers four three-year undergraduate courses in Economics which share a common basis in the first three semesters and go on focusing on either Finance, Social sciences or Business administration; the fourth course is taught in English language and is targeted at both international students and students pursuing an international career. Students in this course have the choice to major in Economics or Management.
A fifth separate undergraduate course in Economics focuses on the administration of Arts, Culture and Communication.
The University furthermore offers a five-year course in Law.
[edit] Degree programs
These are the graduate degree programs offered:
8 MSc degrees at the department of Business Administration
- General Management
- International Management (taught in English)
- Marketing Management
- Organization and Information Technology Systems
- Accounting Corporate finance and Control
- Economics and Managementof Public Administration and International Institutions
- Economics and Management of Institutions and Financial Markets
- Law and Business Administration
- Economics and Management of Arts, Culture and Communication
2 MSc degrees at the Economics department:
- Economic and social sciences (one class taught in English)
- Economics and Management of International Markets and New Technologies (taught in English)
1 MSc degree in the field of Law
- Law
1 MSc degree in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management [MAFINRISK]
[edit] SDA Bocconi
SDA Bocconi (SDA standing for "Scuola di Direzione Aziendale" = School of Management) is the graduate business school of the University and offers internationally recognized MBA Programs highly ranked by Financial Times (in 2006, 11th in the European MBA Ranking and 34th in the Global MBA Ranking) and Forbes Magazine.
The SDA also offers professional formation programs for executives and managers and publishes E&M (Economia & Management), a popular Italian management review.
[edit] Outstanding Students Scholarship
Beginning in 2003, Bocconi University has started a conspicuous program of scholarships with the specific goal of awarding its best students. The scholarship, named "Borsa di studio per studenti eccellenti" (Fellowship for outstanding students), is addressed to the first 50 students (out of 1940 students) enrolled in the Master of Science courses both coming from a Bocconi undergraduate degree and from another university degree. The scholarship, in addition to fully exempt the students from the payment of the tuition fee, provide also them with a large amount of money.
In order to apply for the scholarship one must have as minimum requirements:
- Completed the undergraduate degree at the first possible date
- Completed the degree with full marks
- Passed the GMAT with a score of at least 650
- Been admitted to a Graduate Degree Program (among those offered by Bocconi) by 31 July 2006
Then, the selection of the best 50 students is carried out on an individual basis evaluating all the experiences included in the CV.
The major advantage of the scholarship, however, is the great visibility that it entails: most of the students awarded have found a job within the best employers of the Italian and international job market.
For any additional information related to the scholarship refer to the site: http://www.unibocconi.it/index.php?frcnav=@65%2C402%2C26999
[edit] Campus life
[edit] Student associations
The University has a number of 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.
- International Students at Bocconi (IS@B) mainly deals with promoting and implementing programs and initiatives for and with international students. The society often organizes conferences, cultural visits, and trips to facilitate the integration of foreign students in Italy.
- JEME Bocconi (Junior Enterprise Milano Economia) is a non profit "junior enterprise", the first to be founded in Italy in 1988, and it provides free consulting services to enterprises in the region. Furthermore, JEME also organizes business games and business case competitions that are held in the university.
- Tra i Leoni is the society which runs a campus magazine with the same name. The title, "between the lions" is a reference to the atrium of the main building, which is also a favorite meeting point for students.
[edit] Famous students and professors
[edit] Politics & Government
- Mario Monti - former European Competition Commissioner (1999 - 2004) and chairman of Bruegel;
- Emma Bonino - Minister for International Trade in the cabinet of Romano Prodi (2006);
- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa - banker and economist, currently Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance;
- Patrizia Toia - Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Margherita Party;
- Marco Cappato - Member of the European Parliament within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe;
[edit] Academia, Journalism & Literature
- Alberto Alesina - Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University;
- Francesco Giavazzi - opionist in Corriere della Sera;
- Beppe Severgnini - famous journalist, writer and columnist;
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi - scholar of archaeology, journalist, TV host, mainly famous as historical novelist;
- Tito Boeri - responsible for LaVoce.info, a web site of economic analisys;
[edit] Business & Finance
- Corrado Passera, CEO, Banca Intesa
- Alessandro Profumo, CEO, UniCredit
- Vittorio Colao, CEO, RCS Media Group
- Mario Resca, Chairman of the Board, McDonald's Italia
- Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni
- Marco Tronchetti Provera - President of Pirelli& C. SpA and Telecom Italia Group
- Alessandro Lamanna, CEO Nokia Italia;
- Andrea Formica, CEO Toyota Europe;
- Milan Perovic, CEO Telecom Montenegro;
- Claudio Costamagna, Member of Partnership Committee, Goldman Sachs
- Marco Saltalamacchia, Vice President, BMW Europe.
- Ruggero Magnoni, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers Europe
- Gianemilio Osculati, Office Manager, McKinsey Italia
- Davide Grasso, Vice President Nike for Asia Pacific marketing;
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Bocconi for foreign students on iAgora - Reviews by former Erasmus and other international students in Milan on iAgora
- Bocconi University Website
- SDA Bocconi School of Management
- International Students at Bocconi Website
