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Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian as Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi [universiˈta kommerˈtʃaːle luˈiːdʒi bokˈkoːni] - Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ranked as the best in Italy in its fields and among the best in the world[2].
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Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi | |
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Motto | Knowledge That Matters |
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Type | Private |
Established | 10 November 1902 |
President | Andrea Sironi |
Rector | Francesco Billari |
Administrative staff | 1,722 (as of 2022) |
Students | 15,107 (as of 2022)[1] |
Location | , Italy 45°27′1″N 9°11′23″E |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA, CEMS, CFA, ASFOR, EAPAA |
Website | www |
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The university provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, business administration, management, political science, public administration, information science, data science, and computer science. Bocconi is a founding member of CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education, and the university through its graduate business school, SDA Bocconi School of Management, has received triple accreditation from the AACSB, EQUIS, and the AMBA[3] where it offers MBA, Executive MBA, DBA, professional development, executive education, and professional certification programs.
Bocconi University was founded in 1902 by Ferdinando Bocconi and was named after his son, who died in the Battle of Adwa during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.[4] The university was originally affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan engineering school and incorporated a teaching model that was based on what was in use at the École Supérieure of Antwerp.[5]
The campus was originally located in Via Statuto near the Pinacoteca di Brera, where its first building was inaugurated in 1902. The campus is now located beside Parco Ravizza, between Via Sarfatti and Viale Bligny and consists of several buildings within walking distance to Porta Ticinese, the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio:
Several other administrative and research offices of Bocconi's institutes are scattered across the area, especially around Parco Ravizza and Viale Isonzo.[citation needed]
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).[citation needed]
The university offers four three-year undergraduate courses in Economics which share a common basis in the first three semesters and then distinguish themselves from one another by focusing on either Finance (CLEF),[10] Social sciences (CLES)[11] or Business administration (CLEAM);[12] 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 Economics, Management or Finance during their course of studies.[13]
A fifth separate three-year undergraduate course in Economics focuses on the economics and management of Arts, Culture and Communication (CLEACC).[14]
Another three-year undergraduate course is the Bachelor's in International Politics and Government (BIG), the first degree in the field of political science and international relations offered by the university.[citation needed]
Also the university offers a Bachelor of Arts in partnership with HEC Paris.[15] Announced in October 2023, it is focused on Data, Society & Organizations, it combines data sciences and social sciences.[16] Students spend the first three semesters in Italy and the last three in France on the Jouy-en-Josas campus.[17]
The university also offers a five-year course in Law, which incorporates the Italian equivalents of the Bachelor of Laws and the Master of Laws.[citation needed]
The bachelor's degrees in finance (BIEF) has been recognized by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute).[18] 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.[19]
In a joint venture with the Central European University of Budapest, Bocconi also offers a four-year Dual Degree in International Business, the first two years of which are spent in Budapest and the latter in Milan.[20]
The Bocconi Graduate School mainly offers master programs mainly taught in English, with some also in Italian:[21]
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,[22] 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, ESADE and University of Cologne.[citation needed]
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 University of Pavia, and hosts a Summer Academy in cooperation with the University of Trento, as well as with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.[citation needed]
The Bocconi PhD School offers the following 4-year PhD programmes:
SDA Bocconi (Italian: Scuola di Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, lit. 'Bocconi School of Management') is the graduate business school of the university. The business school offers MBA programs, executive education, professional certifications, and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA).[23] Founded in 1971, SDA Bocconi is fully accredited by the AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA. The school is also the publisher of E&M (Economia & Management), an Italian business and management review.[citation needed] The SDA also offers further Master of Science programs in Corporate Finance and Banking, Real Estate Management, Fine Food and Beverage management, Fashion Management, Design Management, Sports Law and Sport Management, and a Master in Stage and Show Management.
In 2006, research was mainly funded by Bocconi itself (around €1.5 million), the European Union (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).[clarification needed][24] 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.[25]
Bocconi is a member of the Offshoring Research Network, an international network researching the offshoring of business processes and services.[citation needed]
Institute | Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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QS World University Rankings | Social Sciences and Management | 22nd[26] | 17th[27] | 11th[28] | 16th[29] | 16th[30] | 10th | 10th[31] | 16th[32] |
Finance Masters | 8th[33] | 11th[29] | 10th[34] | 10th[35] | 10th[36] | ||||
Management Masters | 11th[37] | 11th[29] | 9th[38] | 11th[39] | |||||
Accounting & Finance | 27th[40] | 33rd[41] | 29th[42] | 18th[29] | 17th[43] | 16th | 17th[44] | ||
Business & Management Studies | 10th[45] | 11th[46] | 10th[47] | 8th[29] | 7th[48] | 7th[49] | 6th[50] | 7th[51] | |
Economics & Econometrics | 17th[52] | 16th[53] | 16th[54] | 16th[29] | 16th[55] | 18th[56] | 16th[57] | 16th[58] | |
Global MBA | 22nd[59] | 10th[60] | 23rd[61] | 22nd[62] | |||||
Global EMBA | 19th[63] | 16th[64] | |||||||
Financial Times | Global MBA | 25th[65] | 22nd[66] | 29th[67] | 31st[68] | 12th[69] | 13th[70] | 6th[71] | |
European Business Schools | 5th[72] | ||||||||
Executive Education (customized) | 6th | 4th | 7th[73] | 4th[74] | 9th[75] | ||||
Executive Education (open) | 39th | 33rd | 28th[76] | 23rd[77] | 14th[78] | ||||
Master in Finance (pre-experience) | 9th[79] | 7th[80] | 8th[81] | 13th[82] | |||||
Master in Management | 11th[83] | 10th[84] | 6th[85] | 10th[86] | 8th[87] | ||||
Bloomberg | European B-Schools ranking | 5th[88] | 5th[89] | 3rd[90] | 5th[91] | 1st[92] | |||
ARWU | Economics | 40th[93] | 31st[94] | 27th[95] | 32nd[96] | ||||
Finance | 50th[97] | 36th[98] | 34th[99] | ||||||
Management | 41st[100] | 34th | 30th[101] | 25th[102] | |||||
Times Higher Education | Business and Economics | 27th[103] | |||||||
US News | Best Global Universities for Economics and Business | 27th[104] | 24th[105] | ||||||
Forbes | The Best International MBAs: One-Year Programs | 5th[106] | 4th[64] | ||||||
The Economist | MBA | 38th | 28th | 24th[107] | 13th | 6th[64] |
The university hosts student-run publications:
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."[109]
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.[110]
The award for Alumnus of the Year was given for the first time in 2011 to Fabrizio Saccomanni, former general director of Bank of Italy, replacing the awards for Bocconian of the Year (given since 1988) and Master of Masters (given since 2007). The 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.[117] The award is given by the Bocconi Alumni Association (BAA) and recipients have included: Jörg Asmussen, Emma Bonino, Urbano Cairo, Giovanni Castellucci, Vittorio Colao, Claudio Costamagna, Andrea Enria, Corrado Passera, Alessandro Profumo, Nouriel Roubini, Paolo Scaroni, Carlo Scognamiglio, Renato Soru, Lucio Stanca, Luca de Meo, Francesca Bellettini, Roberto Mazzotta, Stefano Sassi, Giuseppe Sala, Federico Marchetti, Giovanni Ciserani, Diego Piacentini, Laura Cioli, Alberto Cribiore, Gaetano Micciché, Paolo Cuccia, Enrico Cucchiani, Vittorio Grilli, Marco Drago, Emma Marcegaglia, Isabella Ventura, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Giovanni Giudici, Jody Vender, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Giordano Zucchi.[118]
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