GETTING TO KNOW BOCCONI
Founded in 1902, Università Bocconi was the first Italian
university to offer an economics degree.
Since then, Bocconi’s mission as a liberal, open and
pluralistic institution has led it to pursue its role in society,
free of any outside influence on the achievement of its goals
in the fields of research and education.
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VISION AND MISSION
• Innovation: economics as a way to create a vision of the
world and observe the directions of change
• Critical Pragmatism: the ability to comprehend and
interpret the surrounding environment through an array of
relations with institutions and companies
• Independence: economic independence ensuring
intellectual freedom
• Planning for Excellence: the university as a centre for
the creation and dissemination of the culture of knowledge
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VISION AND MISSION (2)
• Excellence: quality as an objective: effective programs
and teaching and research methods, top faculty and
students and high level facilities
• Internationality: international in terms of students, faculty,
research, and organizational approach
• Pluralism: pluralistic with regard to the values and
competencies of faculty, programs, and fields
• Research: research as a source of new ideas serving
social progress
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QUALITY EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
• Pre-experience
Undergraduate degree programs
Graduate degree programs
1st Level Master’s programs
• Postgraduate
PhD programs
2nd Level Master’s programs
Specialization courses
• Post-experience
Master SDABocconi School of Management
Executive education (SDA Bocconi)
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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
• Business Administration (CLEA)
• Management of Public Administration and International
Institutions (CLAPI)
• Institutions and Financial Markets Management (CLEFIN)
• Law and Business Administration (CLELI)
• Economics and Management of Arts, Culture and
Communication (CLEACC)
• Economic and Social Sciences (DES)
• Economics of International Markets and New Technologies
(CLEMIT)
• International Economics and Management (DIEM)
• Law (CLSG)
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GRADUATE DEGREES
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General Management
Marketing Management
Organization and IT Systems
Administration, Corporate Finance and Control
Economics and Management of 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
Economic and Social Sciences
Economics and Management of International Markets
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POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
Bocconi sees education as a dynamic, creative and ongoing
process that fosters flexibility and the continuous acquisition
of new knowledge:
• 16 university master’s programs (pre-experience)
• 1 international master’s program (CEMS-MIM)
• 2 2nd Level Master’s programs
• 11 post-experience master’s programs (SDA Bocconi)
• 10 specialization courses
• 6 PhD programs based at Bocconi
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
SDA Bocconi School of Management
The biggest business school in Italy and one of the greatest
in Europe:
• 1,016 management courses provided in 2003, 516 regular
and 500 tailor-made
• 17,850 participants in the regular courses in 2003, 7,850
regular
• SDA Bocconi master’s students come from 63 different
countries
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RESEARCH
At Bocconi, research is not just a matter of undertaking
studies: it forms the basis of innovative education programs
and usable knowledge for companies and institutions
Pure Research
• 2 departments: Business Administration and Economics
• 10 institutes
Applied Research
• 19 permanent research centres
• 4 research project centres
• 1 SDA Bocconi School of Management research division
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RESEARCH (2)
Financial resources allocated to research (euros)
Allocation by Università Bocconi
Funds from MIUR (Ministry of
Education, Universities and
EU Funds
Other funds
Total investment
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2003
2004 (estimated)
1,773,842
1,718,925
623,119
965,015
1,670,740
1,400,000
7,411,249
9,152,000
11,478,950
13,235,940
TEACHING: THE NUMBERS
1141 faculty:
• tenured: 212
• Bocconi, non-tenured: 245
• external: 856
• subjects taught: 875
• lessons: 1,437
• teaching hours: 64,604
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THE OBJECTIVE: QUALITY
• Number planning
2,510 undergraduate degree places (2005/2006)
1,620 graduate degree places (2004/2005)
• Entrance tests
• Processes for continual improvement
• Evaluation procedures
• Evaluation of University teaching, research and services
• SDA Customer Satisfaction
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INTERNATIONAL BOCCONI
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Degree programs in English:
- undergraduate: International Economics and Management DIEM and Business
Administration (CLEA)
- graduate: General Management (GM-LS) and Economics and Management
of Institutions and Financial Markets (CLEFIN-LS)
• 123 partner schools in 43 countries
• Each year, over 500 students spend a semester abroad as part of the
Exchange Programs, Free Mover and CEMS; 450 international students spend
time at Bocconi
• Over 500 opportunities a year for brief work experience abroad with
government and non-government organizations, and institutions
• Around 350 Bocconi students take part in summer programs (Study Tours,
Campus Abroad and Free-Mover Summer Programs, and international events)
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SERVICES
• University Orientation
- in Italy: around 133 presentations to schools, 3 on-campus orientation days,
7 local orientation days, more than 500 individual aptitude interviews
- abroad: 75 presentations, 11 fairs, direct mailings to 1,650 schools abroad and
6,500 Italian schools
• ISU Bocconi
910 scholarships and 1,010 beds in student accommodation
• Library
656,321 volumes, 6,700 journals, 54 databases
• Language Centre
6 curriculum courses, 6 extra-curricular courses, 2 extra-curricular preparation
courses for international certificates
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SERVICES (2)
• CESDIA – Centre for Teaching and Learning
60 faculty taking part in courses on teaching techniques and methods;
350 students taking part in courses on learning ability; 180 individual
student interviews
• SOP – Career Service
2,100 internships, 1,000 aptitude interviews, 2200 job offers, 100
chances to meet with and see presentations by companies
• Corporate Relations
38 partner companies, 78 advisors, 47 associated companies
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FACILITIES
• Lecture rooms: 13,251 places
• Lecture rooms for SDA, master’s and small groups, PhDs:
2,752 places
• Accommodation for students: 1,105 beds
• Total space in lecture rooms, offices, library and dorms:
170,625.38 m2
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IT INFRASTRUCTURE
• 16 IT rooms and labs with 984 computers
• 465 points of access to the network via laptop computer
• 29 terminals (“punti blu” and internet points)
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BOCCONI STUDENTS
Enrolments by type of secondary school certificate
(2004-2005):
• Liceo scientifico: 47,6%
• Liceo classico: 18,9%
• Istituto tecnico commerciale: 9.9%
• Other Italian and non-Italian institutes: 25,3%
• Men: 55,8%
• Women: 44,2%
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BOCCONI STUDENTS (2)
Enrolments by place of residence (2004-2005):
• Milan: 24,2%
• Lombardy: 13.7%
• Outside Lombardy: 62.1%
• Abroad (% of total): 7.6%
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BOCCONI GRADUATES AND THE
WORKING WORLD
On average, Bocconi graduates are working within 2,9 months
of graduating (Eurisko survey, January 2005)
About two years after graduation:
• 94% Bocconi graduates are working
• 2% continue their studies
• 3% are not working but are looking for a job
• 1% are not working and are not looking for a job
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