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The Leading MBA in Italy

SDA Bocconi is the leading Business School in Italy and also stands among the top-ranked European Institutions. Founded in 1971, with its over 30-year  experience, SDA Bocconi offers a top MBA program, and a Global Executive  MBA, both entirely in English, as well as the Executive MBA/ Evening  Executive MBA in Italian. It also offers many specialized masters and executive  programs. 
SDA Bocconi prides itself for: strategic location, an unparalleled faculty, global outlook, its diversity, powerful networks.
The school is positioned at the heart of Milan, with such a location having many perks.  Indeed, Milan represents a major capital of industry, finance, arts, media and, above all, fashion. Milan is a real-life laboratory for SDA Bocconi. The city is home to a myriad of companies and stock markets to which students are  directly exposed.
SDA Bocconi added-value is that of having on one side the academic  excellence and tradition, guaranteed by ‘Università Bocconi’, its reputation,  strong faculty and research centers, on the other, through its School of Management,  an eye constantly opened on the market, on the business world needs, a  practical, business-oriented approach when facing contents and situations.
SDA Bocconi is globally focused. Future leaders should have a grasp over cultural intricacies, cross-borders communication and the peculiarities of the marketplace. SDA Bocconi School of Management enables students to stand up such exigencies.
Students come at SDA Bocconi from across the globe. Every year, our campus is exemplification for diversity, internationalism and gender heterogeneity; our classes bring together individuals from different professional backgrounds with no industry dominating over the other.
Our worldwide network’s pillar of strength lies in the quality of the partnership SDA Bocconi holds with key business institutions around Italy and across the world. SDA Bocconi alumni operating at the major cities around the world represent a concrete global network. They share with their fellow alumni and current students valuable information and provide information on job opportunities.

Full-Time MBA: for people who just won't stop.
The SDA Bocconi MBA program is ranked among the top international MBAs. The MBA program opens doors to a network of diverse international relationships with talented people from about 30 different countries: over a hundred professionals with widely varied backgrounds. It is a 12-¬month full-¬time immersion in a multicultural and international context where managerial skills are developed to their full extent. The integrated, innovative curriculum is based on real--world management knowledge, fully inclusive of the social dimensions of management issues.
SDA Bocconi MBA is designed to cater for the realities of the current marketplace. It encourages students to go beyond a conventional business program. Our graduates are made ready for the business mandate of getting success through a business environment that is swiftly evolving. The full-time MBA lasts 1 year and is run in two classes, in English. It is an intense program that maximizes learning chances in a limited scope of time. It represents an opportunity to be in the midst of an advantageous network of people with diverse interests and experiences with no single industry dominating. The SDA Bocconi MBA community is a one-of-a-kind of cultural, personal and professional mix.

Global Executive MBA: international flyers rise higher.

The SDA Bocconi Global Executive MBA equips experienced managers with multi-dimensional skills and strategic thinking relevant on an immediate basis. It offers a focused curriculum that runs at an appropriate rate in a way to earn a degree within 20 months along with complementing employment, tailored in a way to fit tight schedules through modular weeks and distance learning. The GEMBA aims at attaining a broader understanding of business matters with a focus on leadership and communication skills as pathways towards C-suite.
The GEMBA is entirely held in English and takes place on SDA Bocconi downtown Milan campus along with overseas campuses across Asia and the Americas (class modules in the USA - at UCLA Anderson School of Management, LA - and in China - Fudan University, Shanghai).
The program targets professionals with an international mindset. The SDA Bocconi GEMBA is a launching pad for the career phases to come. It is an integrated preparation for senior management roles. The underlying feature of such program is that it allows participants to promptly test the knowledge acquired at their work settings. Throughout the 20 months, participants lead intense work as part of their commitment to managerial competence. Indeed, they hone their analysis and problem solving skills. They tend to gain a deep understanding of the various business disciplines in order to reach unflawed decisions. Interpersonal skills are also put into question. Leaders are trained to empower their networking capacities that allow them to simultaneously have and provide timely feedbacks.

 

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Program Info

Type of Course:
- Full-Time MBA
- Global Executive MBA
Accreditation: EQUIS, AMBA, ASFOR
Ranking: Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, Which MBA
Starting Dates:
- Full-Time MBA: October 2010 
- Global Executive MBA: March 2010
Length of Course:
- Full-Time MBA: 12 months
- Global Executive MBA: 20 months

Student Body

(Full-Time MBA)
Number of nationalities: 30
Europe 63%
North America 9%
Latin America 7%
Oceania & Asia 21%
Men: Women: 3:1
Age Range: 25-34
Average Age: 29
Degree Background:
Business& Economics 33%
Engineering 42%
Sciences/tech 11%
Other 14%
Length of Work Experience:
Full-Time MBA:
Average 5 years  - Min.2 years
Global Executive MBA: Average 10 years - Min. 5-6 years

Admission

  • University degree
  • GMAT
  • TOEFL
  • Interview
  • References (Full-Time MBA only)

Costs

Application fees: 100€
Tuition fees:
-  Full-Time MBA: 39,500€
- Global Executive MBA: 46,000€
Estimate for accommodation/living costs, insurance: between 1,100€ and 1,400€ per month

Contacts

Address: Via Balilla 18,
20136 Milano, Italy
Telephone: +39 025836.3125
Fax: +39 025836.3272
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/mba
Contacts: md@sdabocconi.it
Dean: Alberto Grando

Global Executive MBA Director Roberto Donà

roberto.dona@sdabocconi.it

Full-Time MBA Director Valter Lazzari
valter.lazzari@unibocconi.it
MBA Admissions Director Rossana Camera
rossana.camera@sdabocconi.it

 

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