
Bologna Business School
Italy

BBS offers a 360° academic and ”real world” educational experience, including full-time master degrees (in English and Italian), and part-time masters and short-term programs for executives and professionals. The School cooperates with industry-leading companies, providing them with outstanding managers and high quality and tailor-made programs. Issues of medium-sized companies and “Made in Italy” industries are given special attention through research and focused projects.
The BBS community is a family made of students, alumni, faculties, managers and an extensive business network of over 500 national and international companies. Students, more than 600 every year, come from all over the world and from diverse academic and professional backgrounds. BBS Faculty involves more than 300 national and international lecturers, academics as well as executives and consultants.
Global Master in Business Administration
Taking Italian Excellence Global
The Global MBA is a 12-month full-time program, taught entirely in English. This program is dedicated to students who already have a solid working background. During the first term, class activities will focus on general management, while starting from the second term, participants will study specialized subjects regarding each concentration. The program includes a 500-hour internship. The internship will help students to improve their problem-solving skills, apply their newly developed knowledge as well as give them the opportunity to face actual situations that arise within the business world. Our programs provide an exciting and fulfilling learning experience by offering optimal class sizes, by integrating real-life case studies, as well as by providing students with the opportunity to become part of BBS community.
The Global MBA offers 5 different concentrations:Design Fashion and Luxury Goods, Food and Wine, Green Energy and Sustainable Businesses, Innovation Management/Mechanics and Automation and Super Cars, Super Bikes and Motor Sports.
Programme Info
Type of Course:
• One-year Full-time MBA
Accreditation:
EPAS
Ranking:
Global MBA – 4 palms Eduniversal
Starting Dates:
• One-year Full-time MBA: September 2019
Length of Course:
Class Activities: 9 months
Internship: 500 hours (3 months)
Application Deadlines:
June 15, 2019
Student Body
Number of nationalities: 33
Percentage of international students: 88%
Africa 25%
Asia/Asia Pacific 10%
Europe 12%
Italy 12%
Russia and East 2%
Middle East 2%
North America 14%
South America 24%
Men/Women Ratio: 43:57
Age Range: no age limits
Average Age: 31
Length of Work Experience:
Average 6 years
Minimum 2 years
Admission
No GMAT or GRE required
Selection Process: online test and interview
No English certificate is required (English is tested during the interview)
Costs
Application fee: EUR 60
Tuition fees
Global MBA: € 35,000 (including VAT)
Estimate for accommodation/living costs, insurance: from € 9,000 to € 12,000
Valeria Rojas Nastrucci
Maintenance Coordinator, Philip Morris International
Global MBA, Innovation Management/Mechanics and Automation, a.y. 2016/2017
After 6 years of experience as an engineer in the areas of maintenance and production, I felt energized and ready to join a program where I could continue learning the tools needed to be specialized in that area. In 2016 I decided to continue my academic growth, and this leads me to the Bologna Business School, specifically, to the Global MBA Innovation Management, Mechanics, and Automation; where I found exactly what I was looking for. After completing the program, I gained the essential skills that allowed me to keep working in an area that is highly rewarding for me in an international company in Italy.
Lulama Yawa
Senior Legal Manager, Menlyn Maine Investment Holdings
Global MBA, Corporate Finance, a.y. 2014/2015
BBS is hugely rewarding because it not only gives a world class MBA programme that covers relevant topics taught by some of the best minds from across the world, it also forces one to grow in many other ways because of its unique location, culture and emphasis on leadership. I would go back in a heartbeat.
Kit Cheung
Corporate Communication Specialist, Ferretti Group
Global MBA - Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods, a.y. 2015/2016
With the continuous contribution of the professors and administrative team, direct support from the University of Bologna, and a close connection with global market leaders, BBS provides active support to students in terms of concrete academic knowledge, worldwide network with business insiders and career prospects
Lan Liu
Project Manager, Vinitaly International
Global MBA - Food and Wine, a.y. 2015/2016
My experience at BBS has reshaped my lifestyle and helped me achieve balance between my long-term career development and my everyday life. Fascinated by minds of scholars and colleagues from every corner of the world in class, I was equally inspired by the food and street musicians off class. A special bonus: I now speak Italian. La vita è veramente bella a Bologna!
Andrew De Villiers
Business Sustainability & Innovation Consultant, HERA
Global MBA - Green Energy and Sustainable Businesses, a.y. 2016/2017
This MBA is unique in that it truly is global, with classmates from all over the world. The MBA further developed my business thinking and broadened by career horizons. It exposed me to unique opportunities and experiences. The courses have given me confidence to pursue my passions and make a career out of them.