SDA Bocconi School of Management
SDA Bocconi School of Management is the leading Business School in Italy and also stands among the top-ranked European Institutions. Founded in 1971, SDA Bocconi offers a Full-Time MBA in English, a Global Executive MBA in English as well as a modular Executive MBA and Evening Executive MBA both in Italian. In addition, the School offers 5 Full-Time Specialized Master Programs in English, two Executive Specialized Master Programs in English, and 9 Specialized Master programs in Italian (5 Full-Time and 4 Executive). For more info: www.sdabocconi.it/sdamaster. Furthermore, the School offers a large variety of short-term executive courses and custom programs each year.
The school is positioned at the heart of Milan, 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 prides itself for: strategic location, an unparalleled faculty, global outlook, its diversity, powerful networks. The school is positioned in the heart of Milano, with such a location having many perks. Indeed, Milano represents a major capital of industry, finance, arts, media and, above all, fashion. Milano 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 centres, on the other, through the School of Management, an eye constantly opened on the market and 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 to 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 Master alumni, over 9,000 operating in 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.
Ranking
Latest Rankings: SDA Bocconi is Italy’s number one School of Management and now, according to the Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings 2011, the only Italian School in the European top 10 and the world’s top 30: in fact, its MBA gains four places in Europe, rising to the 10th position, and ten in the world, reaching 28th place. SDA Bocconi is also the only Italian School on the top of the charts of all main International Rankings. SDA Bocconi has started 2011 by placing first in the world in the Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking for Full-Time MBA Return On Investment, and ended 2010 reaching the 17th position in the Financial Times’ Best European Business Rankings, gaining seven positions, as well as entering the top 20 in the general Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking (18th position in the world, United States excluded). In addition, SDA Bocconi reached 5th position in Europe in the QS Top MBA Ranking based on the assessments of Recruiters.
Accreditation
EQUIS, AMBA

