Full-time MBA

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 please refer to the dedicated website.

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.

The twelve-month Full-Time MBA is the School’s flagship program and begins each October with approximately 100 new MBA students. Great importance is given in the program to soft skills, such as decision-making, personal leadership, negotiation and governance. Students spend the first eight months of the program taking foundation courses and developing management skills followed by a two-month practical placement (individual internship or group consulting project). During the final two months students take elective subjects in their chosen concentration of marketing and innovation, strategy or finance. Alternatively, students can complete the last two months of the MBA at another leading international business school through an exchange program.

Exchange options are available throughout Europe and North America, as well as in Brazil, India, China, Japan and Australia.

In addition to the 5 functional-based concentrations, such as Strategy, Corporate Finance, Investments,  Innovation and Marketing, the Program offers participants the possibility to further personalize their development by choosing  the new sector-based Track in Luxury Business Management (LBM) in partnership with Bulgari, the renowned Italian Group in the worldwide luxury market.

Starting in the middle of the third term of the MBA program (mid-May), the LBM track offers students  the opportunity to focus their  path on subjects related to general management in luxury business. The approach the managerial peculiarities of these businesses is from 360°, from strategy to finance, from operations to legal issues.
The track is  held in Rome at Bulgari headquarters. The active involvement of Bulgari managers in the program assures a unique interaction between theory and practice.

The courses are grouped into two main parts: Foundation and Advanced Courses. The foundation courses will take place from mid-May to late June. During this portion, students will also participate in a three-day Bulgari Business Game on managerial issues in luxury brands. Advanced courses will be held in October. From July to September, internships and field projects with an international perspective will be offered.

The LBM track will be held in Rome at Bulgari headquarters. The active involvement of Bulgari managers in the program will assure an ideal interaction between theory and practice. This unique track is the only one in Luxury Business Management within a top ranked International MBA.

Students come at SDA Bocconi from across the globe; the classes bring together individuals from different professional backgrounds with no industry dominating over the other. 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.

The SDA Bocconi MBA is delivered through a variety of methods and tools.

One approach, different tools
Active methodologies are used throughout the Program. The analysis and discussion of company cases play a significant role, together with traditional lessons, guided discussions, practical exercises, business games, simulations, first-hand business experiences, individual projects, group work, workshops and seminars.

Full schedule
Your schedule will always be tight, full of commitments and opportunities. There is much more than lectures and teamwork on class assignments and business cases. Meetings with famous guest speakers, company days, company interviews, outside visits or in-company projects, club activities and the various sports and social events will keep you constantly busy throughout the program.

Highly interactive group work
The MBA involves you in and outside the classroom with seminars, workshops, club initiatives, sports, charity events and creative competitions. These activities provide new perspectives and challenges, enhancing teamwork, involvement and responsibility in a multicultural contects with very diverse, talent men and women.

Facilities and other learning tools
The MBA Program is housed in a dedicated building with consisting of classrooms equipped with multimedia stations, more than eighty areas for group work and a dedicated wireless system. Each participant must have their own laptop.
The Università Bocconi Library offers access to over 500,000 volumes and more than 7,000 periodicals, a collection that makes our Library one of the world’s richest sources of information on economics, finance and management.
You will be assigned a personal e-mail account in the Bocconi domain and will have access to several databases containing information on economics, finance and business management.

Evaluation
The evaluation system is based on written tests, role playing, projects and classroom work. Participants who complete the Program are awarded the Degree of Master of Business Administration. Exceptional students are awarded a Cum Laude Diploma.

Language courses
Because of the international dimension of the Program, fluency in languages is highly valued and the School provides language pre-courses in both Italian and English.
Non-Italian-speaking students are also offered a free Italian language course from the beginning of the Program in October until June.

12 months: 1st October 2012 - October 2013

30th April 2012

€ 43,500

Masters Division - Recruiting and Admissions Service
Tel: +39 02 5836 3228 / 3278 / 3297 / 3299
Fax: +39 02 5836 3272

E-mail: info.ftmba@sdabocconi.it
Web: www.sdabocconi.it/ftmba