SDA Bocconi School of Management

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SDA Bocconi School of Management
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School building
Former names
Business School of Bocconi University
MottoDesigned for your world
TypeBusiness School
Established1971 (1971)
Parent institution
 Bocconi University
Accreditation AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
Dean Stefano Caselli
Location
Milan
,
Lombardy
,
Italy

Website www.sdabocconi.it
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SDA Bocconi School of Management (SDA standing for Scuola di Direzione Aziendale) was founded in 1971 and is the graduate business school of Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. [1] SDA Bocconi is triple accredited by the AACSB, EQUIS, and the AMBA. [2] SDA Bocconi offers various MBA programs, specialized master’s degrees, as well as executive education, professional development, and professional certification programs. The business school also regularly engages in commissioned research projects. SDA Bocconi School of Management, in addition to its main campus in Milan, Italy maintains a presence in Mumbai, India called the SDA Bocconi Asia Center.

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Accreditation and Memberships

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SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan Campus

In 1998, SDA Bocconi was the first school in Italy to be accredited by EQUIS [3] and is now one of only 100 business schools worldwide to hold the "triple crown", [4] having been accredited by three international accreditation associations: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA (Association of MBAs). [5] The School has also been accredited by CSQNet and holds the ISO 9001:2000 quality rating from the Funded Projects Services Center. [6]

SDA Bocconi is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development, [7] AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), [8] EABIS (The Academy of Business in Society), [9] ECGI (European Corporate Governance Institute), [10] PIM (Partnership in International Management), [11] CEMS (Community of European Management Schools and International Companies) [12] – the last two alongside Bocconi University.

Rankings

In 2024, the Financial Times ranked SDA Bocconi's full-time MBA program 3rd in world. [13] In 2022, SDA Bocconi was ranked as the 4th best business school in Europe in Financial Times' European Business School Ranking. [14] For 2023, QS ranked SDA Bocconi's MBA program as the 22nd best in the world, and 10th in Europe. [15] [16] Bloomberg ranked SDA Bocconi as the #1 business school in Europe for the 2023-24 ranking cycle. [17]

Master in Business Administration (MBA) programs

SDA Bocconi offers three MBA programs:

Full-time MBA

A 12-month full-time program in general management, taught in English. The course is designed for professionals with a few years’ industry experience and is open to students from all over the world. SDA Bocconi MBA structure is organized around three cornerstones: Planning and Innovation, Leading people and Processes, Controlling and Investment. These core courses represent the competence requirements of a global manager. Students spend the first eight months of the program taking foundation courses and developing management skills followed by a two-month real-world, hands-on experience (individual internship or group consulting project), plus final Concentrations.

In addition to 4 functional-based Concentrations, such as Finance, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Marketing, the Program offers participants the possibility to further personalize their development by choosing the sector-based Track in Luxury Business Management (LBM) in partnership with LVMH, the renowned leader in the worldwide luxury business. The last part of the MBA will take place in the Arrivederci Week: Arts and Business, Telco and New media, Government-related finance, Pharma and Health, and first-hand “Made in Italy” business models. As a major international school of management, SDA Bocconi is engaged in a network of exchanges, collaborations and interactions with peer institutions. [18]

Global executive MBA

A 20-month international executive program in general management that combines distance learning modules and class-based lessons. Taught entirely in English, the Global Executive MBA includes 3 months at partner business schools abroad (UCLA Anderson School of Management, [19] Fudan University, [20] Copenhagen Business School [21] ) and offers the possibility to follow elective courses while abroad through partner organizations.

Executive MBA

A 21-month executive program in general management taught in Italian.

Master programs

Full-time international masters

All full-time international master programs last one year and are taught in English. In addition class-based lessons, they include seminars, group projects and field-based projects. The international Master programs cover the following:

Full-time masters

Full-time master programs last one year and are taught in Italian. The courses include class-based lessons, work placements and field-projects. They cover the following subject areas:

Executive international masters

Executive masters combine class-based lessons with distance learning. The courses are taught in English and cover the following:

The school also offers a joint international executive master in Marketing & Sales degree in partnership with ESADE Business School in Barcelona.

Executive masters

Executive masters are taught in Italian and are designed to allow participants to continue working while taking a specialist course in one of the following areas:

Executive open programs and custom projects

Open programs and professional certifications are aimed at managers with different degrees of experience and responsibility working in one of the following fields: large corporations, banks, insurance and financial intermediaries, fashion and design, healthcare, non-profit organizations, small and medium-size businesses, public administration, real estate, sport and tourism. As well as being sector-specific, the programs are designed based on different job functions: administration and control, corporate finance, marketing, sales, communication and distribution, organization, human resources, risk management, information systems, strategy and entrepreneurship, technology and operations. There are also more generic programs covering areas such as general management, project management, quantitative methods and leadership. Class-based lessons are combined with individual assessments, study tours, distance learning, role playing, experiential learning, web-based simulations, field visits, company visits, tutoring and coaching.

In addition to the 200 Executive Open Programs aimed at Italian professionals, the school has designed a number of International Executive Open Programs on subjects such as finance, retail management, marketing and communication. Some of these have been developed in collaboration with institutions, sponsors and international trade associations.

To address the specific needs of companies and organizations, the school has developed what they call the Modello di Corporate Empowerment (i.e. Corporate Empowerment Model), designed especially to create custom programs that are able to strengthen and value organizations. These programs are run by three divisions, each dedicated to one of the School's main target sectors. The divisions are: DIM (Divisione Imprese), for businesses, DIBA (Divisione Banche, Assicurazioni e Intermediari Finanziari), for banks, insurance companies and financial intermediaries, and DAP (Divisione Amministrazioni Pubbliche, Sanità e non profit), for public administration, healthcare and non-profit organizations.[ citation needed ]

Research

The Research Division, founded 22 years ago by Prof. Claudio Demattè, uses the outcomes of the latest studies to address the needs of managers working in companies and in financial and public institutions. Research projects can take one of the following shapes:

Alumni Association

Alumni from SDA Bocconi and the other Bocconi schools are all members of the Bocconi Alumni Association. [22] As of September 2015, the Alumni Association is composed of over 95,000 active alumni, 12,000 of which are from SDA Bocconi. [23] The Bocconi alumni network is active in over 110 countries in the world. [23]

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