Bocconi University

Bachelors Admission

Three sessions are available for international applicants:

• Early
• Winter
• Spring

Applicants are selected on the basis of:

• Grade transcripts
• Admissions test (SAT or ACT or the Bocconi Test)

In case of admission, an English certificate is required for enrollment.

More details on Bocconi website.

Four selection rounds are available for international applicants.

International applicants (applicants with a non-Italianundergraduate degree) are selected on the basis of a process that takes intoconsideration all elements of their profile, focusing on 3 compulsory elementsof evaluation:

• GMAT/ GRE/ Bocconi online test
• GPA of exams passed in theUndergraduate program
• CV and Personalstatement

To apply for programs taught in English, it is notnecessary to prove any knowledge of the Italian language, but it is necessaryto demonstrate an English language knowledge.

Work experience is not compulsory, reference letters are not required.

Incoming exchange students who have spent/are currently spending a semester at Bocconi have dedicated rounds of selection for admission.

More details on Bocconi website.

• Bocconi’s 7 RESIDENCE HALLS provide the chance to live in the heart of campus, in an international, intercultural and stimulating environment. The dorms can accommodate 2,000 students in single rooms, with the option of choosing a shared apartment.
• The SPORT CENTER is an innovative, versatile and eco-sustainable environment for individual and team sports. It is the fulcrum of social sporting life of our University, which hosts all the activities of the Bocconi Sport association. Students can take advantage of amazing facilities, including an Olympic-size pool.
• The “B in Touch Point” is a welcome point for all administrative procedures and a place where you can access the front offices for all services.
• The BOCCONI LIBRARY is one of the most well stocked libraries in Italy in the fields of economics, business administration and social sciences. The Bocconi community can access the Library’s digital collections from anywhere on any device 24/7. The print collections are available for loan and/or consultation onsite in two reading rooms and in the study spaces (27 rooms and 30 group study rooms) with about 690 seats. The Library is often open until 11pm or midnight, including on Saturdays and Sundays during the academic year to accommodate anyone studying for classes or exams.
• The LANGUAGE CENTER and the IT EDUCATION SERVICES CENTER offer, respectively, curricular courses in foreign languages, cultural courses and the Film Festival-Movies & Languages and curricular and extracurricular courses in computer skills.
• COUNSELING AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT helps students settle in on campus, improve their abilities, develop new skills, acquire a study method and face personal and/or academic problems.
• Student HEALTH AND WELLNESS is an important topic. Students who may have health issues while on campus can take advantage of agreements with several healthcare facilities in Milan that offer health services and exams to Bocconi students at discounted fees.
• The University’s publishing house, EGEA, also has a recentlyrenovated bookshop, with books for class, as well as literature and non-fiction. You can attend events with authors, intellectuals and journalists at the bookshop that are open to the public.
• Students have several options for eating on campus: there are 3 DINING AREAS and coffee shops open to the Bocconi community. Students who meet need-based requirements can apply for reduced rate meals.

Student life

• The BOCCONI SPORT TEAM promotes sports on campus at a competitive, university or amateur level: basketball, golf, lacrosse, rugby, sailing, skiing, soccer, tennis, track and field and volleyball. Several sporting events are also organized throughout the year, including Bocconi Sport Days and the Soccer Cup, which take place on campus.
• There are around 100 STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS that organize meetings, debates, events and recreational activities every day. If your association does not yet exist, or you feel existing associations do not fully reflect who you are, new groups can be created at any time, allowing you to get the most of your experience on campus.
• Social engagement is a value that is essential to Bocconi’s institutional identity. The COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT project advances and develops all academic and non-academic social initiatives at Bocconi, including the Volunteer Desk, and the student association Students for Humanity.
• From food to entrepreneurship, as well as arts, fashion, music and so many other opportunities to have fun: there is something appealing to everyone! The CAMPUS LIFE office provides the spaces and resources needed for a variety of activities:
  - Interdisciplinary courses on various topics not strictly related to economics and legal issues (history, geopolitics, literature, philosophy, science and more)
  - Performing arts, including theater productions, musicals, choral ensemble, concerts and exhibitions on campus
  - Wellness and leisure with courses on yoga, first aid an self-defense
• Bocconi is much more than just classrooms and lectures. Our students experience campus in all its aspects and directly manage a STUDENT MEDIA CENTER, which includes RadioBocconi, the newspaper Tra i Leoni and the web TV channel BocconiTV