SDA Bocconi School of Management


SDA Bocconi School of Management is the graduate business school of Bocconi University.
SDA Bocconi offers executive, custom and MBA programs, as well as specialized masters, and regularly takes on research projects on commission. SDA Bocconi School of Management also has an offshore presence in Mumbai, India called the SDA Bocconi Asia Center.
In 1998, SDA Bocconi was the first school in Italy to be accredited by EQUIS and it's now one of only 100 business schools worldwide to hold the "triple crown", having been accredited by three international accreditation associations: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. The School has also been accredited by CSQNet and holds the ISO 9001:2000 quality rating from the Funded Projects Services Center.

Memberships

SDA Bocconi is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development, AACSB International, EABIS, ECGI, PIM, CEMS – the last two alongside Bocconi University – and ASFOR.

Rankings

In 2019, SDA Bocconi was ranked 3rd in the 2019 Financial Times' European Business School Ranking and 8th in the world for business and management studies by QS World University Rankings. In 2018, the Financial Times also ranked SDA Bocconi's MBA program 29th in world while Forbes in 2017 ranked SDA Bocconi as having the 5th best one-year international MBA programs in the world.

DBA program

SDA Bocconi offers a 3-year DBA program.

MBA programs

SDA Bocconi offers four MBA programs:
A 12-month full-time program in general management, taught entirely in English. The course is designed for professionals with a few years’ industry experience and is open to students from all over the world.
The Program starts with a one-week MBA boot camp, during which the students are asked to understand and live the essence of your forthcoming year.
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, 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. As a major international school of management, SDA Bocconi is engaged in an active and prestigious network of exchanges, collaborations and interactions with peer institutions.

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 and offers the possibility to follow elective courses while abroad through partner organizations.

Executive MBA

A 21-month executive program in general management taught entirely in Italian. The course combines distance learning modules with class-based lessons, allowing participants to study while working full-time.

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 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 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:
Open programs 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, 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, for businesses, DIBA, for banks, insurance companies and financial intermediaries, and DAP, for public administration, healthcare and non-profit organizations.

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