1. Universita’ Commerciale Luigi Bocconi In the words of its first Rector and President, Leopoldo Sabbatini, Bocconi's mission is to "promote harmony between school and life."

2. Università Bocconi, founded in 1902, was the first Italian university to grant a degree in economics. For a century, Bocconi has played a leading role in Italy's social and economic modernization. It has remained true to its founding values of being a major research university, with democratic values and open to the world, as well as financially and politically independent. At the outset of the 21st century, Bocconi is contributing to the advancement of European higher education by teaching business and economic knowledge to prospective managers and researchers from all over the world.

3. An International University Over 180 partner universities in 50 Countries on all 5 continents Founding member of CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) and member of the PIM (Partnership in International Management) network, also hosting the secretariat officeCEMSPIM

4. In 2005 Bocconi adopted a new Strategic Plan which will guide the school until 2015. In order to guarantee greater functionality and effectiveness in managing the programs, all activities have been divided among five Schools. Schools

5. Educational offer the UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL offers three-year Bachelor programs the GRADUATE SCHOOL includes Master of Science programs, Specialized Master programs and Specialization Courses the SCHOOLS includes the Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Law and the other programs offered in the legal field the PHD SCHOOL offers a range of doctoral programs the SDA BOCCONI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT promotesand organizes post-graduate educational programs and post-experience training

6. Undergraduate school The Undergraduate School coordinates and supervises educational activities in Bachelor Degrees: Bachelor taught in English Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance Bachelors taught in Italian Bachelor of Business Administration and Management (Italian site) Bachelor of Economics and Finance (Italian site) Bachelor of Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication (Italian site) Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences (Italian site)

7. Graduate school The following programs are part of the Graduate School: International Management Marketing Management (in English or Italian) Finance (in English or Italian) Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment Economic and Social Sciences (in English or Italian) Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology Management (in Italian) Accounting, Corporate Finance and Control (in Italian) Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions (in Italian) Law and Business Administration (in Italian)

8. International opportunities 1,200 students spend a semester abroad through the Exchange Program, CEMS, Double Degree, Themis and Free-Mover Semester About 550 Bocconi students take part in short programs (Campus Abroad International Case Competitions and Simulations, Free-Mover Summer Program) More than 550 opportunities for short internship programs abroad in international institutions, NGOs, Italian Diplomatic Delegation, Italian Chamber of Commerce and Companies (extra EU) About 1,000 foreign exchange students coming from Bocconi's international network spend 1 semester in Milan.

9. Why Milan? Situated at the centre of an area of about 10 million inhabitants, such as London or Paris Produce 10% of the domestic GDP, a level equal to Brussel’s or Madrid’s have a per-capita revenue that is almost twice the domestic one and an unemployment level as low as half of Italy’s as a whole. Register 40% of the new innovation patents, equal to Boston’s annual production sell 10 million tickets yearly for art, music and cinema shows, based on the same population rate of Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona House 650 fashion show-rooms, in competition with Paris and New York are the Italian center for voluntary service and the tertiary industry Great night life!!!

10. For further information please check the website: www.unibocconi.it