SDA Bocconi
SDA Bocconi School of ManagementFull-Time, Part-Time
SDA Bocconi is the leading School of Managementl in Italy and also stands among the top-ranked European Institutions. Founded in 1971, with its over 30-year experience, SDA Bocconi offers a top MBA program, and a Global Executive MBA, both entirely in English, as well as the Executive MBA/ Evening Executive MBA in Italian. It also offers many international master programs and executive courses.
SDA Bocconi prides itself for: strategic location, an unparalleled faculty, global outlook, its diversity, powerful networks.
The school is positioned at the heart of Milan, with such a location having many perks. Indeed, Milan represents 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.
SDA Bocconi added-value is that of having on one side the academic excellence and tradition, guaranteed by ‘Università Bocconi’, its reputation, strong faculty and research centers, on the other, through its School of Management, an eye constantly opened on the market, on the business world needs, a practical, business-oriented approach when facing contents and situations.
SDA Bocconi is globally focused. Future leaders should have a grasp over cultural intricacies, cross-borders communication and the peculiarities of the marketplace. SDA Bocconi School of Management enables students to stand up such exigencies.
Students come at SDA Bocconi from across the globe. Every year, our campus is exemplification for diversity, internationalism and gender heterogeneity; our classes bring together individuals from different professional backgrounds with no industry dominating over the other.
Our 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 in the major cities around the world represent a concrete global network. They share with their fellow alumni and current students valuable information and provide information on job opportunities.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/sdamaster
Full-Time MBA: for people who just won't stop.
The SDA Bocconi MBA program is ranked among the top international MBAs. The MBA program opens doors to a network of diverse international relationships with talented people from about 30 different countries: over a hundred professionals with widely varied backgrounds. It is a 12--month full--time immersion in a multicultural and international context where managerial skills are developed to their full extent. The integrated, innovative curriculum is based on real--world management knowledge, fully inclusive of the social dimensions of management issues. SDA Bocconi MBA is designed to cater for the realities of the current marketplace. It encourages students to go beyond a conventional business program. Our graduates are made ready for the business mandate of getting success through a business environment that is swiftly evolving. The full-time MBA lasts 1 year and is run in two classes, in English. It is an intense program that maximizes learning chances in a limited scope of time. It represents an opportunity to be in the midst of an advantageous network of people with diverse interests and experiences with no single industry dominating. The SDA Bocconi MBA community is a one-of-a-kind of cultural, personal
and professional mix.
Particular emphasis is given to in-company projects (both individual and group), where students, supported by tutors, check out on the field what they have learnt in class. Participants must tackle real, complex problems, blending together the knowledge and skills from
different functional areas, broadening their horizons and enriching their management skills.
Most students choose to take the entire MBA at SDA Bocconi in Milan,but some can apply for the Exchange Program option and spend 3 to 4
months at one of over thirty prestigious business school partners located all around the world.
MBA students have full access to Career Development Service (CDS), which organizes one-to-one career counselling and coaching,
workshops, corporate presentations, career days, CV book and job postings. Career management and recruiting activities allow participants to get in touch with a wide range of national and international companies. Moreover, the program is run in Milan, the most active and stimulating city in Italy, a major business and financial centre and a cultural hotspot.
Full-time Courses: International Master Programs offered in English
Full-time Courses: International Master Programs offered in English
MAFED - Master in Fashion, Experience & Design Management
MAFED - Master in Fashion, Experience & Design Management
A 12-month master that blends management with creativity. The focus of the MAFED is in fact to prepare young professionals interested in taking on management roles in fashion and design, discovering how creativity, inventiveness and luxury can successfully interact with strategy, operations and marketing. The program also provides an intense living experience in Milan, one of the richest city of opportunities in this field. MAFED is run in collaboration with Altagamma, an association of international renowned Italian companies operating at the high end of the luxury brand market.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/mafed
MFFB - Master in Fine Food & Beverage
Two examples of excellence - Italian taste and life style, along with SDA Bocconi sound record in management education - come together to create a master that prepares managers for one of the fastest growing sectors. 12 months of exceptional experiences, business models applied to food and wine sector, top level partnerships with the most recognized players of the sector. A field project is part of the program as well.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/mffb
MCF - Master in Corporate Finance
This is a 12-month program whose mission is to prepare students to offer high quality solutions to financial problems. Participants acquire innovative competences, combining the most advanced techniques of Financial Management with an accurate knowledge and understanding of the principles that lie behind sound financial decisions. A distinctive feature of this program is its international corporate perspective: the focus is on the company rather than the market through a rigorous and exhaustive curriculum leading to a variety of internship opportunities in corporations in the main European financial centres.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/mcf
MIHMEP - Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy
By attending this 12-month program, students gain a thorough knowledge of the economic, political and social context of healthcare management at international level. Participants acquire the specific skills and abilities needed to take on management roles within governmental institutions, NGOs, healthcare organizations and private companies, along with a sound qualitative and quantitative basis for successfully managing organizational and policy change.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/mihmep
MPM - Master of Public Management
Public Management is about having an impact on real lives, so the aim of this 12-month program is to promote value in the public sphere, providing students with solid tools for public management while paying close attention to international best practices. The MPM is built on a foundation of networking developed over time between various players from governmental institutions, international organizations and NGOs. This network actively contributes to the program, providing a framework which focuses on participants' individual development.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/mpm
Part-time Courses: International Master Programs offered in English
EMMS – Executive Master in Marketing & Sales
A 14-month international program offered jointly by SDA Bocconi School of Management and ESADE Business School. The program is the product of alliance between two leading European schools that have joined their expertise in marketing and sales. EMMS offers a truly cross-cultural experience thanks to the international mix of personal and professional backgrounds and face-to-face classes run in three vibrant cities: Milan, Barcelona, and Madrid. The program serves as a framework for managers and executives with marketing and sales background. The modular format alternates face-to-face and distance learning, so that participants can develop their career path while continuing to work: with a deeper knowledge of the marketing and sales fields, students will boost their skills and self confidence and grow fast both as a person and a professional, while living a unique experience with a distinctive touch of Mediterranean style.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/emms
EMSHRM - Executive Master in Strategic Human Resource Management
The Executive Master in Strategic Human Resource Management at SDA Bocconi aims to support high-potential HR managers and professionals in developing the necessary competences to enhance the value of the most important companies’ asset: the people. EMSHRM is designed to shape HR managers and professionals able to take on the role of strategic business partners at the top management level and drive organizational performance through best practices in Human Resource Management.
Taught in collaboration with Cornell University Faculty - CAHRS (Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies), this 10-month master strengthens the strategic and leadership role of HR; face-to-face class modules alternate with distance learning project assignments, allowing participants to study, work and immediately apply their learning. The program’s Advisory Board gathers top level HR managers from leading international organizations, making sure the course is aligned with the needs of the business community.
Website: www.sdabocconi.it/emshrm
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