SDA Bocconi School of Management (SDA standing for "Scuola di Direzione Aziendale"--School of Business Administration) is the graduate business school of the Bocconi University

Bocconi University

Bocconi University is a private university located in central Milan, beside Parco Ravizza. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance and law. According to many university...

 at Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1971 as a school of business education featuring strong international ties. SDA Bocconi offers internationally recognized MBA Programs and is aimed at professionals with business experience from all over the world. It was the first school in Italy to be accredited by EQUIS

Equis

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 in 1998.
In addition to EQUIS

Equis

Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....

, SDA Bocconi has also been accredited by the AMBA

AMBA

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 (Association of MBAs) ), and CSQNet and it 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 (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), EABIS (The Academy of Business in Society), ECGI (European Corporate Governance Institute), PIM (Partnership in International Management) along with Università Bocconi, CEMS (Community of European Management Schools and International Companies) along with Università Bocconi as well as ASFOR (Associazione Italiana per la Formazione Manageriale).

Rankings

SDA Bocconi was placed as the 5th best business school in Europe in the 2010 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report

QS Global 200 Business Schools Report

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, and is especially noteworthy for its small class sizes.

The school was ranked 1st in Italy, 10th in Europe and 28th Worldwide on the 2011 Global MBA Rankings published by the Financial Times.

SDA Bocconi has also been included in rankings from The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and BusinessWeek.

MBA

SDA Bocconi offers 4 Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs:

• Full-Time MBA
• Global Executive MBA
• Executive MBA
• Executive MBA (Evening course)

Full-Time MBA

This is a 12 month full-time program in General Management. It is targeted at people with several years of professional experience completed, it is held in English

English language

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 and participants come from all over the world. The program includes work groups, internships and the opportunity to complete the program at one of SDA Bocconi’s business schools abroad.

Global Executive MBA

This is a 20 month executive program. The Global Executive MBA is made up of distance and in-class learning sessions. It is held in English and includes three modules developed with international partners (UCLA Anderson School of Management, Fudan University, Copenhagen Business School ).

Executive MBA

Executive Program, in Italian, lasts 20 months. The program alternates distance learning with in-class attendance for some modules.

Executive MBA - evening course

This program includes evening and weekend sessions in class in Milan. It lasts 24 months and allows participants to continue working while studying.

Full-Time International Master programs

These full-time Master programs last around one year and are held in English. In addition to lessons in class, they include seminars, group work projects, and on-the-job projects. The various subject areas of the International Master programs are:

• Corporate Finance
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• Fashion & Design
• Food & Beverage
• Health Care
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• Economics and Policy
• Public Management
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Full-Time Master programs

These full-time Master programs last one year, are held in Italian and include lessons, internships and on-the-job projects. The subject areas of these Master programs are:

• Real Estate (in collaboration with the MIP School of Management)
• Entertainment Industry Management (in collaboration with Teatro alla Scala and Piccolo Teatro di Milano)
• Healthcare Management
• Management of Cooperative and Non Profit Organizations (in collaboration with Emergency
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• Public Management
• Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management

Executive International Master programs

Executive programs are made up of in-class lessons and distance learning. The subject areas of these Master programs are:

• Human Resources
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• Marketing
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  & Sales

Executive Master programs

Executive Master programs are held in Italian. They allow participants to work while receiving a specialized and in-depth education in the following areas:

• Administration, finance and auditing
• Public administration
• Management for health authorities

Executive programs

Executive programs are divided by topic and length and are aimed at businesses, banks, insurance companies, healthcare service providers and public administration organizations. In addition to in-class lessons, study tours, distance learning sessions and tutorships are also included.

International Executive programs

11 Executive programs are designed for the international market.

Custom programs

Custom programs are developed and presented based on the needs of participants in the following divisions:

• Banks and Financial Institutions Division
• Public Administration, Healthcare and Non-Profit Organizations Division
• Corporate Division

Research

The SDA Bocconi Research Division represents a center of strategic interest at Università Bocconi. It began activities 22 years ago and today is named after Professor Claudio Demattè. The research division focuses on studies divided into the following:

• Custom research programs
• Academic research
• Observatories