Academic Calendar for Exchange Students
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-25
APPLICATION
| FALL 2024 | SPRING 2025 | |
| Exchange Program online application (Housing NOT included) | April 10 - May 23, 2024 | TBD |
| In-person Italian Language Crash and Follow-up Course registration
| April 10 - May 23, 2024
| TBD
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| In-person
Italian Language Crash Course cancellation deadline | July 30, 2024 | TBD
|
| In-person Italian Language Follow-up Course cancellation deadline | August 23, 2024 | TBD |
| Course Selection | August 22-27, 2024 | TBD
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| Course Selection add/drop period | September 10-17, 2024 | TBD
|
WELCOME ACTIVITIES
| FALL 2024 | SPRING 2025 | |
| Bocconi Residence Hall check-in (recommended date) | August 23, 2024 | TBD |
| Welcome check-in days (mandatory) | August 26 - August 30, 2024 | TBD
|
| In-person
Italian Language Crash Course | August 26 - September 7, 2024 | TBD
|
| Welcome Orientation | August 30, 2024 | TBD |
SEMESTER DATES
| FALL 2024 | SPRING 2025 | |
| Beginning of Bocconi Courses (Official beginning of the semester) | September 5, 2024 | February 3, 2025 |
| In-person
Italian Language Follow-up Course | September 24 - November 26, 2024 | TBD |
| Mid-term exam session |
October 21-31, 2024 (Undergraduate courses) |
March 10 - 18, 2025 (Undergraduate courses) March 10 - 15, 2025 (Graduate courses) March 10 - 22, 2025 (Law courses) |
| End of Bocconi courses | December 6, 2024 | May 14, 2025** |
| Early exam session for Exchange students | December 9 - 21, 2024 | N/A |
| First exam session |
January 7 - 18, 2025 | May 16 - 31, 2025 |
| Second exam session | January 20 - February 1, 2025 | June 3 - July 11, 2025 |
| "Earliest departure date" * | December 22, 2024 | June 1, 2025 |
| Bocconi Residence Hall check-out | December 24, 2024 | June 1, 2025 |
| Official end of the semester | February 1, 2025 | July 18, 2025 |
* The earliest date by which one official exam date for each course is scheduled. Students may take exams at Bocconi only during the official examination sessions. We strongly recommend that departures are not planned before this date.
**Some LAW courses will end on May 20, 2025
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
| FALL 2024 | SPRING 2025 | |
| Public Holiday | November 1, 2024 | N/A |
| Public Holiday | December 7 - 8, 2024 | N/A |
| Christmas Break | December 22, 2024 - January 6, 2025 | N/A |
| Public Holiday | January 6, 2025
| N/A |
| Easter Break | N/A | April 19 - May 4, 2025 |
| Public Holiday | N/A | April 25, 2025 |
| Public Holiday | N/A | May 1, 2025 |
| Public Holiday | N/A | June 2, 2025 |