Academic Calendar for Exchange Students
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-21
For the Spring 21 Virtual Exchange dates, please check this page.
APPLICATION
| FALL 2020-21 | SPRING 2020-21 | |
| Exchange Program online enrolment ( Housing and Italian Language Courses included) |
Virtual Exchange | October 28 - November 4, 2020 |
| Notification of the housing application results | N/A | by November 18, 2020 |
| Housing cancellation | N/A | December 16, 2020 |
| Italian Language Crash Course cancellation | N/A | December 16, 2020 |
| Italian Language Follow-up Course cancellation | N/A | January 14, 2021 |
| Course Selection | Virtual Exchange | January 12 - 15, 2021 |
| Course Selection add/drop period | Virtual Exchange | February 9 -16, 2021 |
WELCOME ACTIVITIES
| FALL 2020-21 | SPRING 2020-21 | |
| Bocconi Residences Halls check-in | N/A | January 21, 2021 |
| Italian Language Crash Course | N/A | N/A |
| Orientation Day (mandatory) | Virtual Exchange | TBC |
| Permit of Stay Counseling Sessions |
N/A | TBC |
SEMESTER DATES
| FALL 2020-21 | SPRING 2020-21 | |
| Beginning of Bocconi Courses (Official beginning of the semester) |
Virtual Exchange | February 4, 2021 |
| Italian Language Follow-Up course | N/A | N/A |
| Mid-term exam session |
Virtual Exchange |
March 15 - 23, 2021 (Undergraduate courses) March 15 - 20, 2021 (Graduate courses) March 15 - 27, 2021 (Law courses) |
| End of Bocconi courses | Virtual Exchange | May 8, 2021 |
| Early exam session for Exchange students | Virtual Exchange | N/A |
| First exam session | Virtual Exchange | May 12 - 31, 2021 |
| Second exam session | Virtual Exchange | June 1 - July 13, 2021 |
| "Earliest departure date" * | N/A | June 1, 2021 |
| Bocconi Residence Halls check-out | N/A | June 1, 2021 |
| End of the Semester | Virtual Exchange | July 16, 2021 |
* This is the earliest date by which one official exam date for each course is scheduled. Since students may sit their exams at Bocconi only and during the official examination sessions, we strongly suggest that departures are not planned before this date.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
| FALL 2020-21 | SPRING 2020-21 | |
| Public Holiday | Virtual Exchange | N/A |
| Public Holiday | Virtual Exchange | N/A |
| Christmas Break | Virtual Exchange | N/A |
| Public Holiday | Virtual Exchange | N/A |
| Easter Break | N/A | April 3 - 11, 2021 |
| Public Holiday | N/A | April 25, 2021 |
| Public Holiday | N/A | May 1, 2021 |
| Public Holiday | N/A | June 2, 2021 |