Double Degree – Incoming students at Bocconi

The Double Degree program offers undergraduate or graduate students coming from prestigious Partner Universities the possibility to spend one year at Bocconi, acquiring core knowledge and skills. Provided that both institutions' academic requirements have been met, participants will receive undergraduate or graduate degrees both from Bocconi and the Home institution.

Important: students who applied to Bocconi directly and Italian Bachelor graduates will not be accepted into the Double Degree Program.

Double Degree students are considered as regularly enrolled Bocconi students and they have to comply with all Bocconi rules and regulations, but some exceptions may apply. Double Degree students are exempted from paying the university tuition fees and cannot apply for Bocconi scholarships.

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STEP 1 – Once you have been nominated by your Home School, you will be asked to apply online at Bocconi and obtain your Bocconi Acceptance letter, following the instructions you will receive via e-mail. This generally happens in May, prior to the start of the Bocconi academic year.

STEP 2 – if you are coming from extra-EU countries, this guided procedure will help you understand if you need to apply for a VISA based on your nationality, country of residence, reasons for your visit and length of stay. If needed, extra-EU students have to complete a 2-step application:

2.1. pre-register on the Universitaly portal (mandatory to apply for the VISA). We recommend that you start the procedure after downloading the Bocconi Acceptance Letter within the application.

2.2. Apply for the study VISA: follow the instructions provided on the website of the Consulate where you are going to apply. Once in Italy, all extra-EU students will have to obtain the Permit of Stay (in Italian: Permesso di Soggiorno). Further info available at this link.

STEP 3 – extra-EU students must have health insurance coverage with international validity while studying in Italy to be approved for the permit of stay. EU students are required to have the European Health Insurance Card or a similar private insurance policy with international validity to benefit from health service coverage.

STEP 4 – Housing needed? places at University Housing are limited and assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. More information on how to apply will be sent directly to students. For private Housing: students are responsible for securing their own accommodation.

STEP 5 – Get ready for your arrival in Milan: visit the Bocconi dedicated webpage to find useful info on the relocation to Milan, on the Milanese city life and on the students and academic life at Bocconi! 

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Before the beginning of the academic year at Bocconi, Double Degree students receive a tailored and individual study plan. The study plan is based on the Double Degree agreement between Bocconi University and Home Schools and it is approved by the Director of the Master of Science program in which students are enrolled at Bocconi.

The study plan may include a mix of courses of the 1° and the 2° year of the Bocconi MSc program, according to the courses' matching between Bocconi and Home School. Bocconi credit system is ECTS equivalent.

Before the beginning of the academic year, you will be asked – if foreseen by your individual study plan – to choose your electives at Bocconi, with the possibility to change 2° semester electives during the “add/drop period” in January.

Guide to the University: www.unibocconi.eu/studentguide

Going to university is about more than just academics: Bocconi and Milan also represent culture, sports, arts and exchange of ideas, making university life exciting and crucial for personal and professional growth.

Our campus is a lively place, multicultural and safe, located near the city center. The dynamic pace of university life pulses through historic and ultra-new spaces alike. And since 2021 you find a new sports center and a campus green.

In order to graduate at Bocconi, you are required to have successfully fulfilled all mandatory components of the Bocconi study plan, and to provide copy of your Bachelor degree/authorization letter from your Home School.

Check Bocconi Graduation Sessions calendars here to find out about all relevant procedures and deadlines.

MANDATORY COMPONENTS OF THE BOCCONI MSc DEGREE:

• courses (core and elective)
• enhancing experiences
• internship – detail below
• first language and second language – detail below
• thesis – detail below

INTERNSHIP: Internship is a mandatory element of the Bocconi study plan to receive the Bocconi MSc Degree. Check out in the dedicated webpages Bocconi information on standard requirements and validation rules, and discover the many services, tools and recruiting events to find interesting job opportunities in Italy or abroad. Please consider that previously completed internships/working experiences may be validated, if in line with the student’s course of study/duration requirements.

LANGUAGES: the Bocconi study plan requires to pass two foreign language exams at Bocconi. The first foreign language will be English (exit level: C1 Business); the second language will be Italian (exit level: A2) while native Italian speakers can decide between French, German and Spanish (exit level: B1 Business). The Bocconi Language Center may recognize home school exams and international certificates: check all the detail info on the validation through international certificates here.

For further info: you@B agenda > B in Touch > Language Center (only for current students)

Minimum language requirements:

MSc students (non-Italian native speakers):

• Professional English seminar – exit level C1 Business (2 ECTS) - (pass/fail) –> mandatory also for native speakers
• Italian – exit level A2 (4 ECTS) - (grade out of 30)

MSc students (Italian native speakers):

• Professional English seminar – exit level C1 Business (2 ECTS)
• French/Spanish/German – exit level B1 Business (4 ECTS)

BSc students (non-Italian native speakers):

• English – exit level C1 (4 ECTS) - (grade out of 30)
• Italian – exit level A2 (4 ECTS) - (grade out of 30)

THESIS: as well as all Bocconi regular students, Double Degree students are required to write a thesis (weighted 18/20 ECTS for MSc, and 3 ECTS for BSc). The MSc thesis can be one of the following two types: research thesis or analytical/descriptive thesis and students are also required to defend it before a Degree Assessment Board on the very day of their graduation (no defense foreseen for BSc students). The thesis is the result of an individual research work carried out under the supervision of a Bocconi thesis advisor.

For the Thesis requirements of your Home University, please remember to directly check with your Home School about specific requirements, that may vary with the Bocconi ones (for some Home schools a research thesis is mandatory to get the degree).