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About Luigi Bocconi University

Bocconi was established in Milan in 1902, with a generous endowment from Ferdinando Bocconi, a wealthy merchant who intended to commemorate his son lost in battle overseas. Bocconi thus became the first Italian institution of higher education to grant a degree in economics. Today, Bocconi is a research university of international standing in business, economics, and law. Its research projects are funded by national and supranational institutions. Bocconi has close relations with major corporations and international agencies, as well as their managers and officials, and constantly interacts with the business and economic environment to assess new issues, implement new techniques, and start new research endeavors.

Term Dates

Bocconi offers IBEX opportunities in the fall and spring semesters.

• Fall semester: mid-September to late-December (Special exam sessions organized in December for exchange students)
• Spring semester: mid-February to late-May (Exam session in June)

Dates are approximate and may be subject to change.

Approximate Living Expenses

• Housing: On campus housing is approximately €2900 – €4200 per term. Exchange students can request accommodation in Bocconi’s dorms through the International Student Desk (ISD) Housing Office when completing the online application for the exchange program. Rooms are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Food: approximately 5€ for a complete meal at the university restaurant or €10 at a nearby cafe.
• Books and class materials: €50 – 100 per course.
• Local transportation: around €22 per month for the bus pass.
• Health insurance:  approximately €49 for 6 months coverage, €98 for 12 months coverage (obligatory for non-EU citizens).
• Permit of stay: approximately €120/semester.

€ = Euro

Find out more about IBEX tuition, housing, and other logistics.

Language of Instruction

English and Italian

Student Services

The student services available to exchange students include:

• An Italian Language Crash Course at the beginning of the semester
• Welcome activities including city tours and a welcome cocktail event
• An active international students group that hosts weekly social activities

Academic Information

If you are accepted to IBEX, you will attend two individual advising meetings to plan and revise your schedule: one with NYU Stern Academic Advising and one with the NYU Stern Global Experiences team. As you build your academic schedule for your semester abroad, carefully review and consider the following course information.

IBEX Course Information

• You may take a full semester of business classes while abroad on IBEX.
• At Bocconi, students can complete up to 2 classes of their concentration. You will need to take or have taken 2 other courses in your concentration in residence at Stern. There are no exceptions to this policy. Students with concentrations that have more than a 12 credit and 4 class minimum, please contact your Advisor for specific guidance. 
• Leave room for at least two general electives in your schedule. This allows you to:
  • Take interesting, location-specific courses not offered at Stern, and
  • Have more flexibility during the course registration process.
• Reference the IBEX Course Guide: What you can or cannot take.
  • You can take a maximum of two classes per concentration.
  • Accounting courses cannot be taken for credit toward the Accounting or CPA majors/concentrations.
  • All IBEX grades will transfer back to NYU Stern as Pass/Fail.

Bocconi Pre-Approved Courses

• Review the list of Bocconi Pre-Approved courses via the link below. The courses listed on this sheet were taken previously by Stern IBEX students and have already been approved for a specific NYU equivalent.
• There is no guarantee that the courses listed here will be offered during the specific semester you study abroad. It is important to be flexible. Have a Plan A and Plan B and the space to take some electives.
• If a course is already on this pre-approved list, it does not need to be reviewed again - unless you want to see if it will count towards a new requirement.

**Please note that exchange students have encountered challenges enrolling in Text and Ideas, and, Cultures and Contexts equivalent courses due to limited humanities courses at Bocconi. As with all topics, it is very important to continue to be as flexible as possible when selecting courses.

Finding New Courses

• You are not limited to only taking the courses listed on the spreadsheet.
• If you see a course on Bocconi’s website that you would like to take, but it is not listed below, you must submit the syllabus to Stern’s Global Experiences team for approval.
• Once Bocconi publishes its confirmed courses for the semester you will be attending, you can revise your list as needed based on what is being offered.