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Second Phase

Third Phase

Fourth Phase

Major Employers

Career Statistics

Salary Statistics

Exchange Programs

Tuition Fees

Expenses

Scholarships

Loans

 

DATES

 Application Dates

Application Review Start Date

01 November 2008

Application Deadline

30 April 2009

Application Review End Date

July 2009

 Course Dates

Pre-courses Start

begins 07 November 2008

Program

05 October 2009 - 29 October 2010

Commencement Day

17 December 2010

 

APPLICATION

 Admission Requirements

Online application

GMAT Score Report [institution code: 3WJL8-42]

TOEFL Score Report if applicable [institution code: 0698]

Detailed CV

Essays

Two Letters of Reference

Transcripts

Application Fee: 100 Euro

 

 Application Form

http://admissions.sdabocconi.it/public/index.php?id_master=27

 Essay Questions

1. Write down, in order of importance, all possible past or present community or cultural responsibilities.

2. What interests and occupations do you pursue in your free time?

3. What do you think you gained from your university studies? Conversely, what important things do you think your studies lacked?

4. Explain the most significant goals you think you have achieved so far and the reasons for their importance in your personal growth.

5. Describe your strong points, personal and professional, explaining why you see them as such.

6. Describe your weak points, personal and professional, explaining why you see them as such.

7. What are the reasons that lead you to apply to the MBA program at this point in your life?

8. What do you hope to get from the MBA program?

9. What other possibilities have you seriously considered, apart from the MBA program, for reaching your goals of personal and professional growth?

10. Have you applied to other business schools in Italy or elsewhere? If yes, which ones and why?

11. Where do you wish to pursue your profession after receiving the MBA diploma? Why?

12. What are your short-term professional goals (within the next four years)?

13. What are your long-term professional goals? (approx. 2500 chars.)

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 Recommendation

Recommendation Form (Page number 21)

Two letters of reference must be from people who know you well enough academically and/or professionally to permit an exhaustive evaluation of your pre-candidature performance and the outline of your profile. The SDA Bocconi Reference (available on the application form must be used)

1. How long have you known the candidate?

2. In your mind, what are the candidate's most revealing qualities?

3. What are the candidate's most significant weaknesses?

4. Do you consider the candidate suitable for admission to a challenging full-time program such as the MBA?

Please rate this candidate regarding the following traits.
  Excellent Above Average Average Below Average

Group Skills

       

Discussion Skills

       

Commitment to Goals

       

Ability to Grow

       

Potential to Grow

       

Please comment further on your judgments and add any other information you think might be useful.

Do you know of any purely emotional factors to be kept in mind regarding the candidate's effective participation in the MBA program? If so, could you give some instance.

 

COURSE

 Pre Courses

Accounting

Economics

Quantitative Methods

Italian for Foreigners

Intensive English Course

 First Phase

First phase  covers

Company Information: Financial Reporting & Analysis, management Accounting & Control

Company Architecture: Organizational Behavior & Negotiation, Human Resources Management & Organization Design

Company Operations: Marketing, Management of Operations, Supply Chain & Information Systems, Quantitative Methods

Company Finance: Financial Markets and Institutions, Corporate Finance

Company Competitiveness: The Firm & its Environment, Strategy

 Second Phase

Applied Decision Making: Large Scale Business Cases, Large Scale Business Games

Entrepreneurship and Business Planning: Evaluate Opportunities, Structure and Write a Business Plan, Forecast and Simulate Economic and Financial Results of the Venture, Present and Sell your Business Plan

Leadership: Project Management, Change Management

Corporate Governance and Business Law: Company Law, Contract Law, Economics of Corporate Governance

Corporate Citizenship: Map both Market- and non-market Stakeholders, Manage Relational Liabilities through Corporate Citizenship Practices in Multi-cultural Environments, Ensure that Corporate Citizenship Practices are Coherent with Broader Corporate Political Strategies, Economic Analysis and Policy

 Third Phase

Internship Project

Group Project

Entrepreneurial Project

Research Project

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 Fourth Phase

The Electives include

Marketing and Innovation: Channel and Brand Management, Customer Value Management, Digital and Interactive Marketing, Ideating and Marketing New Products, R&D and Intellectual Capital Management, Search and Mine: a Quantitative Approach to Marketing Decisions, Increasing Shareholders' Value

Corporate Finance and Asset Management: Portfolio Management, Structured & Project Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Alternative Asset Classes: Private Equity and Real Estate, Accounting and Financial Communications, The Practice of Finance, Derivatives in Corporate Finance

Strategy and General Management: Corporate Political Strategies, Competing in Global Markets, Family Business and Made in Italy, Technology and Innovation Strategy, Regulation and Antitrust, Strategic Design of the Multinational Firm, Luxury in Search of Identity: Strategic and Managerial Implications
 

CAREER

 Major Employers

BANKS & FINANCIAL SERVICES

Allianz Real Estate

Banca IMI

Barclays

BBVA Banco Bilbao

Bear Stearns

Chatham Financial

Citibank

Conlead

Credit Suisse

Deutsche Bank

Eurobank EFG

Four Partners

GE Money

Greenergy Capital

Hexagon Partners

IFC International Finance Corporation

Lehman Brothers

Moody's

Nomura

RZB Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich

Standard & Poor's

CONSULTANCY

ADLittle

Alix Partners

AT Kearney

Bain & Company

Booz Allen Hamilton

Capgemini

Europraxis

Gartner Consulting

GEA

George Group Consulting

Globalpraxis

Jefferson Wells

McKinsey

Prometeia

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

SAP Business Consulting

Schlumberger Business Consulting

Siemens Management Consulting

The Boston Consulting Group

Value Partners

ZS Associates

CONSUMER PRODUCTS & LUXURY GOODS

Adidas

Coty

Diageo

Ferrero Group

Heinz

Larusmiani

Nike

Timex Group

Yoox Group

ENERGY & UTILITIES

Enel

Dufenergy

Enel

Eni

ExxonMobil

GE Oil & Gas

Saras

Shell

Sorgenia

EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Accetis

Adecco

Exige International

Future Step

Hommes & Entreprises Int.

Human Capital Solutions

Intermedia Selection

Key2People

Kilpatrick

Neumann International

Opteaman

Pact & Partners

Terra Connecta

The Martin Veasey Partnership

The RSA Group

TPP International

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

3M

Amcor

Cementir

Ferretti Group

Fiat

Fincantieri

GE Water Process & Technologies

Hilti

Indesit

Siemens

Tyco

Whirlpool

TECHNOLOGY/TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Amadeus

Colt Telecom Group

eBay

Ericsson

Expedia

Google

Nokia

Philips

Vodafone

HEALTHCARE/PHARMA/AGRIBUSINESS

Abbott Amgen

Eli Lilly

GE Healthcare

Janssen-Cilag

Johnson & Johnson

Medtronic

Molmed

Syngenta

SERVICES

Bertelsmann

Deutsche Post World Net/DHL

LeasePlan

Pirelli RE

World Economic Forum

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 Career Statistics  average of last two year programs

RECRUITING COMPANY SECTORS

Consulting

23%
Banking & Financial Services 22%
Industrial Products 12%
Consumer Products/Luxury Goods 10%
Healthcare/Pharma/Agribusiness 10%
Technology/Telecommunications 10%
Energy & Utilities 8%
Services 5%

JOB SECTORS

Consulting

24%

Banking & Financial Services

18%

Industrial Products

17%

Consumer Products/Luxury Goods

10%
Healthcare/Pharma/Agribusiness 7%
Energy & Utilities 7%
Services 5%
Technology/Telecommunications 2%
Media & Communications 2%
Other 8%

JOB FUNCTIONS

Consulting

24%

Finance

22%

Marketing/Sales

17%

General Management

14%
Operations/Logistics 9%
Planning & Strategy 7%
Other 7%

JOB LOCATIONS

Italy

58%

Europe

28%

Rest of the World

14%

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY

New company

80%

Pre-MBA Company

9%

Family Business

6%

Own Business 5%

RELOCATION

Same Country as Before MBA

72%

Different Country

28%

JOB SEARCH SOURCE

Career Development Source

55%

Personal Contacts

45%

 Salary Statistics  2006-2007 program (in Euro)
Average Gross Salary Post MBA 60815
Average Gross Salary (Italy) 60346
Average Gross Salary (Abroad) 61535
Average Sign-in Bonus 11305
Average Sign-in Bonus (Italy) 8577
Average Sign-in Bonus (Abroad) 21438
Average Year-end Bonus 12312
Average Year-end Bonus (Italy) 13236
Average Year-end Bonus (Abroad) 9770

 

ALLIANCES

 Exchange Programs

The Exchange Program network is

EUROPE

ESADE Business School (Barcellona)

ESSEC Business School (Cergy-Pontoise)

HEC MBA (Jouy-en-Josas)

IE, Instituto de Empresa (Madrid)

London Business School (London)

MBS, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester (Manchester)

RSM, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (Rotterdam)

Koç University, Graduate School of Business (Istanbul)

USA

Babson College (Babson Park, MA)

Columbia University Graduate School of Business (New York, NY)

Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (Durham, NC)

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Stern School of Business, New York University (New York, NY)

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Hanover, NH)

UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)

University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago, Illinois)

Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

CANADA

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Toronto)

Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)

Schulich School of Business (Toronto)

AUSTRALIA

AGSM, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales (Sydney, New South Wales)

MBS, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Victoria)

BRAZIL

FGV-EAESP, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (São Paulo)

CHINA

CEIBS, China Europe International Business School (Shanghai)

SEM, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University (Beijing)

INDIA

ISB - Indian School of Business (Hyderabad)

JAPAN

Graduate School of International Management, International University of Japan (Niigata)

 

FINANCE

 Tuition Fees  (to be paid on four installments) in Euro

First Installment upon acceptance of admission

9625

Second Installment on 13 October 2009

9625

Third Installment on 26 January 2010

9625

Fourth Installment on 30 April 2010

9625

 Expenses  (monthly) in Euro

Housing

600-900

Meals

400

Transports

50

Miscellaneous Expenses

350

Total

1400-1700

 Scholarships

TUITION WAIVERS

Based on academic and professional record, requirements indicated in the specific notice of competition and results of the MBA selection process, students are eligible to avail upt0 20 total/partial tuition waivers.

Europe (Italy excluded): 1 Total Tuition Waiver

Outside Europe: 1 Total Tuition Waiver

Italy: 1 Total Tuition Waiver

Women: 1 Total Tuition Waiver

China: 1 Total Tuition Waiver; 1 Partial (75%) Tuition Waiver

India: 1 Total Tuition Waiver; 1 Partial (75%) Tuition Waiver

East Europe and Mediterranean Area (Italy excluded): 1 Total Tuition Waiver; 2 Partial (75%) Tuition Waivers

Central and South America: 1 Total Tuition Waiver; 1 Partial (75%) Tuition Waiver

Italy: 1 Partial (75%) Tuition Waiver

Women: 2 Partial (75%) Tuition Waivers

Degree in Humanities, Law or Sciences: 1 Total Tuition Waiver, 1 Partial (75%) Tuition Waiver

NEW - Excellent Candidates: 1 Partial Tuition Waiver

 Loans

Loans have been made available to students in partnership with various banks.

 

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