Bocconi University

Bocconi University
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Motto	Empowering Talent
Established	10 November 1902
Type	Private
President	Mario Monti (self-suspended since December 2011)
Rector	Prof Guido Tabellini
Admin. staff	1369 (as of November 2006)
Undergraduates	7267 (as of October 2006)
Postgraduates	3671 + 735 SDA
Doctoral students	167
Location	Milan, Italy
Campus	Urban
Sports teams	Pellicani PallanuotoBocconi
Affiliations	AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA, CEMS, CFA, ASFOR, EAPAA
Website	www.unibocconi.it EN

Bocconi University is a private university in Milan, Italy. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance, law and public administration. According to many university rankings institutions, the university is among the top global universities. Degrees are offered both in English and Italian. SDA Bocconi, the University's business school offers MBA and Executive MBA programs. Its MBA program was ranked 28th in the world by the Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings 2011. SDA Bocconi was also ranked 18th by Businessweek's Top Global Schools for its MBA and 5th among European Business Schools. Bocconi complements its research through several dedicated research centers.

History

Bocconi University was founded in 1902 by Ferdinando Bocconi and was named after his son, who died in the Battle of Adwa during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.[9] The university was initially affiliated to the engineering school Politecnico di Milano and the teaching model based on that at the École Supérieure of Antwerp.

Bocconi is an internationally oriented institution in business, economics, and law. It is also a research university, receiving funds for its research projects from national and supranational institutions.
Bocconi University is structured around five schools: Undergraduate School, Graduate School, Law School, PhD School, and SDA Bocconi School of Management, its graduate business school. Bocconi presently offers Bachelor Degrees, Masters of Science, MBAs and PhDs in Finance, Economics, Management, Statistics, Law and other disciplines. It also has a number of post-experience programs, and administers many customized executive education courses.

The university also provides activities for high school students in Italy, such as mathematics competitions, Model United Nations simulations and other major events aimed at orienting them during their secondary education.

Campus

Full view on the ellipsoid Velodromo building, as seen from EGEA

The pensionato building, between which the SDA Bocconi building is seen

The Dubini Residence (Residenza E.Dubini) of Bocconi University

The campus was originally located in Via Statuto near the Pinacoteca di Brera, where its first building was inaugurated in 1902. The current campus is now located beside Parco Ravizza, between Via Sarfatti and Viale Bligny and consists of several buildings, all within walking distance to Porta Ticinese, the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio:

The first building in Via Sarfatti was designed in 1936 by the Italian architect Giuseppe Pagano. It hosts classrooms, an aula magna, a restaurant, and most of the administrative offices. Its entrance features two lion statues which are the subject of several university myths.

The pensionato building, which faces Via Ferdinando Bocconi, was inaugurated in 1956 by architect Giovanni Muzio and hosts some grand halls, some of the canteen and dormitory facilities (350 bedrooms on 5 floors), and some faculty offices. The different floors have an irregular form and bear the shape of a symmetric "L" letter.

The SDA Bocconi building, which is also in Via Ferdinando Bocconi, was opened in 1985 and features two blocks with a distinct set of dark metal panels. The building was extended in 2001, especially to host EGEA, the university bookstore. The campus football pitch is placed between the pensionato and the SDA Bocconi building.

The modern Velodromo building was projected by Ignazio Gardella and opened in 2001. It is called so due to its form resembling an ellipsoid velodrome. Each of its four floors has about ten classrooms with a capacity of 150. The Velodromo uses a geothermal exchange heat pump as its air conditioning system, which provides energy conservation. A marble statue of Ferdinando Bocconi overlooks the foyer of the ground floor.

Close by, in Piazza Sraffa, are the Library building (also built by Giovanni Muzio in 1962), the campus chapel "San Ferdinando", and some smaller buildings such as those with the offices of the "Language Center" and other extracurricular activities.

In 2007, a new building was inaugurated in Via Roentgen known as Grafton Building from the name of the Irish practice Grafton Architects which designed the innovative building. The Grafton Building won the "World building of the year" at the World Architecture Festival 2008 held in Barcelona. The new building houses the offices of the entire Faculty, with its Departments and Research Centers. Its underground levels include, in addition to the new Aula Magna, seminar rooms, a spacious foyer, an exhibition area and parking. It is situated right next to the Velodromo.

Several other administrative and research offices of Bocconi's individual institutes are scattered across the area, especially around Parco Ravizza and Viale Isonzo.

Dormitories

Bocconi University provides off-campus students with about 1500 places in dorms.

Residences for students are Bocconi Residence, Javotte Residence, Kramer Residence, the more modern Arcobaleno Residence, Spadolini Residence and the latest Dubini Residence (inaugurated in 2010). The type of accommodation varies between the residences and the choice is among single rooms in apartments for either one, two or four people. The residences offer also services to students such as cleaning services, laundry rooms, study rooms, parking spaces. Many students, however, choose to rent private apartments which are easy to find around the university area.

Academics

Entrance to the Velodromo and new building in background

Undergraduate programs

The University offers four three-year undergraduate courses in Economics which share a common basis in the first three semesters and then distinguish themselves from one another by focusing on either Finance (CLEF), Social sciences (CLES) or Business administration (CLEAM); the fourth course is entirely taught in English (BIEMF) and is targeted at both international students and students pursuing an international career. Students in this course have the choice to major in Economics, Management or Finance during their course of studies.

A fifth separate three-year undergraduate course in Economics focuses on the economics and management of Arts, Culture and Communication (CLEACC).

The University also offers a five-year course in Law, which incorporates the Italian equivalents of the Bachelor of Laws and the Master of Laws.

Both the Bachelors in Finance, in Italian (CLEF) and in English (BIEMF), have been recognized by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute). The partnership is granted to programs which cover at least 70% of the content necessary to take the CFA Program Exam level III, the highest level.

In a joint venture with the Central European University of Budapest, Bocconi also offers a four-year Dual Degree in International Business, the first two years of which are spent in Budapest and the latter in Milan.

Graduate programs

The universities' graduate school offers different Master of Science programs in Economics, Management and Law, each with a special emphasis on the fields of Public administration, Environmental economics, Health economics, Social sciences, Computational finance and Risk management, Accountancy and Audit, Public utility management, Hospitality management, Logistics and Transport economics, Innovation management, Event management and Experiential marketing, Communication, Organization and Information systems.

The following graduate programs are entirely taught in the English language: International Management; Marketing Management; Finance; Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment; Economics and Social Sciences; Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology; Quantitative Finance and Risk management; Public Management; International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy.

Bocconi has concluded a number of partnerships with regard to its Master of Science: the Master of Sciences in Finance was among the first six programs in the world to conclude a partnership with the CFA institute and the first in continental Europe, while the Master of Sciences in Management and International Management enable a selected number of students to take part in the CEMS Master of International Management, of which Bocconi is a founding member, along with HEC, ESADE and London School of Economics. Recently Bocconi has been adding top institutions in Economics and Social Sciences to its network of international partner schools, enabling DES/ESS students to spend the entire 2nd year at Yale University or University of Minnesota, attending their Ph.D. program in Economics. In addition to these, the University runs several double degree programs with other institutions throughout the world:

University	Degrees
HEC School of Management, Paris - France	Art Culture Media Entertainment, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing
Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen - Denmark	Art Culture Media Entertainment, Economics, Management, Marketing
ESADE, Barcelona - Spain	Management, Marketing
Fudan University, Shanghai - China	Management
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad - India	Management
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi - India	Management
Escola de Administracao de Empresas de São Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil	Management
University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen - Switzerland	Management
Queen's School of Business, Ontario - Canada	Management
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam - The Netherlands	Economics, Finance, Marketing
Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow - Russia	Economics
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	Economics
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm - Sweden	Economics
Sciences Po Paris, Paris - France	Public Management
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin - Germany	Public Management
University of Geneva, Geneva - Switzerland	Public Management

The SDA Bocconi building.

School of Law

Bocconi University School of Law

Bocconi University School of Law was established in 2006, consolidating the tradition of legal studies at Bocconi under the aegis of the "A.Sraffa" Institute for Comparative Law. The School of Law currently offers a combined B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Law, runs the Specialization School for Legal professions in cooperation with the University of Pavia, and hosts a Summer Academy in cooperation with the University of Trento, as well as with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.

PhD School

The Bocconi PhD School offers the following PhD programs:

PhD in Economics and Finance (4 years);
PhD in Business and Management (4 years);
PhD in Statistics and Applied Mathematics (4 years);
PhD in International Law and Economics (3 years);
PhD in Law of Business and Commerce (3 years).

SDA Bocconi

SDA Bocconi (SDA standing for "Scuola di Direzione Aziendale" = School of Management) is the graduate business school of the University and offers internationally recognized MBA Programs highly ranked by Financial Times and Forbes Magazine.

The SDA also offers professional education to executives and managers and publishes E&M (Economia & Management), a popular Italian business and management review.

Apart from the MBA, the SDA offers further Master of Science programs in Corporate finance and Banking, Real estate management, Fine food and beverage management, Fashion Management, Design management, Sports law and Sport management, and a Master in Stage and show management in a joint venture with the Academy for the Performing Arts of the opera house La Scala.

SDA Bocconi also has a combined MBA and Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA) with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Johns Hopkins University's Bologna Center.

Research and endowment

In 2006, research was mainly funded by Bocconi itself (€1,510,571), the European Union (€1,400,000) and the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (€295,636), in addition to other external sources (€10,573,000). In 2011, €4,965,000 were assigned by the European Research Council to 5 projects in the area "social science and humanities" of 5 Bocconi professors.

As of 2007, the University has 20 permanent research centers and four research project centers. Yearly, approximately 200 international publications and 300-400 national publications are done in the university. Bocconi is a member of the Offshoring Research Network, an international network researching the offshoring of business processes and services.

Departments

Accounting
Economics
Finance
Management and Technology
Marketing
Decision Sciences
Legal Studies
Policy Analysis and Public Management

The eight Departments (Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management and Technology, Marketing, Decision Sciences, Legal Studies, Policy Analysis and Public Management) were created as part of the recent reorganization process. Their formation was one of the most important parts of the process affecting the academic structure of the university.

These Departments combine various but collaborative compentencies in order to build defined areas of research and teaching.

Courses

Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance
Law (M.Sc)
Master of Marketing Management
PhD in Economics and Finance
Master of Finance
PhD in Business Administration and Management
Master of Economic and Social Sciences
PhD in Statistics
Master of International Management
PhD in International Law and Economics
Master of Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology
PhD in Law of Business and Commerce
Master of Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment

Research

Pure and applied research takes place in each of the large disciplinary areas of the University, through its Departments, Research Centers and the SDA Bocconi School of Management.

Particular attention is given to pure research, which is fundamental not only for the evolution of knowledge but also for its ability, over time, to have a profound effect on the real world. Applied research considers issues more closely aligned to operative values and issues which organizations and business are particularly interested in. It aims to provide rigor and technical content to management activities in businesses and organizations.

Permanent Research Centers

ASK - Centre for Research on Management and Economics of Arts and Culture Institutions (Study centre on the economics and management of the arts and culture)

PAOLO BAFFI CENTRE - Paolo Baffi Centre on Central Banking and Financial Regulation

CAFRA - Center for Research on Corporate Administration, Finance and Regulation (Accounting and budgets, administrative control systems, corporate finance, corporate regulation)

CAREFIN - Centre for Applied Research in Finance

CERGAS - Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (Institutional structures; management of public and private companies providing healthcare and social services)

CERMES - Centre for Research on Marketing & Services (Marketing and competitive analysis; commercial consumption and distribution; trade fairs)

CERTeT - Center for Research on Regional Economics, Transport and Tourism (Urban, regional and transport structures of territorial economics; evaluation of EU policies on territorial development)

CREDI - "Ariberto Mignoli" Centre for European Research on Business Law and History

CReSV - Center for Research on Sustainability and Value

CROMA - Center for Research in Organization and Management (Organization of economic activity and human resources)

DONDENA CENTRE - Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (Interdisciplinary research on social cohesion, demography, life course dynamics and public policy)

ELEUSI - Centre for Research on Analysis and Systematic Use of Information (Application of logical and quantitative methodologies to economic, financial, social and historical issues)

ENTER - Center for Research on Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurs (Entrepreneurship, corporations and family companies; small-to-medium enterprises; local district and network systems; business history)

IEFE - Centre for Research on Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy (Energy economics and policies; environmental policies and management; economics and management of public utility companies - energy and envronmental)

IGIER - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research. Part of the Institute of Economics, it operates jointly with two international bodies, the US-based NBER, National Bureau of Economic Research, and the UK-based CEPR, Centre for Economic Policy Research (Economics and economic policy)

KITES - Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies

Research Division

The Research Division offers assistance to Università Bocconi teaching faculty and researchers who intend to participate in MIUR, European Union and other International Organization research projects and competitions:

identification and dissemination of public calls of potential interest to the University;
identification of financing options for project ideas;
assistance in preparing competition bids;
support in creating international consortiums;
consults on procedures, contractual aspects and accounting.

Contacts

For information on funding from the Ministry of University: comitato.ricerca@unibocconi.it
For information on EU funding for research and international projects: progetti.internazionali@unibocconi.it

Services to students

Student scholarships

ISU Bocconi coordinates and provides students with grants and services.

They have a Graduate Merit Award and also need-based Graduate Bocconi Scholarship. The Merit Award provides a tuition waiver and either a €3500 stipend or free housing. The need-based scholarship provides a tuition waiver.

Bocconi sport teams

Bocconi's students actively participate at and host different official national and international tournaments in athletics, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's volleyball, water polo, sailing and other individual sports such as golf, swimming, skiing, snowboarding and skeet shooting.The pelican is Bocconi's official sport mascot.

Library

The Bocconi Library supports the educational and research mission of the University. The completeness of its collections make the Library an important institution for the economic academic community in Italy.

Bocconi alumni

The Bocconi Alumni Association (BAA) was created to allow alumni to keep in contact with each other and with their alma mater, this office offers a series of activities organized and promoted by former students. It is dedicated to the University's more than 80,000 graduates and holders of MBA, Master and PhD degrees.

Language Center

Multimedia classroom are used for interactive multimedia teaching as well as assessment tests, exams and international certificates. Students can communicate with each other and with the instructor one-to-one, and one-to-many to encourage collaborative learning. They can also use digital audio files (video and text) to record their voice and compare it with the original.

In the Self-study laboratories each student place has a computer with a University intranet and Internet connection, a CD and DVD reader, and headset for listening and recording. The software on each computer is especially designed for language learning.

IT services

Bocconi uses a platform for e-learning on which teaching materials are posted by professors, moreover most of the administrative functions such as payments, enrollment to exams, study plan choices are made trough the students' online agenda. A computer lab with computers, printers and internet-intranet connection is available for students in the main building. `The Bocconi campus is entirely covered by free wireless connection.

Student life

Student associations

The University is home to a number of societies, some of which are directly involved in facilitating students' integration into the campus life environment and in organizing special events ranging from business games to excursions.

International Students at Bocconi (IS@B) mainly deals with promoting and implementing programs and initiatives for and with international students. The society often organizes conferences, cultural visits, and trips to facilitate the integration of foreign and local students.

Bocconi Chinese Students Association is one of the first and biggest Chinese students association of Italy, an initiative started jointly by Chinese and Italian students of Bocconi that aims to promote an awareness of the Chinese culture and link all students interested in China or a future career related to it.

JEME Bocconi (Junior Enterprise Milano Economia) is a non profit "junior enterprise", the first to be founded in Italy in 1988, and it provides consulting services to enterprises in the region. Furthermore, JEME also organizes business games and business case competitions that are held in the university.

Bocconi Equal Students(BESt)is the students association promoting respect for the many identities in our university and in the places we live. It supports the respect for any form of gender diversity and sexual orientation by organizing events, conferences and debates on the arguments.

Bocconi Russian Students Association would like to create a link between all the Russian students at the university and their Italian or International mates. It offers to everyone interested the possibility to broaden his horizons, from a personal, working and a cultural point of view.

Students for Humanity has for partners the likes of 'Teach a Man to Fish' and 'the Italian Red Cross'. This association has two major activities: coordinating community projects around Milan, and organizing conferences with executives from international NGOs.

In addition to these there are many local branches of external associations, for example AIESEC and Erasmus Student Network.

Student publications

The University hosts several student run publications:

Tra i Leoni: a campus magazine run by the eponymous society. The title, which means "between the lions", is a reference to the atrium of the main building, which is also a favorite meeting point for students, guarded by two lion statues.

Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers: the Law School's official student publication. The journal's Editorial Board are selected by way of an annual write-on competition, and go on to select and provide feedback on submitted papers, as well as organising the annual call for papers.

IS@B News: a campus magazine run by the International Student Association (IS@B).

Be OBjective Magazine: a bimonthly pdf magazine founded by students from the ACME course. The magazine focus on art, culture and media and entertainment.

Recreational activities

Bocconi lies in the very center of Milan and therefore its students have easy access to all the main landmarks and activities of the city.

Traditions

In the atrium of the oldest building of the university there are three sets of doors. The central doors, which are larger than the others, have two lions to either side of them. There is a superstition within the university that students who pass in-between the two lions via the central doors risk not being able to graduate. This derives from the old adage "Chi passa tra i Leoni non si laurea alla Bocconi.".

The three main buildings of Bocconi, if seen from the top, seem to spell "30L" (30 cum Laude), the maximum achievable grade in any exam. The building in via Roentgen is the "3", the velodromo is the "0" and the main building is a cross of two "L"s. It is not clear whether it was planned to have such a shape or was just by chance, anyway it is considered a good omen to the students.

Notable students and professors

Business

Renato Soru, founder of Tiscali SpA and former President of the Region of Sardinia;
Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Group Plc
Mario Resca, Chairman of the Board, McDonald's Italia
Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni
Marco Tronchetti Provera - President of Pirelli & C. SpA
Alessandro Lamanna, CEO Nokia Italia;
Andrea Formica, CEO, Fiat Automobiles, ex CEO Toyota Europe
Milan Perovic, CEO Telecom Montenegro
Paolo de Cesare, CEO Printemps
Marco Saltalamacchia, Vice President, BMW Europe
Gianemilio Osculati, Office Manager, McKinsey Italia
Davide Grasso, Vice President Nike for Asia Pacific marketing
Emma Marcegaglia, Chairman of Confindustria
Piergaetano Marchetti, Chairman of RCS MediaGroup (holding company of Corriere della Sera)
Giovanni Ciserani, Group President P&G Western-Europe and Global Discounters and Pharmaceutical Channels
Maurizio Borletti, Chairman of La Rinascente
Diego Piacentini, Vice president Amazon
Marco Patuano, CEO Telecom Italia
Giuseppe Sala, CEO Expo 2015

Finance

Academic:

Federico Bandi, Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Francesca Cornelli, Professor, London Business School
Mariassunta Giannetti, Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
Pietro Veronesi, Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Paolo Volpin, Associate Professor, London Business School
Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Paola Sapienza, Merrill Lynch Capital Market Research Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Carlo Favero, Deutsche Bank Chair in Quantitative Finance and Asset Pricing, Bocconi University

Corporate:

Agostino Galvagni, CEO Corporate Solutions Swiss Re
Corrado Passera, Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport in the Mario Monti government, previously CEO, Banca Intesa
Alessandro Profumo, Chairman of Monte dei Paschi di Siena and formerly CEO of UniCredit
Fabrizio Viola, CEO Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna
Roberto Mazzotta, CEO Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde
Claudio Costamagna, Member of Partnership Committee, Goldman Sachs
Ruggero Magnoni, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers Europe
Emanuele Minotti, Salomon Brothers
Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi, Chief Economist, Kuwait China Investment Company
Enrico Tomaso Chucchiani, CEO of Banca Intesa

Economics

Alberto Alesina - Ex-chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University
Luigi Pistaferri - Professor of Economics, Stanford University, Co-Editor, American Economic Review
Franco Amatori - Professor of Economics History, past president of the European Business History Association
Alessandra Casella - Professor of Economics at Columbia University
Francesco Giavazzi - Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, columnist for Corriere della Sera, visiting professor at MIT
Roberto Perotti - Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and columnist for Il Sole 24 Ore
Tito Boeri - Professor of Labour Economics at Bocconi University and columnist for La Repubblica
Massimo Motta - ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Dean of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Antonio Merlo - Lawrence R. Klein Professor of Economics and Director of the Penn Institute for Economic Research, University of Pennsylvania
Marco Ottaviani - Former professor of Management and Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University now at Bocconi
Eliana La Ferrara - Fondazione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi Chair in Development Economics, Bocconi University
Guido Tabellini- Rector of Bocconi University
Jörg Asmussen - Member of the Executive Board of the ECB

Politics and government

Mario Monti, Prime Minister of Italy

Mario Monti - Prime Minister of Italy and former European Competition Commissioner (1999–2004) and chairman of Bruegel
Luigi Einaudi - President of the Italian Republic (1948–1955) and Governor of Bank of Italy
Emma Bonino - Minister for International Trade in the Prodi II Cabinet (2006)
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa - banker and economist, former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance in the Prodi II Cabinet (2006)
Benedetto Della Vedova - Member of the Italian Parliament, former member of the European Parliament
Giorgio Sacerdoti - former Member of the Appellate Body of the WTO (2001–2009)
Barbara Pollastrini - former Italian Minister of for Equal Opportunity in the Prodi II Cabinet (2006)
Fabrizio Saccomanni - General Director of Bank of Italy
Patrizia Toia - Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Daisy Party
Marco Cappato - Member of the European Parliament within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Eduardo Missoni - Secretary general of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
Davide Stefanini, UNDP official
Stelios Kotiadis, minister for Mercantile Marine in the Greek Government (1956–1958 and 1961–1963)
Vittorio Grilli, General Director of Treasury and previously professor at Yale University
Andrea Enria, Chairperson of the European Banking Authority

Journalism and media

Mario Biondi - novelist, travel writer, poet and winner of the Premio Campiello
Paolo Brera - journalist, author, former Assistant Professor of political economy at Bocconi University
Teresa de Lauretis - writer and professor at University of California, Santa Cruz
Valerio Massimo Manfredi - scholar of archaeology, journalist, television host, known as historical novelist and for the film The Last Legion
Sergio Noja Noseda - Arabist. Professor of Islamic law, Arabic Language and Literature. Author of multiple books on Islamic Culture
Federico Rampini, journalist, European Editor of La Repubblica
Nouriel Roubini - former senior economist at the United States Department of the Treasury, Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
Leopoldo Sabbatini - first dean of Bocconi University, vice president of the Milan Chamber of Commerce
Beppe Severgnini - journalist, writer and columnist

Other

Giovanni Giudici, Bishop of the Diocese of Pavia
Pierre Casiraghi, third in line to throne of Monaco, son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover
Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Apulia
Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, former chairman of the Juventus football club
Katie Louise Saunders, English actress, known for her roles in Virgin Territory and 'Tre metri sopra il cielo'
Nanni Svampa, guitarist of the Italian band I Gufi
Carlo Turati, comedian
Harold Davies, Actor
Steven Goldstein, Race car driver
Nina Senicar,model
Carolina Gillespie, professional ice skater for Italy
Beatrice Borromeo, model and journalist
Sara Tommasi, showgirl and actress

Alumnus of the Year

The title of Alumnus of the Year was given for the first time in 2011 to Fabrizio Saccomanni, general director of Bank of Italy, and replaced the prizes for Bocconian of the Year (given since 1988) and Master of Masters (given since 2007). The prize is given to an alumnus of any of the five schools (Undergraduate School, School of Law, Graduate School, PhD School and SDA Bocconi School of Management) who has distinguished himself following the Bocconian values of professionality, entrepreneurship, integrity, responsibility and openess. The prize is given by the Bocconi Alumni Association (BAA). Recipients of the previous editions of the prize are: Diego Piacentini e Laura Cioli, Nouriel Roubini e Giovanni Castellucci, Alberto Cribiore e Gaetano Micciché, Enrico Cucchiani e Paolo Cuccia, Vittorio Grilli, Claudio Costamagna, Vittorio Colao, Paolo Scaroni, Marco Drago, Corrado Passera, Renato Soru, Emma Bonino, Alessandro Profumo, Emma Marcegaglia, Isabella Ventura, Carlo Scognamiglio, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Giovanni Giudici, Lucio Stanca, Jody Vender, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Giordano Zucchi, Roberto Mazzotta.