GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

The choice of foreign languages follows the same criteria for both first and second languages. This depends on:

• the language of instruction of the Bachelor of Science Program class group: Italian or English; 
• the native language of the student declared upon student’s initial enrollment: chosen languages must be different from the student's native language.

If students have more than one mother tongue language (e.g., coming from or residing in a multilanguage Country or living with parents from two different nationalities) they must choose one language as their mother tongue language for the whole duration of their studies.

English is always taken as the first language for students who are not English native speakers and it is:

• compulsory for class groups taught in Italian;
• optional for class groups taught in English.

Italian can be taken as either the first or second language for students who are not Italian native speakers and it is: 

• compulsory for class groups taught in English;
• optional for class groups taught in Italian.

The table below shows first and second language availability:

(*) Students whose mother tongue is English must choose from the other curricular languages.
(**) For students whose mother tongue is not Italian, one of the two languages must be Italian.
(***) Notice that the Portuguese language (Bocconi teaching and exam) is exclusively offered as second language for students enrolled in the second year of studies. In the other cases, it is only possible to register in the study plan one of the international certifications recognised by the University. Materials for individual study are available at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter in Self-Study > Online materials.

Course codes

First-year students will have English assigned automatically as their first language in their study plan.

English native speakers students must change the language at Punto Blu when they finalize enrolment . 

English non-native speakers students enrolled in Bachelor of Science Programs taught in English can change the first language when they finalize enrolment via Punto Blu.

With reference to the periods relating to the language courses change after the finalization of the enrollment and subsequent period, check chapter 9 Administrative Rules, regulations and deadlines.
Students are advised to start following the teaching activities of their preferred language which they intend to add to their study plan as soon as possible and carry out the change of the foreign language in the first available period to change the study plan.

Students choose their second language when enrolling in the year of studies in which the course is positioned.