GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

Students enrolled in the Integrated Master of Arts in Law program may obtain credit (marks and credit points) for exams passed abroad as part of the Exchange, Themis, Double Degree Law, Free-Mover Semester, Free-Mover Summer programs.

Please note:

• with reference to activities abroad, students can receive credit for a maximum of 5 exams for  the Exchange Program, Themis and   Free-Mover Semester Programs and no more than 1 exam as Free Mover Summer program;

• students must convert a minimum of 1 exam in order for the international mobility experience to be recognized in the student’s academic career;
• students cannot sit for ‘in proctoring’ exams at Bocconi relating to courses attended abroad

• the following exams, if taken abroad, cannot be recognized:
  • banned courses;
  • exams for computer skills;
  • foreign language exams* taken as part of the Free Mover Summer experience
  • compulsory courses specific to other programs;
  • exams passed with a grade that is not included in the scale on the conversion table used by the foreign university. In the case of Pass/Fail grades, when the grade is Pass, it may be converted into the minimum grade on the Bocconi scale.

Courses which cannot be recognized if taken abroad

*Please note: Starting in the 2019-2020 academic year, foreign language exams take abroad as part of the Exchange Program, Free Mover Semester, Themis and Double Degree Law can also be converted. Regarding the Exchange Program, Free Mover Semester and Themis: credits for language exams are part of the maximum limit of 5 courses that can be recognized. It should be noted that with approval of recognition, the minimum exit level required by the student’s program structure will be automatically assigned.

Credit recognition for exams taken as part of the Exchange,Themis and  Free-Mover Semester is not usually automatic and depends on the following credit approval procedure.
After being selected (Exchange and Themis program) or authorized by the Study Abroad Office (Free Mover Semester) before departure, and after assessing the offer of the host university, students must check or request credit authorization from Bocconi faculty in advance for the courses they will attend abroad.

The courses can be:

• with Bocconi correspondence, if the course taken abroad has a corresponding Bocconi course;
• without Bocconi correspondence, if the course taken abroad does not have a corresponding Bocconi course.

Advance authorization, together with the foreign course profile, must be sent:

• to the Course Director of the corresponding Bocconi course
• If the foreign course does not correspond to the Bocconi courses on offer, the authorization request must be sent to the Program Director or his/her delegate.

The advance authorization request must be sent through the appropriate procedure available on the yoU@B Diary ‘Recognition' section.

Two or more exams can be merged to cover one Bocconi exam upon approval of the Course Director or the Program Director. One foreign exam cannot be used to cover two or more Bocconi exams.

The request of conversion of a foreign course with a Bocconi course (with or without Bocconi correspondence) DOES NOT allow any request of study plan change/structure. Such requests must be carried out in accordance with the rules and timelines published on the Guide to the University chapter 6 Administrative procedures, regulations and deadlines with details at paragraph 6.4.1 Major Choice for students enrolled in a major.

At the end of the mobility period, the University abroad issues certifications of the exams taken. On the basis of these certifications and upon request of the student, the Study Abroad office carries out the appropriate checks to prepare the grade recording of exams taken abroad that students wish to have recognized.

For more details, see the website www.ir.unibocconi.eu, 'Academic Recognition’ paragraph of the relevant section.

Exams passed at other universities by Bocconi students are assigned the grades of the university of origin. If the grade is expressed in other scales (letters or numbers), the grade is converted out of thirty on the basis of special tables of correspondence. In case two or more foreign exams covering one Bocconi exam, the final grade is obtained by the grade point average of the corresponding Bocconi grades obtained, by using the foreign credit points specified on the Transcript issued by the host University as the weighted coefficient.
 

Students can also recognize additional exams (see chapter 6.6 Additional Courses).

Please note: The program structure of programs taught in Italian include at least one course in English (compulsory or elective): this requirement is not applied if the student participates in the Exchange Program, Themis or Free Mover at a University where the language requested by Bocconi University with the purpose of selection/acceptance is not English.

Credit recognition for exams taken as part of the Double Degree Law Program is not automatic and depends on the following credit approval procedure. It includes several steps to complete before departure and after the study abroad experience.

Students selected for the Double Degree Law Program will receive instructions from the host university regarding the study program and the academic offer during the time abroad. As soon as the study program at the host university is definitive, students must send an advance authorization request for recognition to the Program Director (or his/her delegate), accompanied by detailed information on the credits and content of courses abroad.

The authorization will be issued by the Program Director in the following ways:

• with Bocconi correspondence, if the course taken abroad has a corresponding Bocconi course;
• without Bocconi correspondence, if the course taken abroad does not have a corresponding Bocconi course.
   

The request for authorization for converting exams must be sent by email to the Program Director (or his/her delegate) and forwarded to the Study Abroad office.

Two or more exams can be merged to cover one Bocconi exam upon approval of the Program Director (or his/her delegate). One foreign exam cannot be used to cover two or more Bocconi exams.

The request of conversion of a foreign course with a Bocconi course (with or without Bocconi correspondence) DOES NOT allow any request of study plan change/structure. Such requests must be carried out in accordance with the rules and timelines published on the Guide to the University chapter 6 Administrative procedures, regulations and deadlines, with details at paragraph 6.4.1 Major Choice for students enrolled in a major.

At the end of the mobility period, the University abroad issues certifications of the exams taken. On the basis of these certifications and upon request of the student, the Study Abroad office carries out the appropriate checks to prepare the grade recording of exams taken abroad that students wish to have recognized.

For more details, see the website http://www.ir.unibocconi.eu/ddlaw.

Exams passed at other universities by Bocconi students are assigned the grades of the university of origin. If the grade is expressed in other scales (letters or numbers), the grade is converted out of thirty on the basis of special tables of correspondence.

In case two or more foreign exams covering one Bocconi exam, the final grade is obtained by the grade point average of the corresponding Bocconi grades obtained, by using the foreign credit points specified on the Transcript issued by the host University as the weighted coefficient.

Students can also recognize additional exams (see chapter 6.6 Additional Courses).

Students may also have additional exams recognized in the study plan; for more information, see paragraph “Additional courses”.

Please note: The program structure of programs taught in Italian include at least one course in English (compulsory or elective): this requirement is not applied if the student participates in the Double Degree Law Program.