GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

Students enrolled in the first year of studies are admitted to the second year only if they have earned at least 24 credit points relating to the first year by the exam period of: 

• July 2014 for students enrolled in the 2013-2014 academic year;
• July 2015 for students enrolled in the 2014-2015 academic year.
  

Please take note that such credit points refer to the courses included in the first year study plan and they also include the credit points earned when passing each single module if applicable to the course. Credits relating to the legal English exam and second language exams earned upon recognition of international certification (See: Method of assessing foreign language knowledge) are not included in the above calculation. At the end of the July exam period, credit points needed to move on to the second year are verified.

Students who have not fulfilled this requirement cannot take part in the September exam period and must continue their studies by enrolling as repeating students ("ripetente") in the first year of studies.

Enrolling as "ripetente" gives students the right to attend the lessons but does not give them access to exams before the end of lessons for the semester in which the course is held.

Students regularly enrolled in the academic year as regular ("in corso") or repeating ("ripetente"):

• are allocated a class group for the lessons;
• are allowed to sit partial and general exams;
• are granted access to the various services offered by the University (Library, IT rooms, etc.).

There are no restrictions for enrolment after the second year of studies.

Enrolment must take place during the 29 July - 2 September 2014  period via Punto Blu, that can be accessed by the yoU@B student Diary.

The enrolment procedures are as follows:

• select the Punto Blu"Enrolment in Academic Year" option;
• enter the requested enrolment data.

After selecting "Enrolment in the Academic Year", the system automatically allows:

• students to enrol in the "regular" second year of studies and the choice of a course between Diritto Comparato Privato [Comparative Private Law]  or Diritto Comparato Pubblico [Comparative Public Law] if they have earned 24 credit points by the July exam period;
• students to enrol as first year repeating students ("ripetente") if they HAVE NOT earned 24 credit points by the July exam period.
• students enrolled in the second year of studies, enrollment in the third year;
• students already enrolled in the fourth year of studies, enrollment in the fifth year of studies along with the Major elective courses and the choice of one of the following educational activities worth 6 credit points among internship or similar activity/clinics/elective course/second foreign language.

Enrolment in the academic year via Punto Blu is completed once the first instalment of the university fees and tuition has been paid and recorded in the student's academic career. If the first instalment is not paid by 15 September 2014 students will not be able to carry out any administrative or learning activities or make use of any other services offered to students.

Students who do not enrol by 02 September 2014, for whatever reason, can enrol during the 3 September - 31 December 2014(*) period upon payment of a late-enrolment fee (for detailed information check the website at www.unibocconi.eu/fees)
After 31 December 2014 enrolment is only possible as repeating students, (fuori corso or "fuori corso intermedio") with the payment of the penalty fees due made, to the Academic Affairs Division Desk (for detailed information visit the site at www.unibocconi.eu/fees).

(*) Since 31 December 2014 is a holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (5 January 2015).

First-year students have English assigned automatically as their first compulsory language.

First-year students who are English native speakers (whose first curricular foreign language can not be English, see "Foreign languages") change the first language via Punto Blu, that can be accessed from the yoU@B, after the  finalization of their enrolment by 30 September 2014.

Any changes of languages can be made between 8-20 January 2015 via Punto Blu.

In addition, from 29 July to 30 September 2014 and from 8 to 20 January 2015, in order to obtain the exemption from taking the third year first language exam (inglese giuridico [LEGAL ENGLISH] ) students can submit an application to have the grade registered in the second English exam recognised. For further information check the chapter "Foreign languages" on this Guide.

From 29 July to 2 September 2014 students erolling in the second or third year can change their study plan regarding Diritto Comparato Privato [Comparative Private Law] or Diritto Comparato Pubblico [Comparative Public Law] upon a specific request at the Academic Affairs Division Desk.

This change is also possible, with the same procedure, for students enrolling in the third, fourth and fifth year of studies. In this case the course that has been changed is positioned in the second or third year study plan. As students do not have to attend lessons for these courses, they can register for these exams starting from the first session available.

When enrolling in the fourth year of studies (29 July-2 September 2014) students must choose the major in order to include the relating compulsory courses chosen by the student.

During this period students can change the major chosen when enrolling in the year of studies. Before choosing the major and compulsory courses chosen by the student students are asked to check the course profiles and class timetables, published on the Bocconi website in the specific sections.

Students doing international programs can register, for the fourth year study plan, exams passed abroad anticipating the electives from the fifth to the fourth year of studies.

The exams taken abroad and recognised as with Bocconi correspondence are subject to the approval of the Course Director to be obtained before departure.

In case an exam taken abroad is recognised as without Bocconi correspondence, as regards to the major compulsory courses, students can keep the same major, provided that the course recognised has the same SSD (subject group) and the same number of credit points as the compulsory course chosen by the student referring to the major. The exam taken abroad recognised as without Bocconi correspondence and the major must be approved by the Combined Bachelor and Msc Program Director before departure.

As part of the recognition procedure of the exams taken abroad a student can:

• include courses without Bocconi correspondence either in place of elective of the resitricted group (penultimate point of the program structure of one’s major) either in place of elective courses of the broad group (penultimate point of one’s major);
• include exams without Bocconi correspondence by respecting, when making the replacement, the majors rules and the list of the courses of the restricted group (penultimate point of the program structure of one’s major).

After enrolling in the academic year there will be the allocation of Majors and corresponding compulsory courses.

From 29 July to 2 September 2014 and from 8 to 20 January 2015 fourth year students only can change their major.

When enrolling in the fifth year of studies (29 July - 2 September 2014) students must choose the elective courses for both the first and the second semester on the basis of the major chosen in the fourth year of studies, and specifying, where required, the language of instruction to have them included in their study plan. At least one of the elective courses must be chosen from among those held in English.

Before choosing the elective courses students are asked to check the list of courses available for the academic year of reference, course profiles and class timetable published on the Bocconi website in the specific sections and the tables of "Incompatible courses".

In addition, when enrolling in the academic year the system asks for the choice of an educational activity worth 6 credit points from among internship or similar activity/clinics/elective course/second foreign language.
During the same period (29 July-2 September 2014) students can change the electives chosen when enrolling via Punto Blu.

In exceptional cases the Combined Bachelor and MSc Program Director evaluates requests for:

• changing the major chosen in the fourth year of studies. This written request must be submitted by filling out the specific form at the Academic Affairs Division Desk.
• Changing the major into a free track major only in exceptional cases (recognition of exams taken abroad). The application must be submitted at the Academic Affairs Division Desk.

The above requests can be submitted only after students have completed the enrolment in academic year procedures by the set deadline.

After enrolling in the academic year the allocation of first and second semester elective courses is made for all students except for those who have chosen a free-track major. For them the effective allocation of the elective courses is subject to the official approval given by the Combined Bachelor and MSc Program Director to the Office for Study Planning Program.

The elective courses can therefore be viewable in the study plan only after such approval.

Subsequently, through a personalized message in the yoU@B student Diary students are sent a communication on the approval or non-approval of the Free track Major and Major elective courses.

The elective course allocation is made based on the progressive position recorded at the time of the course choice / change .

Class groups of the elective course must not have more than 110 students enrolled. Students coming from foreign universities participating in international programs are not included in the above-mentioned limits.

Bocconi students participating in international programs may have recorded in their academic career exams taken at universities abroad even if at Bocconi these courses that have attracted the maximum number of students only with the aim of recording exams passed abroad in their academic career.

For further information on how to choose the elective courses see "Program structure and educational activities".

For all information on second foreign language choice and on courses offered see Foreign languages and on the website at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecentre.

From 08 to 20 January 2015 students can change first or second semester elective courses included in their study plan with other courses as long as they refer to the second semester of the current academic year.

Such modifications can be made in accordance with the numerical limits included in "Electives allocation". Bocconi students participating in international programs will be given the opportunity to change their study plan when they return, as well as in periods for all students, only one extra time, by using the yoU@B Diary (see "Electives allocation").

Additional courses are those whose credit points provide more than the 300 credit points needed to graduate. They may be selected from elective courses  and foreign language courses and can be included in the study plan for a maximum number of three only after exams for courses related to the first 3 years of studies have been passed.

In calculating the grade point average a maximum of 2 exams are taken into consideration (those with the highest marks and, if the grades are the same ones, the course which is worth a higher number of credit points is considered).

Students can choose additional courses by completing the form that has to be collected and submitted at the Academic Affairs Division Desk during the 29 July 2014 - 20 January 2015 period.
 

Please notice that

• allocation of elective courses entered as additional exams is subject to the limit of places available;
• allocation of elective courses entered as additional exams, if available, is made after the allocation of the elective courses included in the student’s academic career as choice/change of study plan, i.e. 3 September for electives of the first semester, 21 January for second semester ones and it is depending on the places’ availability.
  

Additional courses can be cancelled by handing in an application to the Academic Affairs Division Desk. An activity recorded with a passing mark cannot be eliminated.

Changes of program are allowed for programs which have not a common foundation at the end of the first, second and third year of studies. 

The year of admission is decided by the Program Director on the basis of a global assessment of the student's curriculum.

To request a change of program, students must have previously enrolled in the original program for the upcoming academic year (in the first year of the program as a repeating student ("ripetente") or in years following the first).

When changing from one program to another, the following applies:

• exams taken for courses in the original degree program that have the same title, code and credit point values as those in the new degree program are considered to be equal (same exams in common);
• exams are to be integrated if they are exams for courses belonging to the same subject group in both the original and new degree program. Courses may have significantly different course profiles but be worth the same credit point value, or the original program's courses may be worth less credit points than those of the new program. In this case the exam mark is based on a weighted average of the marks obtained in both degree programs;
• any exams included in the original degree program that are not included in the program structure of the new degree program are considered to be in excess. It should be noted that compulsory courses passed as part of the original degree program which are not included in the study plan of the new degree program can be recognized as additional exams and also as elective courses, upon approval of the Program Director of the new degree program.

Students can submit the application to change program (the application form must be collected, filled out and handed in at the Academic Affairs Division Desk) during the 29 July - 01 September 2014 period. The same deadline applies for cancelling or modifying any applications previously submitted.

In order to submit the application to change program students must be enrolled in their original degree programs for the 2014-2015 academic year.

On 5 September 2014, via their yoU@B student Diaries, students will receive the results of the application for degree program change together with the new degree program details and the class group assigned. Students who wish to withdraw from the change made have 5 days from the publication of the outcome to submit written withdrawal form at the Academic Affairs Division Desk.

• Program Change - Table (Italian version)

Bocconi students may transfer to another university by submitting an application to transfer form. The form is to be collected, filled out and submitted to the Academic Affairs Division Desk. Details must include the new university they intend to transfer to and the Program they wish to attend.

Students are advised to check the deadline to receive transfer documents for the university they intend to transfer to, to make sure they have enough time to complete the transfer procedure.

Students who present a transfer request during the 29 July - 30 September 2014 period do not have to enrol in the 2014-2015 academic year; students who present a transfer request after 1 October 2014 and no later than 31 December 2014 (*) must enrol for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Enrolled students who have submitted a transfer application should contact the TCA (University Fees Office) to check their position regarding university fees and tuition.
The transfer application form must be accompanied by:

• duty stamp of 16,00 euros;

• the unofficial academic transcript and Bocconi ID card (except for student ID card enabled to be used for banking operations);
• receipt for payment of fees for the issue of the transfer document;
• authorization from the Bocconi Library confirming that no books are overdue ;
• authorization from ISU Bocconi;
• authorization from the TCA (University Fees Office).

Students who transfer to another university and who have finalized the enrolment there,  come back to Università Bocconi during the same academic year they applied for transferring.In this case, students are admitted to the year of studies that they have the right to, on the basis of exams passed and approved in the unofficial academic transcript, regardless of the year of studies students were previously enrolled in.

Students who intend to continue their studies at the Italian Military Academy and universities abroad must hand in a special application form available from the Academic Affairs Division Desk.

(*) Since 31 December 2014 is a holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (5 January 2015).

Temporary interruption of studies means that students will not be able to complete any administrative operations, participate in educational activities or make use of any university services. The years for which the student did not enrol do not count towards disqualification. For each year of temporary interruption students are required to pay a fixed sum set by the TCA (University Fees Office).

If positive it will be defined the new maximum deadline, usually corresponding to the standard duration of the program, for completing all the educational activities.

When calculating the maximum number of years enrolled as "fuori corso" and/or "ripetente", the period in which there was a temporary interruption of studies in accordance with DPCM 09/04/2001 (military service, civil service, year of childbirth, serious illness and certified prolonged medical conditions) is not included.

If students should eventually resume their studies, the credit points previously earned will be evaluated to determine if they are still valid.
Disqualification does not apply to students who have passed all exams and are only missing the final degree exam.

Students can withdraw from their studies at any time, ending their academic career at this University. Their intention to withdraw must be communicated in a written, clear and concise form, and  is irrevocable.

The withdrawal form is to be collected, filled out and submitted to the Academic Affairs Division Desk.

Students enrolled in the first year of studies 2014-2015 who wish to withdraw must follow the timeline below:

• by 1 December 2014: they must go to the Admissions Office Desk (piazza Sraffa 13, which can be accessed through the One-Stop Service Center);
• later than such date: they must go to the Academic Affairs Division Desk.

The application should include a declaration stating that there are no pending obligations with ISU Bocconi (Student Assistance and Financial Aid), the Bocconi Library, and other University Offices. A marca da bollo worth of euro 16,00 must be attached to the application.

Students must pay university fees and tuition up to the submission of the withdrawal form according to the payment deadlines defined by TCA (University Fess Office).

Students who submit the withdrawal form should contact the TCA (University Fees Office) in order to check any pending obligations with reference to any tuition and fees deadline expired.

Withdrawn students can obtain certifications regarding the previous academic career and credit points earned.