GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

Students must choose the foreign languages and course levels they wish to attend when finalizing enrolment
In the second year, when enrolling in the academic year, they will be asked to confirm the choice they made in the first year.
For information about the choice of foreign languages and possible modifications and language courses offered, see "Foreign Languages" or check the website at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecentre.

From 7 January - 1 February 2010, via Punto Blu, students enrolled in some Master of Science programs must choose the curriculum or courses chosen by the students of the II semester, first year, for each Master of Science program following the indications below:

Management (M-LM)

Students enrolled  in the Master of Science in Management (M) choose  between the two curricula in which the course is divided:

•  Percorsi di Management (Majors of Management) , or
• Organizzazione e gestione delle risorse umane (Organization and Human Resourse Management)
  

Economia e management delle amministrazioni pubbliche e delle istituzioni internazionali [Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions] (CLAPI-LS)

Students enrolled in the CLAPI MSc program choose a free track major or one of the following recommended majors:

-Government and business-government relations ( held in Italian) (Major B);

-International organizations (taught in English) (Major A);

-Management delle imprese sociali (held in Italian) (Social enterprise management) (Major C).

Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment (ACME-LS)

Students enrolled  in the ACME-LS Program choose:

1 workshop worth 12 credit points to be chosen by the students from among those offered or 2 elective courses worth 6 credit points.

Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology (EMIT-LM)

Students enrolled  in the  EMIT-LS Program choose a free-track Major or one of the recommended Majors from:

-Industrial and Innovation Economics (Major A);

-IT consulting (Major B);

-Technology and Innovation Management (Major C).

Discipline economiche e sociali (DES) - Economic and Social Sciences (ESS)

Students enrolled  in the Master of Science program DES-LM / ESS-LM choose:

3 electives (specifying the language when they are taught in Italian and English) or 2 electives and 2 in-depth studies worth 3 credit points each.

Such choices can be modified when enrolling in the following academic year; please note that in this case the courses changed will be included in the second year study plan in order to allow students to attend the lessons. Therefore sitting exams for these courses can take place only after the end of the semester in which second year courses are held.

Students enrolled in the first year of a MSc program are admitted to the second year regardless of the number of credit points earned.
After the first year of the program, students can enrol in the second year or in the first year as repeating students ("ripetente" or "fuori corso intermedio").
After the second year, students who have not yet completed their studies generally enrol as "fuori corso"; however they may still enrol as "ripetente".
Only students who are enrolled in the academic year as "regular" or "repeating":

• are allocated a class group for lessons.

In addition, all students enrolled:

• are allowed to attend any repeat class groups for courses which have not been passed;
• are allowed to sit exams;
• are granted access to the various services offered by the University (Library, IT labs, etc);
• can obtain enrolment certifications for the academic year in which they are enrolled.

Enrolment must be carried out during the 3 August - 4 September 2009 period via Punto Blu.

The enrolment procedures are as follows:

• from the main menu at  Punto Blu select the "Enrolment in academic year" option;
• enter the enrolment data requested.
  

After selecting "Enrolment in the academic year", the procedure gives second-year students the option to choose electives. If the elective is taught in both Italian and English then students are asked to specify the language (see "Chioce of electives"). In addition, students enrolled in the Master of Science in Giurisprudenza [Law] (CLG-LS) may include an elective course or a second foreign language to their study plan instead of "seminars" (see "Educational activities in lieu of seminars for students enrolled in the Master of Science in Giurisprudenza [Law] (CLG-LS)").
The system will then require students to confirm both their enrolment in the academic year and choice of elective courses.

Once enrolment has been completed, students can immediately print the following from Punto Blu:
 

• their "enrolment" and "official academic transcript" certifications;
• their personalized class timetable;
• their personalized exam timetable.

Enrolment in the academic year 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 of the university fees and tuition is not paid by 15 September 2009 students will not be able to carry out any administrative or learning activities or make use of any services offered to students.
Students who do not enrol by 4 September 2009, for whatever reason, can enrol during the 5 September - 31 December 2009 (*) period on payment of a late-enrolment fee (for detailed information check  the website www.unibocconi.eu/fees) and on the understanding that the possibility of choosing electives may be reduced (see following paragraphs).
After 31 December 2009 enrolment is only possible as repeating students ("fuori corso" or "fuori corso intermedio"and only if the Rector agrees to accept a written justification and request for an enrolment extension which must be submitted, students will have to pay the penalty fees (www.unibocconi.eu/fees), to the Teaching Services and Organization Desk.

(*) Since 31 December 2009 is a bank holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (4 January 2010).

When enrolling in the second year of studies (3 August - 4 September 2009) students must choose their major and both I and II semester electives to be included in the study plan specifying the language of instruction if requested.
During this period students can also modify the electives previously chosen.

DES-LS/ESS-LS students are reminded that in order to allow them to attend lessons, if they make any change  to their first year study plan during 3 August - 4 September 2009 the new elective courses are positioned in their second year study plan. For this reason exams can be taken after the end of the semester in which second year courses are held.

• Before choosing the major and electives, students are advised to check the list of courses available, course profiles, class timetables, and the tables of "Incompatible" and "Banned" courses published on the website (Italian version).
  
  The educational offer for the 2009-2010 academic year include  also an e-learning class group for some courses already taught in the same semester using traditional methods.
  If required, when students are asked to choose their elective courses, they must specify the learning method (either traditional or e-learning) as well as language of instruction of multi-class groups electives.

After the enrolment in the academic year allocation of I and II semester electives will take place for all students except those who have chosen the "free track" major. For them the allocation of electives is subject to the official approval of the MSc Program Director to the Student Administration Centre.

Allocation of electives takes into account the progressive sign-up position registered when choosing/changing courses.

Each class group of elective courses must not have more than 110 students.

The following students are not included in the above-mentioned limits:

• students coming from foreign universities participating in international programs
• students coming from foreign universities.

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

Students who enrol in the academic year after 4 September and especially during the 5 September 2009 - 31 December 2009 period (*) , can choose their I and II semester electives from the list of electives that are still available at the time of enrolment in the academic year.

(*) Since 31 December 2009 is a bank holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (4 January 2010).

In lieu of educational activities such as "Seminars", CLG-LS students can include an elective or a  second foreign language worth 6 credit points to their study plan.
In order to include a second language in the study plan, students must submit the application via Punto
Blu when enrolling in the academic year (3 August - 4 September 2009).
Before choosing the elective course it is advisable to check the list of courses available, the course profiles, the timetable and the tables of "Incompatible" (Italian version) and "Banned" (Italian version) courses published on the Bocconi website.
For the second foreign language - in the study plan as an alternative to the seminar or as an additional course students cannot obtain the exemption from taking the MSc exam through the recognition of international certifications recorded in the student's undergraduate academic career.

For further information about the choice of foreign languages and courses offered see "Foreign Languages", and the website at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecentre.
The choice of educational activities in lieu of seminars can be modified during the 7 January 2009 - 1 February 2010 period (see following paragraphs).

Second-year students can change the first and/or second language via Punto Blu  during the periods from 3 August 30 September 2009 and 7 January- 1 February 2010.
In addition, students can apply to have the mark that is recorded in the student's undergraduate academic career validated, in order to be exempted from the MSc first language exam. This is also possible for the second foreign language, for all MSc programs except CLG-LS (see "Allocation of electives").
More information is available in "Foreign languages ".

During the 7 January  - 1 February 2010 period students can change their I and II semester electives included in their study plans with other II semester electives as long as they refer to the current academic year. CLG-LS students can modify their previous choice from among: second foreign language, elective and seminars. Specifically, in case CLG students wish to include the second foreign language or an elective course in their study plan, the request must be submitted via Punto Blu; in case they wish to include a seminar the request must be submitted to the Teaching Services and Organization Desk.
These modifications must meet the numerical limits specified in " Allocation of electives".

Additional courses are courses that students choose in order to achieve more than the number of credit points required to fulfil the MSc degree requirements, they can be chosen from:

• electives;
• workshops worth 3 credit points;
• in-depth studies (only for students enrolled in DES-LS/ESS-LS).
  

Such activities can be included in the study plan only after the course exams of the first 2 MSc semesters have been passed.
Additional courses are included in the calculation of the Grade Point Average; if students have taken more than 2, the best 2 marks are considered.
Students can choose additional courses by completing the form that can be collected from the Teaching Services and Organization Desk during the 3 August 2009 - 1 February 2010 period.

Additional courses can be cancelled by handing in an application to the Teaching Services and Organization Desk. An activity recorded with a passing mark cannot be eliminated.

Students cannot change their MSc program during the first year of studies.
After completion of the first year, students who apply to change their MSc program may be admitted to the first year of the new MSc program, as long as any numerical limits that have been set are respected.

For MSc programs that are taught in both Italian and English, changing from a class group taught in English to a class group taught in Italian (and vice versa) is the same as changing Msc Program and therefore can only be done at the end of the first year. In this case, the Program Director is responsible for deciding the year of studies that the student shall be admitted in.
When changing from one MSc program to another, the following applies:

• exams taken for courses in the original degree that have the same title, code and credit point value as those included in the new MSc Program are considered to be equal (some exams in common);
• exams are to be integrated if they are for courses belonging to the same subject group in both the original and new degree program. Courses may have significantly different course profiles but are worth the same credit point value, or the original programs 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 that are not included in the program structure of the new degree are considered to be in excess. Note that compulsory courses taken as part of the original MSc Program which are not included in the program structure of the new MSc Program can be recognized as additional and also as elective courses if approved by the MSc Program Director.

For the 2009-2010 academic year the following numerical limits have been set: 5 students for each class group of each MSc program.
In cases where the number of applications is greater than the number of places, a ranking list based on the student’ weighted average and the number of credit points earned will be taken into account .

Applications are evaluated by the MSc Program Director.

Students can submit an application to change the MSc program (the application form must be collected, filled out and handed in at the Teaching Services and Organization Desk) during the 3 August - 2 September 2009 period. The same deadline applies for cancelling or modifying any applications previously submitted.
In order to submit the application to change the MSc program, students must be enrolled in the 2009-2010 academic year in their original MSc Program.
On 8 September 2009, via their yoU@B student Diaries, students will receive  the results of the Master of Science change, admitted students receive this message together with the new program details and the class group assigned. The list of the results is also available on University bulleting boards (University building, via Sarfatti 25).

Università Bocconi students can transfer to another university by submitting the application to transfer to the Teaching Services and Organization Desk (here you can also collect the application form ) including details of the new university they intend to transfer to, the Faculty and the MSc program they wish to attend.
Students are advised to find out when the deadline for receiving transfer documents is from the university they intend to transfer to, in order to ensure that they have enough time to complete the transfer procedure.
Students who submit a transfer request during the 3 August - 30 September 2009 period do not have to enrol in the 2009-2010 academic year, while students who submit a transfer request after 1 October 2009 (and in any case by 31 December 2009 (*) must enrol for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Enrolled students who have submitted a transfer application should contact the University Fees Office (TCA) check their position regarding university fees and tuition.
The transfer application must be accompanied by:

• unofficial academic transcript and Bocconi ID card;
• receipt for payment of fees for the issue of the transfer document;
• declaration from the Università Bocconi Library that the student does not have any books still out on loan;
• authorization from ISU;
• authorization from the University Fees Office (TCA).
  

Students who transfer to another university cannot return to Università Bocconi within one solar year from the date of the transfer document. In this case, they will be admitted to the year of studies the exams which have been passed and registered in their unofficial academic transcript, give them the right to regardless of the year they were previously enrolled.
Students who intend to continue their studies at universities abroad must complete the special application form which is available from the Teaching Services and Organization Desk.

(*) Since 31 December 2009 is a bank holiday, the deadline is extended to the next working day (4 January 2010).

After eight academic years following the end of the standard duration of the program, starting from the first initial enrolment in the university system,the student academic career is subject to a specific evaluation.

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.

The maximum number of enrolments as "fuori corso"and as "ripetente"does not take into account periods of temporary interruption requested according to D.P.C.M. (Ministerial Decree) 09/04/2001 which is described in "Suspension, temporary interruption and resumption of University studies".

Students who have been disqualified from their Degree Program can obtain certifications attesting to their university career and the number of credit points previously earned. 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 those students who have passed all exams and only miss the final degree exam.

If students do not intend to exercise the rights they acquired by enrolling, they can withdraw from their studies at any time. Their intention to withdraw must be communicated in a written, clear and concise form, and is irrevocable.
Students who withdraw from their studies may obtain certifications attesting to their university career and credit points earned.
The withdrawal form is to be collected, filled out and submitted to the Teaching Services and Organization Desk.

The application should include a declaration stating that there is no unsettled business with ISU Bocconi (Student Assistance and Financial Aid), the Bocconi Library, and other University Offices.  The Bocconi ID card must be attached to the application.

Students must pay tuition and fees due up to the submission of the withdrawal form, according to the deadlines defined by the University Fees Office (TCA); student who submit the withdrawal form should contact the University Fees Office (TCA) regarding university fees and tuition due.