GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

Students enrolled in undergraduate programs may obtain credit for exams (marks and credit points) taken abroad as part of the following programs which are promoted and coordinated by the International Relations Service: International Exchange, Free-Mover Semester, Campus Abroad(*) and Free-Mover Summer Program.

Please note:

• with reference to these periods abroad, students can receive credit for a maximum of 4 recognised exams; not more than 4 in the Exchange Program, not more than 3 in the Free-Mover Semester Program and not more than 1 in the Free-Mover Summer Program;
• students who take part in the Exchange Program cannot also take part in the Free-Mover Semester Program, and vice versa, since it is not possible to accumulate 2 semesters abroad;
• credit can be granted for both compulsory and elective exams, either in full or after integration of part of the program, on the following conditions:
  
  - compulsory courses: students cannot receive credit for the courses listed on the Internet site at paragraph 10.4 "List of exams for which credit cannot be granted if taken abroad". In addition, they cannot receive credit for foreign languages and computer skills courses taken at universities abroad. However, students can receive credit for international certificates for foreign language and computer skills recognised by Università Bocconi acquired during study abroad. These certificates do not count towards the maximum credit limits for the international programs context;
  - elective courses: all exams that correspond to elective courses offered by Università Bocconi can be sat abroad. In addition, for the Exchange Program, only in special cases, students can receive credit for exams that correspond to elective courses without a Bocconi equivalent (for more information see 5.14.1).
  

(*) Exams passed as part of the Campus Abroad Program do not come under the "Credit for exams passed at universities abroad" section, as they are Bocconi courses.

Gaining credit for exams taken as part of the Exchange, Free-Mover Semester and Free-Mover Summer Programs is not usually automatic and depends on the following credit approval procedure.
In order to obtain approval, students seeking credit must present the course program before departure to the Course Director of the corresponding Bocconi course.
If the elective courses do not correspond to any courses offered by Università Bocconi, students must apply to the Program Director or one of his/her delegates before departure. This refers to the Exchange Program only and is limited to particular cases.

To start the credit approval procedure students should contact the International Relations Office who will receive the academic transcript from the host university abroad. Based on this document and the student's request, the "Summarized credit approval report" and "Individual exam report" will be prepared. These will be used for exam conversion together with the "mark conversion table".
Students can go to the Course Director of the Bocconi equivalent course (or the Program Direct or his/her delegate for courses that do not have a Bocconi equivalent) with the "Summarized credit approval report" and "Individual exam report" in order to have the exam mark recorded. Exam registration via Punto Blu or Virtual Punto Blu is not necessary.
The Course Director (or the Program Director or his/her delegate) will send the "Individual exam report" to the Student Administration Centre.
Once this process has been completed students will hand in once again the "Summarized credit approval report" to the International Relations Office. They will then go to the Teaching Services and Organization Desk to make any elective course changes that have not yet been included in the study plan.

The normal credit approval procedure does not apply to some courses (indicated on the Internet site at http://www.ir.unibocconi.it/exchange). These courses are automatically recognized. Therefore, it is not necessary to submit the course profile before departure to the Course Director or Program Director or one of his/her delegates. Nor is it necessary to submit the individual exam report to have the course registered.

Credit is granted for all exams taken as part of the Campus Abroad Program.
On completion of the program, the International Relations Office sends a list of students who have passed exams with the relative marks to the Student Administration Centre. The course is automatically registered in the student's academic career, as long as it conforms to the program structure regulations.