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Students enrolled in MSc programs may obtain credit (marks and credit points)for exams passed abroad as part of the Exchange, AEEP, CEMS MIM Master and Double Degree programs, which are promoted and co-ordinated by the Study Abroad and Global Alliances offices (see "Studying Abroad") of the Markets and External Affairs Division and Free-Mover Semester.

Please note:
 

• students can receive credit for a maximum of 30 CP for the Exchange Program, Free-Mover Semester Program and CEMS MIM Master;
• students have to recognize at least 1 exam in order for the international mobility experience to be recognized in the academic career;
• CEMS students can recognize language courses at the B2 level - in their Bocconi academica career, taken at a partner school in the network whose courses are accredited by CEMS. The list of languages which can be validated will be communicated to students after admission in the program. Such courses must be included in the calculation of the total credit points passed abroad and which can be recognized in the Bocconi career (maximum 30 CP). In addition, the CEMS compulsory courses taken abroad (Global Strategic Management - term 1 e Global Management Practice - term 2) must be converted at Bocconi with the corresponding CEMS courses taught at Bocconi.
• The following, if taken abroad, cannot be recognized:
  • banned courses
  • until the 2018-2019 a.y.: foreign language exams (only certifications can be converted). Foreign langage exams passed abroad as part of international mobility programs (Exchange, Double Degree, AEEP, Free Mover Semester) held starting in the 2019-2020 academic year can be converted in addition to certifications, upon approval by the language center faculty member responsible for the language; language credits are part of the maximum limit of 30 credits.
  • compulsory exams specific to other Programs,
  • for CEMS students: the CEMS Business Project taken abroad cannot be recognized on the Bocconi study plan,
  • 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,
  • students cannot sit for "in proctoring" exams relating to courses attended abroad.
     

• List of courses not recognized if taken abroad (Italian version only)

For the Double Degree, see 'Credit Approval Procedure for Exams Taken As Part of the Double Degree Program'.

Recognition of exams taken as part of the Exchange, AEEP, CEMS MIM Master, ESSEC-Bocconi DD and Free-Mover Semester Programs is not usually automatic and depends on the following credit approval procedure.

After being selected (Exchange, AEEP, CEMS MIM Master, ESSEC-Bocconi DD) or authorized by the Study Abroad Office (Free Mover Semester Program) and before departure, students seeking credit must submit a request for authorization from Bocconi faculty to receive credit for the courses they wish to 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.

  
  Advanced authorization, along with the program of the foreign course, must be sent to:
  
  

  • the Course Director of the corresponding Bocconi course if the course is recognized with Bocconi corresponding course;
  • their Program Director or his/her delegate if the course does not correspond to the courses taught.

  
  The advance authorization request must be forwarded via the appropriate ‘Recognition’ procedure available on the yoU@B Diary in the International mobility section.
  
  Two or more exams taken abroad can be recognized together to cover one Bocconi exam, upon approval of the Course Director of the Bocconi course or the Program Director. One exam taken abroad cannot be used to cover two or more Bocconi exams.
  
  The request for recognition of a foreign course with a Bocconi course (with or without correspondence) DOES NOT allow study plan change/choice, which must be made in accordance with the timelines and rules specified in paragraph "Change of study plan for students participating in international programs".
  
  For the recognition of elective courses, students must take into account the rules of the program structure on the courses subject groups.
  
  At the end of the mobility period, the host university issues the academic transcript. Based on this document and the student's request (to be forwarded through the 'Academic Recognition' box in the agenda.unibocconi.it student Diary), the Office of reference (Study Abroad Office for the Exchange Program, AEEP and Free-Mover Semester, Global Alliances Office for the CEMS-MIM, ESSEC-Bocconi DD Programs) carries out the appropriate checks to prepare the grade recording of the exams taken abroad in the student’s academic career.
  
  For more information, see the website www.ir.unibocconi.eu 'Academic recognition'.
  
  In case of exams taken at other universities, Bocconi students are assigned the mark awarded by the university where the exam was originally taken. If the original marks are expressed in different numerical scales or in letters, they are converted to marks out of thirty on the basis of the specific conversion table.
  In case two or more foreign exams covering one Bocconi exam, the final grade is calculated from the grade point average of the corresponding Bocconi grades, using the foreign credit points specified on the Transcript issued by the host university as the weighted coefficient.
  
  Students can also recognize a maximum of three additional exams (see paragraph 'Additional Courses').
  
  Please note: The program structure of MSc programs taught in Italian include at least one course in English (compulsory or elective): this requirement is not applied in case the student participates in the Exchange Program, CEMS MIM or Free Mover at a University where the language requested by Bocconi University with the purpose of selection/acceptance is not English.

Credits for exams taken during the Double Degree Program are generally not automatic and are subject to the following procedure, which includes several steps to take before and after departure for the study abroad experience.
BEFORE DEPARTURE

Students selected for the Double Degree program will receive instructions from the host university regarding their program structure abroad. After the program structure at the host school has been determined, the student must send the Bocconi MSc Program Director (or his/her delegate) an advance authorization request for the courses abroad, along with detailed information on credits and content for the courses abroad.
Selected courses may be converted:

• with correspondence, if the course taken abroad has a corresponding Bocconi course;

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

In both cases, the authorization request must be submitted to the Program Director or his/her delegate.
END OF STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE
Activating the recognition procedure is subject to arrival of the Transcript from the foreign university that certifies the exams taken abroad.

To start the credit approval procedure, the student must contact the Markets and External Affairs Division - Global Alliances office. They will forward the recognition request through the 'Academic Recognition' box in the yoU@B student Diary.
Along with the request described above, the student must send an email to the Global Alliances office with the authorization of the conversation sent by the Program Director or his/her delegate. Only after this step has been completed can recognition begin and the Global Alliance office can prepare the "Summarized Credit Approval Report" and "Individual Exam Report". Students must submit these documents for the signature of the Program Director (or his/her delegate), who will send the approved "Individual Exam Report" to the Study Planning Office.

After this last step, the procedure will be completed with the validation of courses taken abroad in the Bocconi study plan, without needing to register for the exam session.

In case of exams taken at other universities, Bocconi students are assigned the mark awarded by the university where the exam was originally taken. If the original marks are expressed in different numerical scales or in letters, they are converted to marks out of thirty on the basis of a specific conversion table that can be consulted in the yoU@B student diary. Two or more exams taken abroad can be recognized together to cover one Bocconi exam upon approval of the Program Director (or his/her delegate). In this case, the final grade is calculated from the grade point average of the corresponding Bocconi grades, using the foreign credit points specified on the Transcript issued by the host university as the weighted coefficient. One exam taken abroad cannot be used to cover two or more Bocconi exams.

Students can also recognize additional exams. For more information, check the paragraph  'Additional Exams').

If the courses recognized at Bocconi are different from the ones included in the study plan or they are without Bocconi correspondence (even if they are considered as automatically recognized), students must request a change of their study plan from the Study Planning Office through the procedure activated on the yoU@B Diary (Academic Recognition box).

For more information, email: doubledegree@unibocconi.it

Recognition of the exams taken during the first year of the China MIM Double Degree at the School of Management of Fudan University is automatically with correspondence. At the end of each semester, the courses are automatically uploaded in the student’s academic career.