Bocconi University Lucio Stanca, Jody Vender, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Giordano Zucchi, Roberto Mazzotta. Bocconi University Bocconi University ( ) is a private university in Milan, Italy. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education in the fields of economics, management, finance, law, political science and public administration. SDA Bocconi, the university's business school, offers MBA and Executive MBA programs. Bocconi University was founded in 1902 by Ferdinando Bocconi and was named after his son, who died in the Battle of Adwa during the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The university was originally affiliated with the Politecnico di Milano engineering school and incorporated a teaching model that
SDA Bocconi School of Management SDA Bocconi School of Management SDA Bocconi School of Management (SDA standing for "Scuola di Direzione Aziendale" = School of Management) is the graduate business school of Bocconi University and is considered one of the most prestigious business schools in Europe. SDA Bocconi offers executive, custom and MBA programs, as well as specialised masters, and regularly takes on research projects on commission. In 1998, SDA Bocconi was the first school in Italy to be accredited by EQUIS and it's now one of only 71 business schools worldwide to hold the "triple crown", having been accredited by three international accreditation associations: