Bocconi University 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 was based on what was in use at the École
SDA Bocconi School of Management AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA (Association of MBAs). The School has also been accredited by CSQNet and holds the ISO 9001:2000 quality rating from the Funded Projects Services Center. SDA Bocconi is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development, AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), EABIS (The Academy of Business in Society), ECGI (European Corporate Governance Institute), PIM (Partnership in International Management), CEMS (Community of European Management Schools and International Companies) – the last two alongside Bocconi University – and ASFOR (Associazione Italiana per la Formazione Manageriale). In 2015, the Financial Times also ranked SDA Bocconi's