Bocconi University centers and four research project centers. Bocconi is a member of the Offshoring Research Network, an international network researching the offshoring of business processes and services. The University is home to a number of societies, some of which are directly involved in facilitating students' integration into the campus life environment and in organizing special events ranging from business games to excursions. The University hosts several student run publications: Bocconi lies in the Navigli area of Milan, making for easy access to all the main landmarks and activities of the city for its students. In the atrium of the oldest building
Bocconi University of the university there are three sets of doors. The central doors, which are larger than the others, have two lions to either side of them. There is a superstition within the university that students who pass in-between the two lions via the central doors risk not being able to graduate. This derives from the old adage "Chi passa tra i Leoni non si laurea alla Bocconi." The three main buildings of Bocconi, if seen from the top, seem to spell "30L" (30 "cum laude"), the maximum achievable grade in any exam. The building in Via Roentgen is the "3",