Italian university's Mumbai campus to start in July

By Richha Bhatnagar

Your dreams of studying in Italy could come true in Mumbai!

Universita Bocconi is an Italian business school, which has set up its first campus in Mumbai, India and its first post graduate program will roll out in July 2012. Recently, the university has joined hands with a group of Indian entrepreneurs to open its first international campus in Mumbai, called the Mumbai International School of Business Bocconi (MISB Bocconi). It has been launched in Mumbai in partnership between Universita Bocconi and Ultimate Knowledge System.

SDA Bocconi is developed under the umbrella of Universita Bocconi and it has been ranked as 28th in the Financial Times global MBA rankings 2011. The MBA program proffered by the university has a count of 83% international students. Universita Bocconi has collaborations with top Indian management colleges that include an exchange programme with ISB Hyderabad and a dual degree with IIM Ahmedabad.

The main purpose of starting this program in India is that it has collaborations and exchanges with many Indian universities and the top performers are mostly Indian who comes from these exchange programmes. Alberto Grando, dean of SDA Bocconi said that in order to meet the demand of international students, the university has chosen India as its first international campus.

The university will offer a full time post graduate program and the duration of the program will be 2 years. It will cost around 16 lakhs. The focus of the program will be freshers and candidates who have three years of relevant work experience. To get admission, students will have to take the Common Admission Test or the GMAT.

This program aims at providing international as well as local industry exposure to students. Bocconi has realised that most Indians go on to become top level managers abroad. So it will focus on grooming the talent of young minds. The best thing about this course is that it will be delivered by the national and international faculty.

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