Free-mover Summer Programs

The free-mover Summer Programs allow you to spend one month abroad at some specific foreign Universities, to attend a course and have it registered in your academic career at Bocconi.

ELIGIBILITY

The Free-mover summer programs are addressed to 2nd year students of all 3-year Bachelor Degree Programs, during the summer between the second and the third year of enrollment. Students enrolled either in the 5-year combined Bachelor and MSc Program in Law (CLMG) or in the 2-year MSc programs cannot apply for the Program.

Academic requirements

Only qualified students can apply for the Free-Mover Summer programs and they are required to proof the following:

Course year: only second year Bachelor students regularly enrolled can go abroad during the summer between the second and the third year;

Credits: at least 60% of 1st year credits registered *

* The calculation of minimum credits includes all the exams officially registered in your career before February 11, 2012 (N.B.: exams which are not part of the 1st year study plan and 2nd year - 1st semester - study plan are not included with the exception of maximum one language anticipated). In case of more than one language anticipated, only the one better performed meaning the one for which the score grade registered x number of credits gained is higher will be counted.

In addition, each hosting School has its own Requirements which have to be fulfilled by the applicant.

Language requirements

Applicants whose native tongue is not English have to prove a good knowledge of the English language (Level B2 or higher) through one of the following options:

• Secondary school diploma awarded in English;
• English-speaking country citizenship;
• English International language certificates of Level B2 or higher (see Bocconi Language Center certificates list and regulations. As for the TOEFL certificate, please refer to what specified in the Exchange program website, table "language requirements").
• Exam of English 2 passed in a Bocconi University Bachelor Degree Program;
• Enrolment in a Bocconi Bachelor Degree taught in English (BIEM).

PROGRAMS

Università Bocconi has singled out a series of schools from its own international network, which offer Summer Programs. The following is the list of the summer programs available for the summer 2012 (A.Y. 2011/2012):
- London School of Economics (LSE Summer School)
- New York University (NYU Summer Session)
- University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley Summer Sessions)
- University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA Summer Sessions)
- University of California - San Diego (UC San Diego Summer Sessions)

Any other option must be endorsed ex-ante, on a case-by-case basis, by the Study Abroad Office. The request, accompanied by a letter of motivation and information material on the University selected, has to be presented before enrolling in the Summer Program and handed in to the Study Abroad Office.

CONTACTS

Study Abroad Office
Università Bocconi
Piazza Sraffa, 11 - 3rd floor - Room 307
Email: rachele.genovesi@unibocconi.it
Phone: +39.02.5836.2440