Study Plan - Bocconi University

This program builds on the technical and managerial excellence of two leading universities, Bocconi and Politecnico di Milano, offering a unique set of interdisciplinary skills to transition companies toward a sustainable business and management approach. It is based on a complementary blend of each university’s strengths: Politecnico provides top-flight technological training, while Bocconi shares its expertise on the strategic and economic fronts.

The MSc provides the interdisciplinary and hybrid skills needed to face the complex challenges of environmental and social sustainability.

Semester I - at Bocconi

Economics and Management Fundamentals - 4 courses

Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Governance
Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing
Impact and Sustainability Measurement
Environmental Economics and Climate Change

Tools and Methods

Semester II - at Politecnico di Milano
Enabling Technologies Fundamentals – 4 courses

Materials Towards Circular Economy
Ecological Processes, Environmental Impacts and Transition Towards Sustainability
Technologies for the Energy Transition Towards Sustainability
Designing Sustainable Cities

Tools and Methods

The aim of the first semester is to strengthen the fundamentals of sustainability management and economics.

The scope of the second semester is to delve into the fundamentals of key enabling technologies for sustainability transition.

Semester 1

Sustainable Leadership seminar	2
Management and Economics for Sustainability - module 1 (Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Governance)	6
Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing	6
Impact and Sustainability Measurement	6
Management and Economics for Sustainability - module 2 (Environmental Economics and Climate Change)	6
ESG Law	6

Semester 2

Critical Thinking and Complex Decision Making seminar	2
Materials Towards Circular Economy	6
Technologies for Energy and Sustainable Transition - module 1 (Ecological Processes, Environmental Impacts and Transition Towards Sustainability)	6
Technologies for Energy and Sustainable Transition - module 2 (Technologies for the Energy Transition Towards Sustainability)	6
Designing Sustainable Cities	6
Innovation for Sustainability	6
Foreign language (lessons only)	-
Total credits points of the first year	64

Semester I - at Bocconi and Semester II - at Politecnico di Milano

Tools and Methods

Business and Marketing Plan Workshop
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Workshop
Data Analytics for Sustainability
Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management

Personalized path

Diversity and Global Policy - 1st sem.
OR
Technologies and Systems for Sustainable Mobility
Electives on key enabling technologies for sustainability transition, theoretical methods and practical tools for sustainability management and entrepreneurship (to be chosen among a set of Bocconi and Politecnico di Milano courses)

Foreign language
Internship
Thesis

At beginning of their 2nd year, students will be required to choose 1 elective from a pre-defined list of courses offered by Bocconi and PoliMi to deepen their knowledge into key enabling technologies for sustainability transition or theoretical methods and practical tools for sustainability management and entrepreneurship.

You will get hands-on experience – and credits – participating in an internship in Italy or abroad.

Business and Marketing Plan Workshop - 1st sem.	3
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Workshop - 2nd sem.	3
Data Analytics for Sustainability - 1st sem.	6
Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management 2nd sem	6
Foreign language (lessons and exam) - 1st sem	4
Diversity and Global Policy - 1st sem. OR Technologies and Systems for Sustainable Mobility - 2nd sem	6
Electives (to be chosen among a set of Bocconi courses & PoliMi courses)	6
Internship	8
Thesis	14
Total credits points of the first year	56
Total credits points	120

Please note that the program structure is subject to change.

The study plan requires one European Union language.
More specifically:

Italian for non-Italian native speakers
French, Spanish, German for Italian native speakers

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