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Bocconi Award - Artificial Intelligence 2026-2027

Key Information
100% waiver on the Bocconi ordinary academic tuition and fees 

The provisions below constitute official publication of the regulations a.y. 2026-2027 of the “Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence” benefit for students enrolled in the first year of the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence in the a.y. 2026-2027. 

With the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, students enrolled in the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence who show a strong interest in mathematics and the sciences, and who are motivated to take on the technological, medical, and social challenges of today’s world, may benefit from a merit-based scholarship covering the full cost of the degree programme. 

  1. Eligible Students 

Up to 50% of students enrolled in the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence may receive a fee waiver. In particular, the Bocconi Award - Artificial Intelligence is awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding academic excellence, regardless of their financial background. 

To assign Bocconi Award - Artificial Intelligence, consisting of a full tuition waiver, the Scholarship Committee will assess the best profiles in terms of academic career and work/study experiences abroad of students of any citizenship who have applied for admission to the MSc in Artificial Intelligence for AY 2026-2027. 

This award will be renewable for the second year of the MSc in Artificial Intelligence (AY 2027-2028), provided that the same merit requirements foreseen for the renewal of the Bocconi Graduate Merit Award are met (50 credits as of 10 September 2027). 

The outcome of the Committee evaluation will be communicated to awardees along with admissions results. Those who wish to enroll with the award will need to complete the enrollment procedure and at the same time follow the instructions provided for in the admissions result to formally accept the award. 

Please note that the assignment of the Bocconi Award - Artificial Intelligence is tied to the Msc in Artificial Intelligence. For this reason, students who decide to change the program they wish to enroll into will not, under any circumstance, keep the Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence. 

The same regulations about acceptance, renewal, revocation and forfeiture that are foreseen for Bocconi Graduate Merit Awards also apply to Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence. 

It is specified that the assigned benefit will be revoked to students enrolled to the first year who are still enrolled with reserve as of November 30, 2026. In fact, the University cannot grant a benefit to a student who does not appear to have completed enrollment by that date. 

The assignment of an award will be communicated to awarded students together with admission results.  

Please note that the assignment of the Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence is tied to the admission round and the Msc in Artificial Intelligence.   

The Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence will not be maintained in the following cases:   

  • Change of round for the same program   
    If you decide not to enroll in the admission round for which the Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence was originally communicated, and you are later admitted again to the Msc in Artificial Intelligence in a different round, you will not retain the merit-based scholarship. An exception applies only if a new Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence is explicitly awarded to you for the new round.  
  • Change of program   
    If you decide to change the program you wish to enroll in, even if you remain in the same admission round in which you were previously awarded the Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence, you will not in any case keep this merit-based scholarship.  

ATTENTION! Only in case you are admitted to two different programs in two different rounds, one with a Merit Award, and the other one with a Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence you will be able to choose one program (and the related scholarship), provided that all admission and funding-acceptance deadlines are respected.  

For example, if you are admitted to the MSc in Artificial Intelligence with a Bocconi Award – Artificial Intelligence and later also admitted to the MSc in Finance – Global with a Merit Award, you may choose which program you wish to attend.