Bocconi Social Impact Recognition

Field projects and internships at social enterprises and the third sector.
Making Sense of Profit is a project coordinated by the CERGAS Research Center that offers students the opportunity to gain direct experience of the world of work through a practical experience that combines economic professionalism and social impact.
The project is eligible for the Bocconi Social Impact Recognition only if the experience is not valid as a curricular internship.

How and when to apply: Applications usually open in February/March. For more information check this webpage. A dedicated Committee will evaluate and make a selection among all the applications received.

Tutoring activities within the Learning Needs Help Desk (Campus Life) project

Within the Bocconi community, we value diversity and work to create a culture of inclusion that appreciates the unique qualities of each of our students.

A significant number of students on the Bocconi campus have been diagnosed with specific learning disorders (SLDs), and these conditions often make studying a more arduous task.

To help students with SLDs improve and optimize their study skills, we have launched a peer-to-peer learning project. Through this project SLD students will receive peer support from student volunteers who have received specific training.

The tutors will support students with learning disorders study and prepare for exams.

How and when to apply: Two call for applications per year, in October and January. For more details check this webpage.

Support for Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

The Inclusion Service at Bocconi University invites students to take part in Diversity & Inclusion projects with the aim of building a community increasingly focused on a sense of belonging and reciprocity. This year, the planned activities include:

• Collaboration in organizing and managing awareness-raising events for the community, such as communication campaigns, events, and seminars on topics like multiculturalism, religion, disability, neurodiversity, gender, LGBTQI+, or others

• Supporting the Inclusion Service in welcoming students with disabilities, specifically regarding:

  - orientation/testimonials on specific and dedicated services offered by the University

  - introduction to student life at the start of the academic year (e.g., familiarizing with the campus, academic activities, extracurricular initiatives, student associations)

  - accompaniment during key moments of the student journey.

• Participating in brainstorming meetings with the Inclusion Service to share ideas and suggestions.

These activities are a unique opportunity to help create an increasingly welcoming and inclusive university environment while expanding your cultural and experiential horizons.

How to apply: send your CV and a brief motivation letter to: you@B > B in Touch > Inclusion, Disability, and Wellbeing > Inclusion and Anti-discrimination.

Inclusion Programs support:

Bocconi offers Inclusion Programs dedicated to refugees and first-generation international students coming from challenging socio-economic or geopolitical backgrounds. These students are enrolled in Bocconi's undergraduate or graduate programs and are supported by scholarships and dedicated services.
In these programs, support from the student community is crucial to facilitate for the newcomers the relocation to Italy and their inclusion in the Bocconi community.
Volunteer students will be asked to collaborate in the following activities:

• Introduction to academic activities
• Inclusion into the class group
• Guidance on the services offered by the University
• Adjustment to the new lifestyle
• Participation in the campus and student life

How and when to apply:
To apply, send your CV and a short motivational statement to: inclusionprograms@unibocconi.it

This initiative is addressed to Italian speakers only.

For additional information please visit the Italian webpage.

Active thanks to a collaboration with CSV Milan (Centro Servizi per il Volontariato) the Desk provides general information about volunteering and orients those who want to engage in social engagement activities. 

Thanks to the Volunteer Desk you can gather information on those volunteer associations that offer opportunities meeting the requirements to apply for the Bocconi Social Impact Recognition.

Find out more at this webpage.

Pane Quotidiano is a secular, non-partisan and non-profit association, founded in Milan in 1898, with the aim of ensuring free food every day to the poorest sections of the population and to anyone in a state of need and vulnerability, without any distinction.

The simple but revolutionary idea that has animated our Association since its foundation is that no one should ever go without bread and therefore its free distribution is not an act of charity but a gesture implementing this idea.

We have continued this commitment ever since and have taken steps to integrate other foods into our distribution, such as milk, yoghurt, cheese, cured meats, pasta, rice, fruit, vegetables and sweets.

In our two offices in Milan, Viale Toscana 28 and Viale Monza 335, thanks to the invaluable contribution of Volunteers, the support of important food companies that donate their products to us and the generosity of many Donors, we are able to distribute food rations to those who need them, without any kind of distinction and in full respect of our age-old motto, then conceived for the protection and safeguarding of the dignity of our guests: "Sister, brother, no one here will ask you who you are, nor why you need, nor what are your opinions.”

In 2022 we distributed 1,118,869 bags of food.

How to apply

Applications to carry out a volunteer activity at Pane Quotidiano are closed.  

For further information: bocconi@panequotidiano.eu

In the case of students who collaborate with Pane Quotidiano following a Disciplinary Committee sanction, it will be possible to be considered for the purposes of the Social Impact Recognition project net of the hours defined by the Disciplinary Committee.

By 31 May, the student must indicate :
1. Name of the host organization or activity performed at Bocconi;
2. Contact person (and contacts) at Bocconi or at the external organization;
3. Brief description of activities performed [maximum 500 words describing: (a) task and activity performed; (b) social impact achieved; (c) skills and knowledge acquired].
4. Period: start/end dates;
5. Total number of hours;
6. Acknowledgement of ground rules (no salary or other form of compensation).

To finalize the online procedure, the student must also upload a certificate attesting to the completion of the activity.

The certificate must:

• be issued by the organization on letterhead;
• include the period (start/end dates);
• indicate the total number of hours (which must be more than 50).

Any applications accompanied by an incomplete certificate or one that does not meet the requirements just stated will be automatically excluded from consideration.

By 30 April, the student must indicate:
1. Name of the organization
2. Contact person (and contacts) at the organization
3. Official website of the organization
4. Period: start/end dates
5. Total number of hours
6. Brief description of activities performed [500 words maximum describing: (a) task and activity performed; (b) social impact achieved; (c) skills and knowledge gained].
7. Acknowledgement of ground rules (no salary or other form of compensation).

To finalize the online procedure, the student must also upload a certificate attesting to the completion of the activity.

The certificate must:

• be issued by the organization on letterhead;
• include the period (start/end dates);
• indicate the total number of hours (which must be more than 50).

Any applications accompanied by an incomplete certificate or one that does not meet the requirements just stated will be automatically excluded from consideration.