University

Jörg Asmussen, originally from Germany, came to Italy to attend the SDA Bocconi Master in Business Administration taught in English during 1991-1992. He will take office on the European Central Bank Board on 1 January 2012

The school debuted in the rankings for Executive MBAs, placing 22nd in Europe and 67th in the world, and the only Italian business school on the rankings

Fifth in Europe in the Top MBA rankings based on recruiter evaluations. Paced sixth in the world for the preparation of graduates in international management and 11th in finance

Bocconi places first in the Vision rankings on internationalization of Italian universities

In the 2011 World University Rankings Bocconi was placed 15th in the world, moving up six places, in terms of graduate reputation. It also held its place at 48th worldwide for social sciences and management schools

Neither blocking rating information nor creating a public European rating agency is a good solution to the current malaise. Better to disentangle ratings from the regulatory norms they currently affect, so that they return to being simple assessments