Courses and Requirements
Please note that the study program might be subject to minor changes. Lessons start at the beginning of September. Attendance is mandatory. The program cannot be attended by distance learning.
First year - a.y. 2025 - 2026 (41° cycle)
Requirements:
In the first year you have to attend 1 Preparatory course in Mathematics (optional) + 9 compulsory courses: 3 methods courses (shared by the two curricula) + 6 curriculum specific courses + research presentation + seminars organized by the Departments of Management & Technology and Marketing
By the beginning of March: students choose elective courses to be attended in the 2nd year
Second year - a.y. 2025 - 2026 (40° cycle)
Requirements:
PhD students may choose how many electives they want to take according to their research interests; the minimum requirement is 4 electives over 2nd and 3rd year.
Moreover, research activity and seminar organized by the Departments of Management & Technology and Marketing.
On top of the exam at the end of each course, at the end of the second year, you should obtain an "Accept" in the second-year research paper.
QUARTER | COURSE TITLE | HOURS | PROFESSOR | CURRICULUM |
Sept. - Oct. | Creativity in Theory Building |
24 | P. Mannucci | BOTH |
Nov. - Dec. |
Advances in Corporate Environmental and Political Strategy |
24 |
N. Dutt |
BOTH |
Feb. - Mar. | Text Analysis ** | 24 | Q. Shi | BOTH |
Feb. - Mar. | Behavioral Strategy |
24 |
C. Gutierrez |
BOTH |
Apr. - May. |
Organizational Sociology |
24 | F. Castellucci |
BOTH |
Apr. - May |
Data Mining for Marketing Research ** |
24 |
K. Zhu |
BOTH |
Apr. - May |
Machine Learning for Casual Inference |
24 |
M. Varga |
BOTH |
Apr. - May | Topics in Social Network Analysis | 24 | A. Iorio | BOTH |
NEW! Open Science for Researchers: elective online workshop (75 minutes) offered by the Bocconi library, open to all PhD students from 2nd year.
** an updated version of this syllabus will be uploaded soon
ELECTIVE COURSES
- Courses of other PhD Programs are allowed subject to PhD program Director's approval.
Third year (39° cycle) / Fourth year (38° cycle) - a.y. 2025 — 2026
NEW! Open Science for Researchers: elective online workshop (75 minutes) offered by the Bocconi library, open to all PhD students from 2nd year.
The third and fourth years are largely devoted to research and the preparation of the thesis. You will have to:
- attend the curriculum PhD Seminar in Business Administration & Management
- study/research period at other Universities + Ta/RA activities (optional)
- attend conferences (as a listener and as a speaker)
- attend seminars organized by the Departments of Management &Technology, Marketing and Accounting
- submit 2 research papers (1 per year)
- give two seminar presentations per year to illustrate one's own research output (at least one in Bocconi)
- submit the thesis to external reviewers (end of 4th year)
- defend your thesis