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Courses and Requirements

 

CYCLE 42nd - COHORT 2026-2027 

Please note that the study plan might be subject to minor changes. 

Lessons start in early September. 

The program requires full-time commitment with compulsory attendance. 

First year - a.y. 2026-27 

4 compulsory courses + 2 electives 

+ Research Ethics course (compulsory self-managed online course) 

+ Analysis and Applied Mathematics seminars and related Research activities organized by the Decision Sciences Department 

 

Compulsory courses:

SEM. 

CODE COURSE TITLE 

HOURS 

COURSE DIRECTOR 

41088 GEOMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS I 

24 

DE ROSA 

41089 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS I 

24 

BECKER 

41090 GEOMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS II 

24 

PIGATI 

41091 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS II 

24 

BRUÈ 

1-2 

  PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH ETHICS 

 

 

2 electives chosen among the following courses (within July) belonging to other PhD programs: 

SEM. 

CODE COURSE TITLE 

HOURS 

PhD 

Program 

COURSE DIRECTOR 

40215 FINANCE 2 

36 

ECFIN 

ORTU 

40945 CONTINUOUS TIME FINANCE 

24 

ECFIN 

BATTAUZ 

40053 MICROECONOMICS 2 

36 

ECFIN 

BATTIGALLI 

40999 OPTIMIZATION 

24 

STAT-CS 

CELLI 

41000 GRAPH THEORY 

24 

STAT-CS 

SANITÀ 

41001 MODERN APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING 

30 

STAT-CS 

LUCIBELLO 

40971 PROBABILITY THEORY I 

28 

STAT-CS 

FORTINI 

40972 PROBABILITY THEORY II 

24 

STAT-CS 

LIJOI 

40027 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES I 

24 

STAT-CS 

FORTINI 

41004 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS 

24 

STAT-CS 

BORGONOVO 

40032 INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS I 

28 

STAT-CS 

LAVENANT 

1

40143 INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS II

28

STAT-CS

SAVARE'

 

Requirements to pass to the next year 
Exam for each course (max 1 retake). 

 

Second year - a.y. 2027-28 

4 compulsory courses + 1 reading group 

+ Open Science For Researchers Workshop (Elective offered by Bocconi Library) 

+ Analysis and Applied Mathematics seminars and related Research activities organized by the Decision Sciences Department 

 

SEM. 

COURSE TITLE 

HOURS 

SEM. 

MATHEMATICAL ECONOMY 

24 

MATHEMATICAL FINANCE 

24 

MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF APPLIED SCIENCES/ 

MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION OF MACHINE LEARNING 

24 

1 or 2 

FRONTIERS OF MODERN ANALYSIS 

24 

1 or 2 

1 or 2 

SELECTED TOPICS IN MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS (reading group) 

24 

1 or 2 

 

Requirements to pass to the next year 

Exam for each course (no retakes).

Research project 

 

Third and Fourth year - a.y. 2028-29 and 2029-30            

  • Study/research period at other Universities; 
  • Teaching/Teaching Assistantship/Research Assistantship activities (optional); 
  • conferences (as a listener and as a speaker); 
  • Analysis and Applied Mathematics seminars and related Research activities organized by the Decision Sciences Department; 
  • mid-term doctoral thesis (3rd year); 
  • thesis submission to external reviewers (4th year); 
  • thesis dissertation.