SDA Bocconi in Seventh Heaven with Bloomberg Businessweek

THANKS TO POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM GRADUATES AND RECRUITERS, THE SCHOOL'S MBA MOVED UP ONE POSITION TO REACH 7TH PLACE IN THE RANKING OF THE BEST PROGRAMS TAUGHT OUTSIDE THE US

The survey of Bloomberg Businessweek among graduates and recruiters worldwide has confirmed the high value of the SDA Bocconi School of Management MBA in offering a program that positively impacts the careers of participants and best prepares graduates with the skills requested by the job market. The program in fact gained one position to place 7th in the rarefied group of the Best International Business Schools 2017 ranking which ranks the best programs taught outside the US.

The Bloomberg Businessweek ranking focuses on how well the schools channel their graduates into good jobs. The criteria used includes feedback from over 600 recruiters worldwide on the programs they consider best delivers the skills they seek in MBA hires (35% of the total score), a survey of the alumni from the classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011 on how their MBA affected their careers and salary change (30%), a survey of the latest class with their opinions on faculty, career services, campus, etc. (15%), data on placement within 3 months of graduation (10%) and data on how much MBAs make in their first jobs after graduation (10%). Only 31 schools are included in the ranking of the best international programs.
 
SDA Bocconi also asserted itself again as the only Italian business school present in all the most important international rankings, including Financial Times, Forbes and The Economist.



 

by Tomaso Eridani