Bocconi University
Bocconi University—Università Bocconi in Italian—begins its story in 1902, when Ferdinando Bocconi established it as Italy’s first university devoted to degrees in economics. He created it in memory of his son, Luigi, who died in the 1896 Battle of Adwa during the First Italo-Ethiopian War, and the university’s original purpose was to blend technical training with economic knowledge for Italy’s growing industrial and commercial needs. The first Bocconi building opened in Largo Notari, an area known today as Via Statuto. In 1941, the university moved to its main campus on Via Sarfatti 25, where it later expanded with residences, research centres, and its graduate business school, SDA Bocconi School of Management, established in 1971. …
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