Admissions

You are required to submit an official transcript or certified copy of your grades (in English or Italian) and a certified copy of your degree certificate from the college or university you attended. This must include grades for individual subjects with the grading scale, the type of degree, the date of graduation and the dates of enrolment.

Applicants who obtained a university degree in a European country taking part in the Bologna Process, are warmly invited to submit a Diploma supplement.           

Applicants who obtained a university degree in Italy must provide a self-declaration of the Degree Certificate and Transcript (form provided by your university). This self-declaration is only for students who graduated from Italian universities, the so called “Dichiarazione sostitutiva di certificazione” (you can also use this format, if your university does not provide one).

MCF is held entirely in English, thus all applicants must be highly proficient in written and spoken English. If English is not your mother tongue, you must submit a result of the TOEFL, IELTS, PTE Academic or CPE tests.

At the testing site, you can specify that your results must be sent directly to SDA Bocconi (TOEFL School Code: 0698, PTE School Code: R7G-6R-23). If you have already taken one of these tests, the original results must be sent directly to the School.

If you have taken a Cambridge English Language Test (such as CAE C1 or CPE C2), please send us your score following the procedure here. 

Candidates for the MCF 2025-2026 edition must take a test by June 2025 and test results prior to January 2023 are no longer valid.

A test result may be waived for mother-tongue English speakers and for students who did their degree in English, or can document significant professional experience in an English-speaking country.

References must be from people who know you well, and can comment knowledgeably on your professional and/or academic background, providing a detailed evaluation of your qualifications for our MCF.

The contact details of your referees (name, surname and email address) will need to be uploaded on the automatic tool of the online application form.
The referees will then receive a form via email to be filled out and submitted to us.

The GMAT (or GRE) is mandatory for all applicants. This is an internationally recognized test in English that evaluates your quantitative, verbal, and analytical skills. Although there is no required minimum score for admission, a high score is beneficial during the admission process. Candidates for the MCF 2025-2026 edition must take a test by June 2025 and test results prior to January 2020 are no longer valid.

When the test is taken, the name of the school should be specified, which will allow our Admission Services to receive the results directly. The GMAT identification code for the MCF is 3WJ-L8-42 and for the GRE is 3710.

Alternatively, you can ask Admission Services to take the SDA Test, organized by SDA Bocconi, which assesses quantitative, logical, and verbal skills. Enrolment for the test is organized directly through Admission Services after submission of the application for admission. The fee for the SDA Test is € 100.

The CFA score is considered additional and preferential through the selection process.

If you are interested , you can also obtain the Master of Science in Global Finance from Fordham University via a collaborative agreement between SDA Bocconi and Fordham University.

You can be admitted to the MCF-MSGF by the end of January 2025, according to the evaluation of your class.

The tuition fee for the MCF-MSGF Fordham University is €50,480.*

*Price subject to change according to Fordham University (tbc)