Università Bocconi is pleased to announce
the appointment of the Rector
and the Dean for International Affairs
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Guido Tabellini Rector
Professor of Economics at Bocconi, he obtained his PhD at UCLA and has taught at Stanford
University and UCLA prior to joining Bocconi in 1994. In Bocconi, he was closely involved with
the launch of the PhD program in Economics and served as Director of the Innocenzo Gasparini
Institute for Economic Research (IGIER) until 2002, at which time he became President of the
Institute. In 2003, he was named an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and in 2007 he became President of the European Economic Association.
He has been consultant to a number of institutions, including the IMF and the Italian
government. He sits in the editorial board of a number of scientific journals and in the scientific
advisory board of several international research centers. He is a regular columnist of the daily
Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore and has published op-eds in many international newspapers.
Professor Tabellini is an accomplished scholar who has a strong research-based curriculum
with interests spanning a wide range of issues and analytical methods. The underlying theme
throughout the majority of his work is the positive and normative analysis of economic policy.
He is a member of various research centers including CESifo (Munich) and CEPR (London) and
is a fellow at the Econometric Society.
In 2003, he received the Y. Jansson medal which is awarded by the European Economic
Association to the best European economist under the age of 45.
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Fulvio Ortu Dean for International Affairs
Professor of Financial Mathematics at Bocconi, he obtained his PhD in Economics at the
University of Chicago. Prior to joining Bocconi in 2002, he has been a faculty member at the
Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California, at Columbia Business
School and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In Bocconi he led the start-up of
the PhD School, that administers all the PhD Programs offered at Bocconi, and has served as
its Dean from the inception.
Professor Ortu is an expert in the area of quantitative finance and insurance, in which he has
published extensively. He is a member of the American Finance Association, the Western
Finance Association and the Econometric Society.
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Università Bocconi, Milan
The International University in Italy
• First international cooperation agreements in 1974
• 2.300 international opportunities every year
(Exchange, Double Degree, CEMS, Themis, Internship and Campus Abroad Programs)
• In 100 Countries
• Over 190 partner Schools
• Almost 250 partner Institutions and Companies overseas
• 1.000 incoming exchange students per year
• Over 1.300 regularly enrolled international students
• Double Degree Programs with 14 Partner Universities
• 6 Master of Science and 1 Bachelor entirely taught in English
• China and India Desks in Shanghai and Mumbai
• CEMS founding member
• PIM member since 1980
• Member of: AACSB, ECGI, EFMD, EABIS
• Accredited by Equis and Association of MBAs
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