SDA Bocconi placed 6th in Europe in the QS Global 200 Business School Report 2012, based on evaluations of MBA graduates completed by 2,150 recruiters in 42 countries who actively hire MBA alumni. According to recruiters, SDA Bocconi graduates excel in particular regarding their preparation in the topics of international management (where the MBA placed 8th in the world), marketing (9th worldwide) and finance (16th in the world).

With this outcome, SDA Bocconi is concluding a year of positive results and achievements at an international level. Moving up ten spots, SDA Bocconi placed 7th in the recent Financial Times 2011 European Business School ranking, while the Full-Time MBA was 10th in Europe in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2011, 1st in the world for return on investment in the Bloomberg Businessweek ranking and 4th for programs outside the US in terms of return on investment in the Forbes rankings .

Published by QS, the international network dedicated to education and professions which also draws up the World University Rankings, the rankings were published on their TopMBA portal.