Apply, Accept or Withdraw

Exchange Program 2025/26

 

Applications for the Exchange Program must be submitted within the deadlines outlined on our website.
It is crucial to upload any required documents correctly and accept the assigned destination by the deadline specified in the communication from the Study Abroad Office.
If you are not selected for the exchange or wish to withdraw, please refer to the information in the boxes below.

How to apply

To participate in the Exchange Program, the application must be submitted at Punto Blu by the specified deadline. 

If the Academic Requirements are satisfied, students will have access to the application and, if necessary, will be able to upload the required certificates based on the destinations they wish to apply for.
Students will be able to see only the destinations for which they satisfy the requirements and can indicate up to 10 destinations* in order of preference (ie: the choice n. 1 is the most preferred destination). 
Once the application is completed, students are strongly advised to verify the completion of the application by saving all entered data and downloading the application receipt before the deadline.

It is in the student’s best interest to apply only to destinations they are willing to depart for.

Please note:

  • the Application Tutorial and instructions on how to correctly attach certificates can be found in B in Touch;

  • plan your application carefully since no late enrollment, certificate submissions, or modifications to the application can be accepted by the system or by the Study Abroad Office after the deadline;

  • if you apply to destinations with Additional Language Requirements you must upload your language certificate at Punto Blu by the application deadline, even if it has already been registered in your academic career.

  • *students in the BSc in Global Law will be informed about the maximum number of destinations they can include in the application as soon as the Destinations Brochure becomes available.

How to accept

After the rankings are published, selected students must confirm or decline their assigned destination and indicate their preferred semester by the deadline specified in the communication from the Study Abroad Office: 

  • students who are assigned to destinations without specific semester restrictions can consider their chosen semester as final once they have confirmed their selection.
  • students who apply for destinations with limited slots per semester can express their preferred term. The Study Abroad Office will then assign them, giving priority to students with higher scores.

Students may be excluded from the Exchange Program for the following reasons:

  • have confirmed the participation in International Programs not compatible with the Exchange (CEMS, Double Degree, Themis, IGIER);
  • inability to participate in the selected academic year, it is not possible to postpone the Experience for the following academic year;
  • for undergraduate and 3rd-year law students who have been conditionally selected based on a language other than English and have not taken/passed the language exam by the day of the last scheduled exam within the July session;
  • have been conditionally selected for a Portuguese-language destination and have not completed the course provided by the Bocconi Language Center;
  • disciplinary action;
  • BSc in Global Law students will be excluded from the Exchange if they select the domestic track. In this case, they will be able to apply for the Exchange Program during the 4th year of Master of Arts in Law.

Students who do not reply to selection notifications within the outlined deadline will be excluded from the Program. Failure to respond will be considered as a withdrawal from the Exchange Program.

Selected students can withdraw from the exchange program at any time during the academic year, until their scheduled departure. Selected students who accept and decide to withdraw at a later stage must send a message through B in Touch.
While there is no specific deadline for withdrawal, we kindly invite students to inform us as soon as the decision is made so that another student from the waiting list may have the opportunity to participate in the Exchange Program.

Students who do not accept the destination they have been assigned to (among the choices in the application), are automatically excluded from the current program and will not be assigned to any other destination.

Selected students who decide to withdraw will not be allowed to apply for the Free-Mover Semester initiative nor any further selection of the Exchange Program within their current study cycle.

Students who meet all the requirements and are not selected will be placed on the Waiting List for the destinations listed in their application.

Students on the Waiting List who are subsequently selected will receive a nomination email from the Study Abroad Office and will need to respond within the outlined deadline confirming or declining the proposed destination. Failure to do so within the specified timeframe will result in being considered as a definitive withdrawal from the Exchange Program.

The Study Abroad Office will continue to select students from the Waiting List in case receiving withdrawals from departing students. This option is only possible according to the nomination deadline set by partner universities and may vary from each destination.