BOCCONI TOPICS · SUBJECT GUIDES

What to Focus & How to Prepare?

Every Bocconi section explained: 4 subject guides with the official syllabus, topic frequency, difficulty rankings, solved sample questions and a 10-week study plan.

Subject guides

Bocconi Topics by Subject

Official Bocconi Test Outline

The official test structure and subject areas are published by Università Bocconi (there is no separate syllabus document):

Bocconi — Online Bocconi Test
Study roadmap

10-Week Strategic Study Roadmap

Weeks 1–2

Diagnostic & Foundations

Take a timed diagnostic; rebuild algebra, percentages and basic logic, and note every error type.

Weeks 3–5

Mathematics Core

24 of the 50 questions are Mathematics. Work through algebra, analytic geometry, probability and combinatorics in the order of the frequency table.

Weeks 6–7

Reasoning Sections

Drill Reading, Numerical Reasoning and Critical Thinking with timed sets of 10–15 questions; keep an error log by question type.

Weeks 8–9

Full Mocks

One full 50-question, 75-minute mock per week with mixed topic order, exactly as on the real test.

Week 10

Final Polish

Re-do your error log and fix your skip-or-answer rule: −0.2 for a wrong answer, −0.33 on 3-option critical-thinking items.

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