Bocconi GPA Calculator

Bocconi, like all Italian universities, grades each exam on a 30-point scale: 18 is the pass mark, 30 is the top, and an outstanding exam can earn 30 e lode (30 with honours). Your "GPA" at Bocconi is the media ponderata — the credit-weighted average of those exam grades, where the weights are each course's CFU (Crediti Formativi Universitari, identical to ECTS).

That one average does a lot of work. It is the base for your final /110 degree mark, it decides whether 110 e lode is in reach, and overseas universities convert it to a US 4.0 to read your record. This page mirrors the official method: the calculator weights each grade by its CFU, the planner finds the fastest lift, and the sections below cover the rules that quietly shape the number — how lode is counted, how the /110 works, and how to read a 30-scale average in 4.0 terms.

Your Italian degree is awarded on a 110-point scale, and your weighted average is where it starts. The base graduation mark is your average rescaled from 30 to 110:

Two Bocconi-specific details change the exact figure. First, for the graduation calculation each 30 e lode is counted as 31 (not 30 as in the plain GPA), which nudges the base up. Second, the graduation committee then adds a bonus of roughly 1–11 points for your thesis, the quality of your track, and time to graduation, with the total capped at 110:

Reach 110 and earn the committee's unanimous approval, and you graduate 110 e lode — the Italian summa cum laude. Example: a 27.0 average gives a base of 27 ÷ 30 × 110 = 99; a typical 6–8 point thesis bonus lands you around 105–107/110.

There is no single official linear formula from the Italian 30 scale to the US 4.0 — American schools and credential evaluators (like WES) map grade bands, not a multiplier. The approximate mapping most evaluators use:

As a rough rule of thumb, a Bocconi weighted average around 27–28 is broadly equivalent to a 3.7–3.8 US GPA, and a 30 average is a 4.0. Always state the method you used, and for anything official, request an evaluation rather than quoting a self-calculated number. You can sanity-check a conversion with our GPA Converter.

Bocconi is competitive, and the grading is known to be demanding, so calibrate against the 30 scale rather than a US gut feeling:

• 28–30 — excellent. You're in 110 e lode territory and competitive for top master's, exchanges, and scholarships.
• 27 — strong. A 27 average is a well-regarded result and maps to roughly a 3.7 US GPA.
• 25–26 — good and solid for most graduate applications, especially with a strong thesis or track.
• 24 — respectable; below this, lean on other strengths for selective programmes.
• 18–23 — passing; focus on lifting heavy exams and the thesis bonus.

Because the degree mark adds a thesis/career bonus on top of your average, a strong final project can carry a 26–27 average to a high /110 — the average opens the door, the thesis can push you through it.

One important distinction: if you're a prospective student searching "Bocconi GPA," you're after the admissions GPA — a conversion of your high-school grades used to assess your application, not a university exam average. Bocconi runs its own official tool for that, and the bands differ by country and curriculum, so use Bocconi's official GPA and High School Curriculum page rather than this calculator. The calculator on this page is for current Bocconi students computing their university weighted average.

• Counting 30 e lode as 31 in your average. For the weighted-average GPA, lode counts as 30. The 31 only applies to the separate /110 graduation calculation.
• Forgetting to weight by CFU. A plain average of grades is wrong — an 8-CFU exam counts far more than a 4-CFU one. Always weight by credits.
• Including failed exams. A grade below 18 isn't recorded and never enters the average; you simply re-sit it. Don't enter a "0".
• Treating a 28/30 like a US 2.8. The scales are unrelated. A 28/30 is excellent — roughly a 3.7–4.0 US GPA, not a B−.
• Confusing the admissions GPA with your exam average. Applicants need Bocconi's high-school GPA tool; current students compute the media ponderata here.

Your Bocconi GPA is the CFU-weighted average of your exam grades. For each exam, multiply the grade by its CFU; add those products across all passed exams, then divide by the total CFU:

Example: a 30 in an 8-CFU exam contributes 240; a 27 in a 6-CFU exam contributes 162. Across just those two, the average is 402 / 14 = 28.7 / 30. Your official figure lives in your Bocconi student record (Punto Blu / yoU@B); this tool is for fast planning and what-if scenarios.