Founded in 1970 by Assolombarda and a group of leading Italian and multinational companies (including Pirelli, Olivetti and IBM), ISTUD has always accompanied the evolution of Italian management, making an important contribution to the spread of a modern ‘management culture’ in our country. The first Faculty of the Business School was composed of professors from the Harvard Business School, flanked by Italian professionals in management consultancy.

Today the Fondazione ISTUD is the only high-profile independent Italian Business School. In its almost 40 years of activity more than 45,000 executives and middle management and more than 2,000 graduates have attended its training programmes and Master courses and many professionals now operating in training and research attended ISTUD from the seventies to today.