Opening Ceremony of academic year de Posgrado de Tecnun

This morning took place the Academic Postgraduateofficial opening of the academic year 2024-2025 with a total of 391 master's degree students. In his speech, the director of the School, Raúl Antón, highlighted the role of Tecnun in the comprehensive training of "engineers with a spirit of service, a vocation for continuous improvement, capable of making responsible decisions and driven by professional ethics".

Antón thanked the collaboration of the institutions that trust in the University's project educational and in the impact of the research carried out at the 4 Departments Research Centers. "All this allows us to contribute our grain of sand to the strategic plan of the governmental entities of the Basque Country," he said.

He also highlighted the 10,500 students who have been trained at the School over six decades, of whom 6,500 are working in Gipuzkoa. "The vocation of Tecnun is to be rooted in and at the service of Gipuzkoa," he stressed.

The inaugural lecture was given at position by the CEO of Eosol, Bruno Bernal, former student of Tecnun, who encouraged the young people to embrace the present and "live the University with capital letters", just as he did during his time at the School of Engineering. Bernal stressed the importance of trusting in oneself to achieve success staff and professional success, "but without forgetting to listen to your elders". "Believing you are capable of doing something is not incompatible with knowing your weaknesses and recognizing that there are people who know more than you or have more experience than you," said Bernal. 

During the closing ceremony, Paloma Grau, Vice President for Research and Sustainability, focused on service as the "axis of professional activity" and invited the attendees to reflect on the "ambition to serve". "I encourage you to incorporate service in your daily work and to give a transcendent purpose to your work," she said. He also stressed the importance of learning to detect opportunities where others see threats, to be excited about small work and to rediscover its value: "Small things lead us to big things," he concluded.

Throughout the workshop the Extraordinary Doctorate Awards were presented to Iñigo Martínez, Amaia Aramburu and Daniel Talán.

The following video summary, with the report of the 23-24 course, has also been projected.