welcome workshop for first year students and start of the zero course

The approximately 295 new students, 56 of them international, who are starting their engineering studies at Tecnun this year are Tecnun have started their university studies with a welcome workshop .

Divided into two groups, the students have had different sessions, which began with a greeting from the director of the School, Francis Planes, who encouraged them to have "a strong will to achieve the objectives with determination, hard work and courage".

"You are in the right environment to grow both professionally and personally, and Tecnun will provide all the means to accompany you on this path of development," said Planes.

In the same vein, the Tecnun studies coordinator, Idoia Lasa, reminded them that they are at the beginning of "an exciting and intense stage, where we not only hope that you will acquire knowledge, but also develop professional skills through transformative experiences".

"The fundamental axes along which we will move throughout these years have to do with knowledge, know-how and being," Lasa explains.

The coordinator of studies took the opportunity to talk about values such as work, responsibility, freedom and respect and multidisciplinarity.

"The commitment and effort of staff, together with the ability to learn, and an environment of mutual enrichment, will help you to grow, to have a comprehensive training and a 360º vision, oriented to the service to people", "the important thing is not the knowledge, but the value that is generated with that knowledge", are some of the statements that Lasa shared.

After an initial welcoming speech, in which the Deputy Director of Students, Tomás Gómez-Acebo, also took part, the students started the course zeroThe students will have different sessions and classes until Friday, August 29, which will serve as a "tune-up" for the course they are starting.