Tecnun has celebrated today the Academic Postgraduate official opening of the academic year 2019-20 and the Imposition of Master's Caps. The event was presented by the coordinator of studies and director of Communication of Tecnun, Coro Aycart, and was attended by President, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, the president of the Basque Parliament, Bakartxo Tejeria, the deputy minister of Universities and Research, Alfonso Morais, and the president of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa, Xabier Ezeizabarrena.

Also in attendance were the Regional Deputy for Economic Promotion, Tourism and Rural Environment, Imanol Lasa, the Regional Deputy of the Treasury and Finance department , Jabier Larrañaga, the academic administrative assistant of Campus of Gipuzkoa of the UPV, Itziar Zubia, the Vice President of the University of Deusto, José Antonio Rodríguez, and Marisa Arriola, director of BIC Gipuzkoa.

director Also present at the event were Jon Gurrutxaga, Regional Director of Innovation, Alex Abancens, General Manager of the Association of Engineers of Gipuzkoa, Ana Irigoyen, from the University of Navarra, and Josune Retegi and Inmaculada Ruiz, from OSI Donostialdea.

The event was also attended by the director of Tecnun, Raul Antón, the director of development, Iñigo Gutierrez, the General Manager Javier Aizpun, and the deputy directors of Tecnun; Paloma Grau, Jorge Juan Gil, Francis Planes and Marta Ormazabal. Also Vice President Tomás Gómez Acebo. From Ceit-Ik4, its president, José María Rodriguez Ibabe and Reyes Elizalde. The inaugural lecture was given at position by Cinfa Group's corporate scientific director , Julio Maset, and was entitled: "Innovation, sustainability and accessibility".

The ceremony began with the reading of the most relevant events of the past academic year, such as the launch of the Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering at Tecnun, which joins the one that has been taught for decades in San Sebastian.

Extraordinary Doctorate Prizes

The event continued with the submission of the Extraordinary Doctoral Awards. This year the winners were Dr. Juan Pablo Romero and Dr. Miguel Martínez-Calderón. Romero has been recognized for his doctoral dissertation "Bioinformatical Analysis of Alternative Splicing", while Martínez-Calderón has been recognized for his thesis: "Ultrafast laser micro/nano fabrication of advanced material surfaces". Afterwards, the imposition of caps for the new Masters, an aurresku of honor preceded the words of Oscar Lapuente, on behalf of the new Masters, and, finally, the closing of the event took place at position by Mr. Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, President of the University of Navarra.