Tecnunthe School of Engineering of the University of Navarra, celebrated today the official opening of the academic year Academic postgraduate program with more than 400 students from Master's Degree. The students of postgraduate program are distributed among the six master's degrees offered by Tecnun at its headquarters in San Sebastian and at campus in Madrid. 

In his speech, the director of the School, Raúl Antón, pointed out that Tecnun "aspires to a research open to the needs of society and institutions, involved in that great collective challenge which is to seek ways for a development deeply human and capable of making innovative proposals".

In the same vein, the General Director of the Mubil Foundation, Ane Insausti, in charge of delivering the inaugural lecture, pointed out that it is important that training and research in technical careers are aligned with the needs of the productive fabric to ensure competitiveness and social welfare. 

attendance It should be noted that the event was attended by the President of the Basque Parliament, Bakartxo Tejeria; the Regional Deputy for Economic Promotion, Tourism and Rural Environment, Jabier Larrañaga; the Councilor of the City Council of San Sebastian, Borja Corominas; the sub-delegate of the Basque Government, Guillermo Echenique and the Vice President of research and Sustainability of the University of Navarra, Paloma Grau.

Throughout the workshop the Extraordinary Awards of doctorate were given to Fermín Rodríguez, Imanol Granada and Beñat Elduayen from Guipuzcoa.