73 students from the XVII Promotion of the Alumni Scholarships Programme celebrated their graduation, accompanied by some of their mentors and teachers. Family, friends and donors followed the event via streaming.

The event was presided over by the Alumni Vice President , Tomás Gómez-Acebo. In his speech, he stressed two essential points for their future career: "What is really important is to be a good person and, above all, the humanistic training in which we put special effort in this University". In addition to congratulating them, he also wanted to encourage the students to continue learning and to continue being better people in order to contribute to creating a better society.

Igor Errasti, Administrator of the University, Sergi Molas, director Alumni, and María Vasilj, 4th year Nutrition student and representative of the XVII graduating class, also took part in the event. María Vasilj expressed her gratitude to the donors of the scholarship programme: "We are indebted to many people and institutions who, without knowing us, have supported us; who, without knowing us, have wanted to participate in the fulfilment of our dreams... To all of you who have made this wish of the founder of the University of Navarra come true, that no person should fail to study at this University due to a lack of economic resources, thank you".

A donor-supported scholarship programme

In total, 363 young people are studying this year at programs of study thanks to this initiative, a scholarship programme aimed at students with good transcript who wish to study at the University of Navarra but do not have sufficient financial resources.

The programme is financed thanks to the contribution of alumni, friends and institutions that, aware of the importance of the training of future professionals, every year make it possible for a good issue of students to fulfil their dreams. In addition to the more than 7,000 alumni collaborators, the programme is supported by the following entities: association de Amigos de la Universidad de Navarra, Banco Santander, Caja Rural de Navarra, Banco Pichincha, Campus Home, Fundación Bolar and Fundación IEISA.