More than a hundred people are participating in the School of Science Open House and Experimentation workshop

Fifty high school diploma students in their junior and senior high school diploma, accompanied by their families, visited the School of Science on Saturday to participate in a new edition of the workshop and Science Experimentationworkshop , with the goal discovering what the Degree they are interested in entails and what their career prospects are. In total, more than 100 people participated, including students and family members.

workshop The workshop is a special day when prospective students learn, explore, share, and discover everything the School of Science the University of Navarra have to offer,” says Santiago Caireta, manager School of Science’s manager .

The School has organised an attractive programme of internships by thematic areas: "The magical world of the Chemistry"for those candidates of Chemistry, Biochemistry and the double Degree; "A internship in a classroom without a roof", a safari through the campus for those students interested in the area of Biology and Environmental Sciences. "The students have had the opportunity to do a internship, have listened to the experience of students representing all the Degrees of the School and have been able to meet professors, doctoral students, students and future colleagues of class", adds Caireta.

The participants came from Navarre, the Basque Country, La Rioja, Cantabria, the Balearic Islands and Galicia, representing the following schools: IES Zizur, IES Tierra Estella, IES Mendillorri, high school Calasanz-Escolapios, San Cernin, Marianistas, Ikastola San Fermín, high school Luis Amigó, Nuestra Señora del Puy, Miravalles-El Redín, Jesuitinas, IES place de la Cruz, high school San Ignacio, IES Navarro Villoslada, high school Claret Larraona, Maristas and high school FEC Vedruna. From outside Navarre, Jesús María Ikastetxea (Bilbao), high school Carmelitas Sagrado Corazón (Vitoria), high school de Fomento Torrevelo-Peñalabra (Cantabria), Ikastola Lauaxeta (Bizkaia), Santa Teresa Ikastetxea (San Sebastián), high school Nuestra Señora de Begoña (Bilbao), high school Madre Alberta (Palma), Liceo Francés (Bilbao), IES Zumaia, La Salle (San Sebastián), Ikastola Padre Raimundo Olabide (Álava) and Centro de Education Castroverde (Santander). 

On the other hand, the accompanying persons enjoyed a programme with sessions on the Degrees and diplomas of the School at position by Dean Luis Montuenga, as well as on the process of Admissions Office, scholarships and accommodation, given by José Manuel Trillo, director of development of the School.

At the end of the activities proposed at the Science area , the participants went to the University's Central Building , where the young people and their families were able to find out about the extracurricular activities on offer (cultural life, sports, volunteer activities, etc), as well as the different options available at accommodation and the possibilities of financing the programs of study.