Sto Ibérica allies with the University to launch internship program and offer training to architecture students

Sto Ibéricaa subsidiary of the German company Sto, signature a agreement of collaboration with the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra, with the goal to actively participate in the training of students of Degree and masters of this academic institution. Thanks to this alliance, the business specialised in the development and manufacture of construction solutions will give technical training sessions on its systems, will collaborate in the practical programme and will hold exhibitions of its products.  

The agreement between both entities establishes, among other things, the presence of Sto in the Master's Degree University in Architecture and in the Degree in programs of study of Architecture. For the specialised Master's Degree , he will carry out a Construction Workshop with the resolution of a practical case. This workshop will include a theoretical session and a demonstration of application in real time by Sto technicians of the construction systems that will be the subject of the case study. For the subject of design Technician of Degree, Sto will give two didactic conference and will participate in an additional session of revision of practical works. 

This agreement is complemented by the implementation of an internship programme, which will include interviews during a Recruiting Day workshop , in order to recruit talent for business. Finally, an exhibition of some of its construction solutions, mainly SATE and ventilated façades, will be held in the main atrium of the school building.

"To be committed to training and education is to look to the future. Therefore, at Sto, we always try to support young students in their academic stage, promoting the importance of sustainability and constant innovation in architecture through various actions. This agreement with the University of Navarra is a further step in our purpose and, thanks to this opportunity, we hope to encourage new generations the importance of building with conscience", says José Almagro, director general of Sto Ibérica. 

The company thus becomes the strategic partner of an academic institution of great national and international prestige for its powerful training offer, innovative professor methodology, research quality and urban development contribution through various projects and initiatives of great impact. 

For José Antonio Sacristán, lecturer at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra, "this is an ideal opportunity to strengthen relations between the university and business, taking advantage of the knowledge and the know-how that each of the entities can contribute to the training of future architects". 

The alliance between these two entities will remain in force during the 2021/2022 academic year, leaving the door open to future collaborations.