The Somorrostro Training Center has launched a new edition of the guidance project “Mejor te lo cuenta un alumni” (Better to hear it from an alumnus), an initiative that connects former students of the center with current 4th-year ESO students to accompany them in their decision-making process regarding their academic and professional future. The course began with talks by Enara…
To speak of Yeray Alcalá is to speak of talent, dedication, and humility. A former student at our high school, where he earned honors and the Basque Government’s Extraordinary High School Award, he continues to shine at university with the same discipline and enthusiasm that characterized him at Somorrostro. From Logroño, where he is studying for a double degree in…
On Tuesday, September 23, the fifth edition of the Lan Berri program kicked off at our center. Promoted by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, Somorrostro participates in this program alongside HETEL, an association that brings together 33 subsidized vocational training centers in the Basque Country. The objective of this program is clear: to promote the employment of young people up…
Our center is participating once again in Gazte On, the program run by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia that seeks to integrate young people at risk of social exclusion into the labor market through personalized employment-training pathways. In September, key steps were taken in the development of the project: The 4th edition (Gazte On 2023) was completed, in which 14…
Last Thursday, September 18, our center once again became a meeting point for solidarity. The mobile unit of the Basque Country Blood Donors Association was set up at the entrance to Villarías, allowing students, staff, and families to come and donate. The event was preceded by several talks given the previous day by Iñigo Salaverri, Head of Blood Donation Promotion…
On Friday, September 12, we welcomed a team of managers from different areas of Ingeteam to our center. The delegation was received by Javier Laiseca, director of the center, Sergio San Martín, director of Innovation, Jesús Quintana, head of Training for Employment, and Cristina Bueso, head of the Employment Access Center. During the day, four areas of collaboration with the…
The Somorrostro Training Center has been recognized on Lanbide’s Konektalan platform as an example of innovation thanks to its GARENA project, a pioneering initiative to ensure the transmission of the “Somorrostro Style” at a time of great generational change. The challenge: maintaining the essence in times of change In just five years, 41 people from our organization will retire, including…
The 2025/2026 academic year has already begun at the Somorrostro Training Center with more momentum than ever. This year we have around 2,200 students spread across 102 formal training groups: 18 in secondary education, 14 in upper secondary education, and 70 in vocational training (10 basic level, 20 intermediate level, 38 advanced level, and 2 specialization courses). The figures speak…
Until 6 October 2025, applications will be accepted for scholarships and study grants for non-university students for the 2025-2026 academic year (in our case, aimed at secondary school, sixth form and vocational training students). You can now apply for them online at the following web address: https://www.euskadi.eus/ayuda_subvencion/2025/no_uni/web01-tramite/es/ Applications may be submitted in person at the school office. Information will be…
On 18 July, the third edition of the Inter-University Master’s Degree in Hydrogen Technologies (MITH), a pioneering qualification in Spain that is committed to training professionals in one of the strategic sectors of the energy transition, was held on the Mondragon Unibertsitatea campus in Bilbao. A total of 32 students graduated at the event, which was held simultaneously at the…
