Farewell Celebration 2025

Farewell Celebration

FAREWELL CELEBRATION FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY (UPV/EHU). The celebration will take place on May 16 at 11:10 am at the Centro Carlos Santamaría Auditorium, located in Donostia / San Sebastián (Campus of Gipuzkoa).

Farewell Day 2022 video

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The academic year is coming to an end and summertime is round the corner, so it is our pleasure to invite you to the Farewell celebration for exchange students.

May 16 (Friday), starting from 11:10am, at the Centro Carlos Santa Maria Auditorium, Gipuzkoa. 

You are welcome to invite your buddy to the event.

We will offer a FREE BUS SERVICE to Donostia / San Sebastián from Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Buses will depart at 9:15 and will return at 18:00.

BUS DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL POINTS:

BILBAO 9:15 Luis Briñas street outside San Mames

GASTEIZ 9:15 Bar Zeppelin 

Return from DONOSTIA 18:00  Bus stop outside Aulario / Ignacio Mª Barriola Centre

Please confirm your attendance and reserve a seat on the bus by clicking on the following link: ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION

If you are unable to attend the event after registration, please remember to cancel your attendance and seat on the bus on the following link: ATTENDANCE CANCELLATION

Attendance and bus registration DEADLINE: May 11 at 24:00

PROGRAMME

Reception

11:10  Noé Cornago, Director for Internationalization of the UPV/EHU, will receive Joxerramon Bengoetxea, Rector, and Gotzone Barandika, Vice Chancellor for Transfer and Internationalization, in the hall of the Carlos Santamaría Centre.

Programme

11:15    Family photo.

11:25    Welcome by Noé Cornago.

11:35   Greeting by the Vice Chancellor for Transfer and Internationalization (Gotzone Barandika Argoitia).

11:40    Mobility experiences (by exchange students at the University of the Basque Country).  

12:15    Intervention of student association European Student Network (ESN).

12:25     Gift raffle.

12:30    Closing of the event (UPV/EHU Rector, Joxerramon Bengoetxea).

12:45    Centro Ignacio M Barriola Centre: Food stall (tipical Basque food and drinks). Exhibition of traditional Basque dance.

             Ending. 

18:00    Departure of buses to Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao.

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Video of the Farewell

Farewell celebration

Every year, the University of the Basque Country organises an event to welcome international exchange students and introduce them to our region and our university. This video shows images from the welcome event held on 15 September 2025: Joxerramon Bengoetxea (Rector of the EHU) at the reception in the Carlos Santamaría building in Donostia, a Basque dance exhibition and “talo” tasting. The video also features several students:

1st Student: EMIEL VANDERGHINSTE, KU LEUVEN (BELGIKA) - 1025 km

2nd Student: DANIELIUS VENSKUNAS, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY (LITUANIA) - 2400 km

3rd Student: ALEJANDRO CONTRERAS, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (MEXICO) - 9000 km

4th Student: DIANA CASTILLO, Universidad de Costa Rica (COSTA RICA) - 8500 km

5th Student: LISA WINKELMANN, OTH REGENSBURG (ALEMANIA) - 1300 km