The first edition of the Mentoring Excellence Program at the University of Seville was successfully concluded

The Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville (ETSi) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAING) have celebrated the closing of the First Edition of the Mentoring Excellence Program, in which almost twenty students from the final years of the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Engineering, Physics and Mathematics taught at the US and 10 companies in the field of engineering and industry have participated. 

The event, which was presided over by Andrés Sáez Pérez, director of the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville, was attended by Jaime Domínguez Abascal, president of RAING, as well as Sara Gómez Martín, director of the “Women and Engineering” Project at RAING, and Catalina Gómez Quiles, director of the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Secretariat of the University of Seville. 

Promoted by RAING, and organized jointly with ETSi, this is the first time this initiative has been developed for students of the University of Seville, which is already preceded by the success it has achieved in other Spanish Universities. 

In his speech, Andrés Sáez highlighted the importance of promoting this type of project at the University of Seville, and pledged, as Director of the ETSi, to continue supporting and providing all available resources for the second edition, which will be launched in the current academic year 2024/25.

For her part, Catalina Gómez stated that “education does not end in the classroom; rather, spaces must be created that foster the talent and employability of students, which in the case of many STEM degrees (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is close to 100%, according to data collected by the Secretariat she directs. Engineering degrees are an example of this.”. 

The fundamental objective of this program has been to offer students a clear and practical vision of the skills and abilities that the labor market demands today, as well as an opportunity to become aware of their individual talents and abilities, discovering how to enhance them in their future professional career. 

As Sara Gómez explained, “the important thing about mentoring is that it changes lives, because after seeing the results of this program, it is clear that not only have the mentees grown, but also the mentors in this process.”.

Likewise, Jaime Domínguez Abascal asserted that "the promotion of STEM careers must begin at an early age, and for this purpose both RAING and the US have programs that aim to make the profession visible to future generations of university students.".

Mentored by companies from the Andalusian industrial fabric, a total of 19 final-year students of Bachelor's and Master's degrees taught at the University of Seville have been able to have this approach with industry and with the working world, which they will join in the not too distant future. 

The companies that joined this program in its first edition were Hitachi Energi, EKS Energy, Ghenova, Emasesa, WoodSwallow, Ingelectus, Horse PowerTraining, NTT Data, Keyter Technologies and Elmya EPC.