EUHT StPOL’s 2023 Graduation Ceremony

On Monday, December 18, the Graduation Ceremony for the 2022-2023 academic year of EUHT StPOL took place, featuring students who completed one of our programs in the past academic year. As the master of ceremonies, we had the presence of Enrique Aranda, General Manager of the Hotel Sofia Barcelona in The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, who is also an alumnus of EUHT StPOL.

Celebrating graduation in December is unusual, but it is an opportunity to reunite with students after their last period of professional internships. Some are still finishing their internships, while others are already in executive development programs or cross-training in international hotel chains.

The most special moment is, as every year, the diploma presentation to students in the university degree programs in the Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Tourism Management, Technical Degree in Gastronomy and Restaurant Services, Master’s Degree in Hospitality Management and Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts and Kitchen Management, both in English and Spanish.

Thus, year after year, the network of EUHT StPOL alumni known as #StPOLAlumni adds new members.

Enrique Aranda, invitado de honor al Acto de Graduación

Como antiguo alumno, Enrique Aranda repasó el estrecho vínculo que tiene con EUHT StPOL, una unión de varios años y ……………..

En este sentido, destacó

Durante su discurso, y a raíz de su experiencia, compartió algunos consejos con el alumnado que se graduaba, como, por ejemplo, la actitud como un valor de peso. Realizar una tarea con ilusión, humildad y sacrificio son las claves del éxito. Y en este sentido, también quiso subrayar la importancia de no pretender ser el mejor en todo, sino de conocer y aceptar esas tareas en las que uno es muy bueno y puede sumar al equipo.

Laia Bech, extraordinary award winner

The extraordinary award of the Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Tourism Management to the student with the best academic record was delivered to Laia Bech. The award was handcrafted by the artist Michael Roschach and consists of a piece of industrial concrete that broke during the ceremony and was shared between Laia Bech and Enrique Aranda himself, symbolizing the bond that emerged on that evening.

Double diploma

For the sixth consecutive year, students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Tourism Management also received a diploma awarded by Hotel Schools of Distinction (HSD), called the “HSD Student Learning Visual Transcript.” This diploma certifies the objectives achieved, skills, and knowledge acquired, agreed upon, and accredited by ten of the world’s top hotel management universities that are part of the HSD network; of which EUHT StPOL is a founding member.