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EHU Holds First Unified Graduation at San Mamés Stadium

The mass ceremony gathers about 4,000 graduates in a public showcase of Basque university life with a tightly coordinated production plan.

Overview

  • Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea is staging a single, stadium-based graduation that seats roughly 4,000 students on the pitch and groups them by faculty.
  • Graduands will wear coloured txapelas tied to their fields and will follow staged instructions that reserve a collective txapela toss for the ceremony's final moment.
  • The programme features only EHU alumni as performers, includes the inaugural EHUalumni awards, and names a scientific padrino to lead the academic address.
  • Organisers have finalised a large technical setup with a 44-metre stage, multiple big screens, cameras for live coverage, campus-ordered photo projections, paid public tickets, and return buses from San Sebastián and Vitoria.
  • City officials and the university warn of heavy traffic and big crowds because the event overlaps a major Bilbao festival which could affect travel and access for families and guests.