The academic celebration of St. Thomas Aquinas, patron of the university, was held last January 25. In the morning session, the recent doctors in Chemical, Energy and Process Engineering who graduated in the academic year 2017-2018 received the recognition of the University of Cantabria. Raul Zarca, Sara Dominguez, Ana Fernandez, Paula Ribao and Andres del Castillo attended the celebration.

In the evening session, the outstanding doctorate in the area of Engineering for thesis defended in the academic year 2016 were awarded to Lucia Gómez, German Santos and Gabriel Zarca. Salvador Asensio received the award to the best academic achievement in the degree of Chemical Engineering in the academic year 2017-2018.