His Majesty the King awards the Iberdrola Scholarships, which drive talent, educational excellence and employability
The commitment to training excellence, the talent and the employability of new generations was the central focus of the award ceremony for the training scholarships promoted by the company for the period 2024-2025, which was presided over this morning by His Majesty King Felipe VI at the Iberdrola Campus in San Agustín de Guadalix (Madrid).
With this programme, the Group Iberdrola, of which Iberdrola España forms part, seeks to identify, promote and incorporate highly qualified young people in areas such as electrification through electricity grids, renewable energies and storage, digitalisation and artificial intelligence, all of which are essential to achieve a more secure, self-sufficient, competitive and sustainable energy model.
The event, which was also attended by the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, included a lecture given by Professor Jarillo-Herrero, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the internationally prestigious centres attached to the Iberdrola Universities Programme (Iberdrola U), along with Yale and Harvard in the United States, Oxford and Strathclyde in the United Kingdom, the University of Salamanca and Pontificia Comillas in Spain, Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico, the University of Qatar, and the University of Qatar and the University of Salamanca in Spain; Oxford and Strathclyde in the United Kingdom; the University of Salamanca and the Pontificia Comillas University in Spain; the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico; the University of Qatar; and the University of Queensland in Australia.
Ignacio Galán, Chairman of the Group, Iberdrola stressed the importance of creating bridges between training and employability, especially in sectors of strategic importance such as energy, and thanked His Majesty the King for his support, once again, for this initiative.
In the last three years alone, more than 400 people have benefited from the Iberdrola International Scholarship Programme, and many of them have joined the company's team. This initiative is also part of a comprehensive commitment to young talent, which has led the Group Iberdrola to incorporate more than 30,000 young people into its workforce in the last decade.
These programmes are:
- Iberdrola International Master's Scholarships : This programme promotes training in strategic areas to transform the energy industry, such as engineering, mathematics, digital marketing, environmental sciences or, among others, big data, at universities in Spain, the United Kingdom and Mexico, with the aim of integrating the best talent into the company.
- Energy for Future: This is an initiative aimed at postdoctoral researchers to promote knowledge and innovation and thus contribute to the growth of an energy development model based on electrification. These grants last for three years and are carried out in collaboration with 15 prestigious international universities.
- Iberdrola Fulbright Scholarships: These scholarships offer postgraduate training for two years at universities in the United States in key areas for sustainable energy and technological development.
- Carolina Foundation Grants: Aimed at students who have already graduated from Latin America and Portugal and are seeking to develop their energy and environmental specialisations in Spanish universities.
- ICAI Scholarships: Supporting high-potential, high-achieving undergraduate students with a focus on energy disciplines.
Diplomas were also awarded for other specialised training and employability programmes:
- Restoration Grants at the Museo Nacional del Prado and the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao which, with a duration of two years, are aimed at young specialists in the conservation of artistic heritage and restoration.
- ADOP scholarships, which, through university and postgraduate training, accompany Paralympic athletes in their transition to a professional career outside the sporting sphere, in an action carried out in collaboration with the Spanish Olympic Committee.
- Empieza por Educar Scholarships (STEM 4 GRLS), which train educational leaders to generate real impact in vulnerable environments and foster scientific and technological vocations among girls.
Committed to their workers
The Group Iberdrola considers talent to be a strategic foundation of the company and is strongly committed to quality employment and the promotion of training. As a result, it is recognised as one of the preferred companies to work for in the world and has recently received the international "Top Employer: Large Enterprise 2025" seal.
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