International

Presentation

Our Vocational Training School CIFP Mendizabala LHII, is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) and offers a wide variety of vocational courses aimed at youngsters who wish to have a fast integration in the Labour Market and/or want to continue their studies at University. Furthermore, in collaboration with companies, we offer courses for Continuous Education and Lifelong Learning.

Courses

Middle Level Degree Programs

offer the trainees the possibility to have a fast and comfortable access to the Labour Market and, at the same time, to give them the chance to continue studying a High Level Degree Program after taking an exam which is usually prepared at the same VET Colleges.

The duration of these studies is usually two years, together with an internship period in companies around our Institute or in companies in different European Countries for a period of three months and under the Erasmus program.

Graphic Arts

Graphic Art Print

Personal Image

Cosmetology

Electricity and Electronics

Electric Automatic Installations

Installation of Telecommunication Equipment

Installation and Maintenance

Electromechanic installation, Machinery

Maintenance and Line Management

Mechanical Manufacture

Welding and Metalwork

Mechanical Production

Vehicle transport and Maintenance

Cars Bodywork

Electromechanical Vehicle Repair and Testing

The Specialization Course in Vocational Training  improves the training offering which is linked to emerging sectors of high employability and in constant updating.

It is a training that complements the professional profiles of those who already have a VET degree and require learning the latest innovations in their speciality.

The CIFP Mendizabala LHII offers the Middle Degree specialization course in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Maintenance, from the professional family of Vehicle Maintenance and Transportation. This course takes place during one academic year, and it establishes the performance of maintenance operations, assembly of elements and assemblies, troubleshooting, repair, verification and adjustment in vehicles with hybrid and electric propulsion systems.

Vocational Training Specialization Course: Hybrid and Electric vehicle maintenance.

High Level Degree VET Programs

offer the students the possibility to have a comfortable and fast access to the Labour Market as a High Technician in the field they studied at College and also to give them the chance to gain access to University. They don’t need to take any particular exam to go directly to University.

In these studies which have a duration of two years, the students receive mainly training in the workshops and have the obligation to take an internship in a company for three months that can be developed nearby or abroad by means of the Erasmus program.

Graphic Arts

Design and Edition of Online and Printed Publications

Design and Graphic Production Management

Personal Image

Personal and Corporate Image Counselling

Fashion and Hairdressing Management

Electricity and Electronics

Automation and Industrial Robotics

Image and Sound

Audiovisual Projects and Show Production

Mechanical Manufacture

Production Programming in Mechanical Manufacture

Mechanical Manufacturing Design

Metal Constructions.

Installation and Maintenance

Industrial Mechatronics

Vehicle transport and Maintenance

Auto Mechanics

Physical and Sports Activities

Teaching and Socio-sports Animation

Dual Vocational Training

is a training modality in which the student alternates education in the school with work in a company related to this training. The CIFP Mendizabala offers this training model, both to middle-grade and higher-grade students.

The VET in DUAL alternation, allows to adapt the teaching schedule so that the student takes professional training in the center, while carrying out a productive activity in the company. The dedication time between training and activity in the company can reach 40 hours per week, with a maximum of 8 hours per day.

Students have a contract (available for those under 25 years of age) or a scholarship (without age limit) for paid training, registered with social security, with bonuses and the exemptions provided, as an apprentice.

The company must tutor and evaluate the student in collaboration with the school.

Continuous Training

CIFP Mendizabala LHII offers courses to unemployed people all through the year, to employees and also to the society in general as a way to facilitate the implementation of Lifelong Learning Policies in our Country.

Sometimes the companies in our environment ask our college to organize specific courses for their employees; others, the regional institutions ask to organize courses for different sectors of the society: courses for women, for youngsters, for people on third age, or for the unemployed.

Our college also offers different courses taking into account the needs of the Labour market and the trainees´ needs.

Apart from these courses we also offer help and advice to the employees who want their acquired competences to be recognized with experience at their work. Should it be necessary, we evaluate the competencies to finally get the certificate or degree in the speciality.

KA2 Projects

In the context of the Erasmus+ programme, a Key Action 2 (KA2) project is a Strategic Partnership.

This initiative involves cooperation between organizations from different countries to develop innovative practices, share knowledge, and address common challenges in the fields of education, training, and youth.

Projects

Our Vocational Training School is collaborating with different agents at different levels.

Locally, we maintain a close relationship with more than 1000 companies situated in our environment and collaborate in training programs, some of them organized on demand, and others offered by us. We also collaborate with the Town Hall and development agencies of our area.

At regional and provincial level we collaborate with the Basque Government through the Basque Employment Service-Lanbide, in the development of training programs aimed at trainers, women and young people. At the same time we are integrated in IKASLAN, the Public Association of Vocational Colleges from the Basque Country and take part in the development of Innovation projects with TKNIKA (Institute of Innovation for Vocational Education and Training).

At a national level we collaborate with the Viceministry of Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning in the implementation of the Educational Policies for this sector.

Companies and Vocational Schools have the same slang and share the same direction, where everybody gains: Dual Vocational Training in which our school is a participant, as well as, Confebask, Unions and the Basque Government to offer companies the type of worker they need.

We hold UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015/14001:2015, approved by the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification AENOR. In 2005, we achieved silver the Q of excellence in the European Foundation for Quality Management EFQM model.

In the 2004-05 academic year, we obtained the National Award for Quality in Education.

We are holders of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education and at an International level we take part in the International Programs Erasmus+ that enables the mobility of students and teachers. We send 3% of students abroad for internships of three months in “Training Companies” connected with the studies they developed in our School. The usual destinations of our students are: Austria, Italy, Ireland, UK, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Poland, Malta, France, Finland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Holland, Portugal, etc.…Besides, we maintain a close relationship with different partners in Europe and receive students for practical Training too.

European Programs

History of the Mendizabala Institute participation in European Educational Programs

School year 2004/05

  • Student exchange Mendizabala Institute- Lithuania.
  • Partner for students in practices abroad with the Clement Ader Lycee in Sauman, Toulouse (France).

School year 2005/06

  • Student exchange Mendizabala Institute- ISA Pomezia (Italy)
  • Partner for students in practices abroad with the Clement Ader Lycee in Sauman, Toulouse (France).
  • Comenius Project “European Cards”. Participants: Mendizabala Institute (Spain), ISA Pomezia (Italy) and Von der Leyen Gymnasium (Germany)
  • Erasmus and Leonard programs. Work experience abroad by students.

School year 2006/07

  • The Institute Mendizabala achieves the Extended Erasmus Charter 2007-2013 for Lifelong Learning Program.
  • Partner for students in practices abroad with the Clement Ader Lycee in Sauman, Toulouse (France).
  • Student exchange Mendizabala Institute- Von der Leyen Gymnasium in Blieskastel (Germany)
  • Leonard Project “Ad@pta”.
  • Leonard Project “EVA – Partenariat”.
  • Comenius Project “European Cards”. Participants: Mendizabala Institute (Spain), ISA Pomezia (Italy) and Von der Leyen Gymnasium (Germany).
  • Erasmus and Leonard programs. Work experience abroad by students.

School year 2007/08

  • Student exchange Mendizabala Institute- St. Helens College (Liverpool).
  • Partner for students in practices abroad with the Clement Ader Lycee in Sauman, Toulouse (France).
  • Comenius Project “European Cards”. Participants: Mendizabala Institute (Spain), ISA Pomezia (Italy) and Von der Leyen Gymnasium (Germany).
  • Erasmus and Leonard programs. Work experience abroad by students.

School year 2008/09

Erasmus and Leonard programs. Work experience abroad by students.

School year 2009/10

Erasmus and Leonard programs. Work experience abroad by students.

School year 2010/11

Erasmus and Leonard programs. Work experience abroad by students.

School year 2011/12

  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy.
  • Partner for students in practices abroad and teachers mobility with the Clement Ader Lycee in Sauman, Toulouse, with Airbus Operations SAS Company in Toulouse (France) and with the North Karelia College Outokumpu (Finland)

School year 2012/13

  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy.
  • Partner for students in practices abroad with Volkschochscule Göttingen e.V. and for students in Dual training system abroad with Hanover Chamber of Commerce (Germany).
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT). Participation in the “International Make-Up Artist Trade Show” IMATS in London (UK).

School year 2013/14

Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy.

  • Partner students in internships abroad with the Lycee in Sauman Clement Ader, Toulouse (France) and with Outokumpu College North Karelia (Finland).
  • Partnership to promote the mobility of teachers and students in internships abroad with BBS1 College-Arnoldi-Schule from Göttingen (Germany).
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT). Teacher Training Program, within the Ikasenpresa in Stockholm (Sweden)
  • Partner for students in practices abroad with INDIGOVIEW company, Crete (Greece) and with Volkschochscule Göttingen e.V. (Germany).
  • Partner for students in Dual training system abroad with Hanover Chamber of Commerce (Germany).

School year 2014/15

  • The CIFP Mendizabala LHII achieves the official Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2014-2020.
  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy.
  • Partner students in internships abroad with the Lycee in Sauman Clement Ader, Toulouse (France) and with the Outokumpu College North Karelia (Finland).
  • Partnership to promote the mobility of teachers and students in internships abroad with BBS1 College-Arnoldi-Schule from Göttingen (Germany).
  • Partner for students in practices with Airbus Operations SAS Company in Toulouse and with Micromu Company in Samatan (France).
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT) in Bologna (Italy).

School year 2015/16

  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Belgian, Malta, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy.
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT) in Landskrona (Belgian).
  • Partnership to promote the mobility of teachers and students in internships abroad with BBS1 College-Arnoldi-Schule from Göttingen (Germany).

School year 2016/17

  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Austria, Belgian, Malta, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Italy.
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT) in Edinburg (UK) and in Helsinki (Finland).
  • Partnership to promote the mobility of teachers and students in internships abroad with BBS1 College-Arnoldi-Schule from Göttingen (Germany).

School year 2017/18

  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Belgian, Malta, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Italy.
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT) in Brescia and Fabriano (Italy).

School year 2018/19

  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: UK, Poland, Finland, France, Belgian, Malta, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Italy
  • Staff Mobility for training (STT) in Brescia Fabriano (Italy) and Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw (Poland).
  • Participation in the presentation of the Dual Training in Germany, organized by the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce.
  • Collaborative project with Scuola d’Arte Applicata Andrea Fantoni in Bergamo (Italy).

School year 2019/20

  • The CIFP Mendizabala LHII achieves the official Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027.
  • Erasmus+ program. Work experience for students and teachers mobility abroad: Ireland, Poland, Austria, Belgian, Malta, Germany, Slovenia, and Czech Republic.

School year 2020/21

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all mobilities of students (SMP) and teachers (STT) are canceled.