The UIC presented its own Youtube channel ( www.youtube.com/uic ) on 11 July 2008, within the framework of the University Council meeting. The UIC is the first private Catalan university to have its own Youtube channel, which enables users to share digital videos on the Internet.
Around thirty people who have been working at the UIC for the past ten years received medals from the Rector with the university's new seal. The awards ceremony was held during the General Meeting of the teaching and administrative staff, where new appointments and new facilities were also announced.
The UIC will start up its medical degree programme in the 2008-2009 academic year and, as from the second half of the third year, medical students will be able to complement their studies and do clinical practice at the Hospital General de Granollers, which will become a teaching hospital.
According to the results of a report by the UIC and the Universidad de Navarra, Cristiano Ronaldo has a market value of 83 million.
The Ciutat Diagonal Club hosted the UIC's 1st Rector Paddle Tennis Tournament on Friday, 30 May 2008, in which 18 men's teams and 5 women's teams participated. The trophies were awarded on Thursday, 5 June, during the Spring Concert.