The number of applications received from people interested in attending the UIC has increased compared with last year. A total of 1900 applications have been received thus far this year, compared with 1450 received during the same period last year, i.e. a 30% increase.
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.
ESARQ School of Architecture professor Ignasi Pérez Arnal has published ECO Productos, the first in a series of ten books on how to make sustainable homes without sacrificing design.
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.
A group of fifteen architects from Tongji University (Shanghai) visited the UIC on Friday, 13 June 2008, and took of tour of the ESARQ School of Architecture facilities. The purpose of the visit was to establish ties for possible collaboration with the School of Architecture.