Despite its quiet and relaxed atmosphere, students can still enjoy great nightlife in the historical centre of Castellón de la Plana.

Every year 700 students from other countries come to study their degree at the university, adding to those who come under European Exchange Programmes like Socrates, Erasmus and Leonardo.

[13] The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has its own facilities for practical training of students, as the Center for Media Production and Multimedia, of 3,300 square metres (36,000 sq ft), with television sets, radio and photography, the Veterinary Hospital, a reference in the area of Valencia, the Zoological Faculty, with various types of livestock, the University Dental Clinic, with outpatient care, laboratory practices in basic biomedical sciences and clinical simulated for the area of health.

[14][15] The CEU Cardenal Herrera University publishes a monthly newspaper, The Rotary Diary,[16][17] and also features a fully operational radio station, Radio CEU, which broadcasts for 12 hours daily and media company CEUMedia which has more TV Channel; both are run from the Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences The university features a number of social and sports-related groups.

The university counts on a strong Erasmus-support group and every school features a Tuna, La Tuna del CEU-Cardenal Herrera (traditional Spanish band), which compete in the nationwide competitions and CEU Theatre, a formation in the classroom and the human growth across the art of the theatre.

In terms of sports, aerobics, gym, yoga, tennis, diving, tai chi, and numerous other courses are offered.

In terms of team sports, the CEU UCH features male and female basketball, soccer, and volleyball divisions, chess, table-tennis and more.

El Mundo said: "The facilities, practical work in small groups and personalized attention are aspects of the race that contribute to achieving and maintaining fourth".

[32] In July 2013, CEU-UCH and Karolinska Institutet from Sweden signed the student's partnership and exchange agreement[33] Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Endocrinology and pathophysiology of reproduction in ruminants and horses, Research Group on Experimental and Applied veterinary surgery, Improving food security in the production system and its derivatives, Veterinary ophthalmology, Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Pathology and Animal Health, Food safety in meat products, Ethology and Animal Welfare Section[34] Faculty of Health Sciences: Application of computational methods to the design and development of new compounds with biological activity, Pharmaceutical Care and Rational Use of Medicines, Cellular and molecular biology of cancer, Adult mesenchymal cells in the control of the inflammatory process in humans, Brain damage and Neuroregeneration, Development of dosage forms of application to the skin, Design and synthesis of compounds with therapeutic activity, Molecular diagnostics in clinical microbiology, Study of human milk: composition, manipulation and functional properties, GIDRAQ (Group for Research and Resource Development in Chemical Analysis), Neurodegenerative and neuroprotective mechanisms[35] CEU Dentistry Clinic, equipped with dental laboratories, X-ray and sterilization rooms.

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an international competition that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house.

The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency.

Faculty of Law, Business and Political Science Cooperation and Development, Deliberative democracy, communication and citizenship, Taxation and climate change, ADEC Group (Water: law, business, political science and communication), Research Group in financial economics, Research Group on International Protection of Human Rights, Legal protection of investors in emerging markets unregulated rights GHG emission, The region as a historical paradigm, International Financial Reporting Standards in the field of International Carbon Markets, Religion and Right to Environment Notable alumni includes for example Federico Martínez Roda;, María José Catalá, a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party; Santos González, a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who won the Spanish National Time Trial Championship in 1999 and 2001 and won in 2000 a stage in Vuelta a España, where he finished fourth; Spanish actress and model Ana Milán who is the best known for her roles in television series 7 vidas, Camera Café, Yo soy Bea and Física o Química; Joana Chilet who is director of Canal Nou; Pepa Crespo who is Bioparc's director of communication; Máxim Huerta, host at the El programa de Ana Rosa[40][41][42] Notable professors includes for example Manuel Zaera who works as Industrial engineering and Architecture teacher at the CEU-UCH and aerospace engineering at the European Space Agency.

He won the prize for his documental "Calle Real 70" at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival; Enrique Beltrán, prosecutor at the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Valencia;[45] Susana Sanz who was reelected as expert of the European Commission for the LifeLong Learning Programme[46] The university has some notarial honoris causa: