Practical and innovative solutions to overcome language barriers in veterinary and animal science education in the European Union

Figures & data

Table 1. Top 10 European universities in veterinary and animal science education^a according to the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

University	Country	Number of students per staff	International students (%)	Teaching language^b
				Bachelor	Master
LMU Munich	Germany	36.0	16	German (100%)	German (100%)
Wageningen University	Netherlands	20.9	29	Dutch (85%) English (15%)	English (100%)
Utrecht University	Netherlands	14.3	7	Dutch (100%)	Dutch (100%)
University of Helsinki	Finland	16.6	6	Finnish (100%)	English (100%)
Free University of Berlin	Germany	56.4	21	German (100%)	German (100%)
University of Copenhagen	Denmark	4.4	16	Danish (100%)	English (100%)
Aarhus University	Denmark	14.8	11	Danish (100%)	English (100%)
Catholic University of Louvain	Belgium	39.6	21	English (100%)	English (100%)
Ghent University	Belgium	35.2	10	Dutch (100%)	Dutch (100%)
Autonomous University of Barcelona	Spain	12.8	16	Spanish (30%) Catalan (69%) English (1%)	Spanish (50%) English (50%)

^aExcluding European universities located in countries where English is the official language (i.e. UK, Ireland)

^bInformation obtained from the official website of each University.