It is estimated that around 500 Irish students are currently enrolled in veterinary medicine programmes in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, according to the Department of Further and Higher Education. "There are currently no official statistics on the number of Irish students studying abroad across different disciplines," the spokesperson said. Popular choices among Irish students include the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest in Hungary, and the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Slovakia. In Poland, a Irish students are attending the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences and Warsaw University of Life Sciences. "The regional locations in the west and south east provide alternative locations from Dublin to study veterinary medicine."