in the admission process. The university library has a stock of books exceeding 1.5 million volumes, thus offering students and teaching staff immediate access to books of all areas via an electronic inventory accessible from almost anywhere. The CU has a teacher-student ratio of 1:15. In a Germany-wide ranking by Der Spiegel in 1999 the CU was amongst Germany's top universities. In subsequent years the CU received high rankings for the learning environment it offers to its students. Especially, the Faculty of Business in Ingolstadt was and continues to be one of the most competitive business schools in Germany. In 2005, the CU's journalism program was ranked among the five best media and communication programs in Germany. The portion of international students from Europe and all over the world is very high compared to state universities. Russian, Spanish, French and English are thus very common languages in Eichstätt, many students being fluent in at least 2 of them. One of the biggest changes currently affecting the CU is the shift from the old German academic system to the new European bachelor's and master's degrees based on credit points by 2010. This change should help to allow students to spend time abroad easily, and transfer their grades easily for their degrees at the CU. In addition, more and more BA and MA integrated degrees are being offered, where the students spend only part of their time at the CU, the rest at one of the partner universities. These double or triple degrees offer a possibility to experience the academic environment of more than one country, and are an increasingly popular choice for freshmen at the CU. The university has the following faculties: Faculty of Catholic Theology Faculty of Philosophy and Education Faculty of Languages and Literatures Faculty of History and Social Sciences Faculty of Mathematics and Geography Faculty of Business Administration and Economics (in Ingolstadt) There are also two integrated institutes of Higher Education for: Religious Education and Church Educational Work Social Work There are also: an Institute for Marriage and the Family in society an Institute for Latin American Studies an Institute for Central and Eastern European Studies a Centre for Interdisciplinary Health Sciencesl a language teaching centre Library In February 2007 it was revealed that the university library had recycled 80 tons of books and journals, of which 68.4 tons had been donated from the central library in Altötting