Press Release: Erasmus Mundus: European universities to welcome almost 1000 third-countries graduates and academics to study and teach in the EU in 2005-2006

The European Commission selected 803 third-country students and 133 third-country scholars from all over the world to receive Erasmus Mundus scholarships for the next academic year (2005-2006), 4 July 2005. The students were to study in Europe for one or two years to obtain a European masters' degree from one of the 35 Erasmus Mundus masters courses. They were to follow their courses in at least two universities in two different countries, giving them the opportunity to familiarise themselves with European lifestyles, cultures and languages. The scholars were to spend an average of three months in Europe working for one of the Erasmus Mundus masters courses.