Brussels, 19/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has selected, for the 2006-2007 academic year, 1.377 students and 231 university teachers to participate in the programme. ). Nearly EUR 52 million will be devoted to fund the students' scholarships and about EUR 2.5 million will be used to fund the university teachers. The 741 students selected under the general Erasmus Mundus programme come from 92 different countries, with China (81), Brazil (43), Russia (36), India (31), USA (28), Malaysia (25), and Mexico (24) ranking in the first places. The 636 additional students receiving scholarships under the “Asian Windows” come mainly from India (288), China (99), Thailand (53), Pakistan (42), Malaysia (32) and Vietnam (29). Of the 231 scholars, 199 have been selected under the general Erasmus Mundus programme and 32 under the “China Window”. The selected scholars under the general programme come from 45 different countries. Among the best ranked countries are the USA (42), Russia (14), India (12), Canada (11) and Brazil (10). Erasmus Mundus Master's Courses are top-quality courses offered by partnerships of European higher education institutions. There are currently 57 courses that take place over one or two year in at least two universities in two different countries. Since its launch in 2004, there have been almost 6,000 applications for scholarships from students and scholars from all over the world.