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The present project addresses a common issue of the Romanian national research system, represented by the need to improve the scientific knowledge of the PhD sector through international collaboration with more advanced Universities in terms of their educational offer. Flow cytometry has wide applications in human and veterinary medicine while representing a powerful research tool as well as a very reliable method of diagnosis and assessment of therapy monitoring in immunology and hematology. It is a technique that is widely applied in biomedical research worldwide, but very little employed by Romanian researchers due to lack of adequate knowledge and experience, as well as well-established standard operation procedures (SOPs). The Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (UMPh) as well as the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (UASVM) both posses well equipped laboratories, that include modern flow cytometers, but there was a great need of experienced specialists as well as young PhD students to deepen their knowledge in the field of flow cytometry, by collaborating with foreign laboratories, that already function according to well-established SOP's and have a great degree of expertise and confidence. University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (UI) and University of Oslo, Norway (UO) fulfilled the above-mentioned criteria as they have specialists with an internationally recognized experience in flow cytometry. Thus, the current project aimed to establish a long term collaboration for good practices exchange between the two Romanian universities and the Icelandic an well as Norwegian partners, within the biomedical research and education sector at the 3rd level of studies, and to innovate the curricula of PhD studies. It also aimed to increase the level of knowledge among teaching staff and PhD students and to integrate the international workforce for all four partners, by performing joint research.