摘要:Building closer relationships between universities and companies can encourage exchange of information between the two institutions, to create long-term partnerships and opportunities and stimulates innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. The main objective of this research is to identify the significant elements of the collaboration between the university environment and the business environment in Romania, by extracting current information about this collaboration and to try to realise a general framework related to this issue. The research is part of a future larger investigation conducted as an integral part of the Erasmus + project Personalized Engineering Education in South Africa - PEESA III. The study analyzed the perceptions of respondents from some companies operating on the Romanian market, regarding the company in which they are activating and its level of cooperation with the university environment.