Background and Purpose. International collaboration includes formal or informal cooperative alliances to jointly pursue academic ventures, including education, research, and service/clinical practice. The development of academic collaborations with colleagues in other nations can produce cross-pollination in physical therapist (PT) education and scholarship. The purpose of this case report is to describe a career-long process that has resulted in successful international collaborations and an international sabbatical for a US PT education program faculty member. Case Description. This case report presents general strategies to enhance the development of international relationships. One author discusses principles to help guide an individual through the process of developing international collaboration, and describes the sequence that led to his international sabbatical experience. Additionally, the case report provides a summary of Web-based technology to support international collaboration. Outcomes and Discussion. This case report highlights the positive benefits of international collaboration, including international education opportunities, enhanced scholarly productivity, and opportunities for service. International collaborations in academic or clinical settings can be rich and rewarding experienees that are life-changing. Intentional, long-term planning can make your experience a reality and may increase the likelihood of fruitful outcomes. Key Words: International education, International collaboration, Faculty development, Professional development, Faculty research. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The development of physical therapy collaborations with colleagues in other nations can produce a cross-pollination in physical therapist (PT) education and scholarship that is healthy and very beneficial for all involved. As new alliances form across national borders, exciting interactions can ignite an exchange of ideas and synergy of thought, yielding increased scholarly and academic productivity, and potentially life-long, significant friendships. Providing clinical services in other countries can also be extremely rewarding for the physical therapist and can significantly impact the lives of those who receive the care.1 Collaborative relationships benefit the individuals and institutions on both sides. International collaboration is used here as a broad term that includes any cooperative formal or informal alliances formed in the hopes of jointly accomplishing the many tasks and ventures of academia, including education, research, and service/clinical practice. International collaboration to enhance education programs appears to be a growing occurrence in physical therapist education as documented elsewhere in this special issue.28 The education program collaboration might occur as lectures via electronic or Internet media, sharing of educational resources, invited lectures, international visiting professors, or sabbatical experiences. The advent of the Internet gives greater opportunities for collaboration in education through distance education; however, this increases the need for specific modifications.9 International exchanges of students and faculty are a distinct component of international collaboration.10 In nursing education, Ekstrom11 found that politics and economics are usually obstacles to international education collaboration. These issues include immigration problems, political problems (including the politics of local professions), or conditions of political unrest, while economic limitations are inherent in how the position might be funded. Globalization and the specific changing conditions of travel, international media, transnational capitalism, and the role of global organizations and institutions12(p205) are driving changes in educational policy and practice in all countries.10 International collaboration to further research is growing in importance across higher education, including the education of health care professionals. …