In 2007, KhAI launched a partnership with a leading Chinese university – Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), located on the grounds of a former Ming Dynasty palace in Nanjing, the southern capital of ancient China. The university features two campuses with a total area of 160 hectares. NUAA comprises 10 colleges, 50 research institutes, and 58 laboratories.
In March 2007, the universities signed an agreement for the joint training of Chinese students under Bachelor's and Master's programs approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. According to this agreement (the "2+2" Program), Chinese students spend the first two years studying at NUAA following KhAI curricula, where Russian language courses and a portion of the lectures are conducted by KhAI faculty members on international assignment. Every year, three KhAI professors visit NUAA to teach the Chinese students. The following two years of study take place at KhAI. Upon completion of the program, students defend their theses and receive diplomas from both universities at the Bachelor's or Master's level.
In 2015, the program saw its fifth graduating class of 11 Bachelor's students, most of whom defended their theses with "excellent" marks. Additionally, 2015 marked the first intake of a group of 17 future Bachelor's students in the field of "Avionics" under this program. Furthermore, the first group of Chinese students was recruited in 2015 for the "Rocket and Space Complexes" major within the framework of this partnership.