International education at Beihang University (BUAA) was inaugurated in the early 1990s’ and has continued to develop at a very fast pace. By the end of 2017 over 2000 international students from 118 countries are studying at BEIHANG. Among them over 1200 international students are studying for their doctoral, master, or bachelor degrees. By 2017, more than 1900 international students have successfully graduated with degrees from BEIHANG. Batches of outstanding international alumni are playing a great role at work and contributing to the prosperity and development of the world.

International student programs at BEIHANG mainly include bachelor degree programs, master degree programs, doctoral degree programs, as well as various non-degree programs as such Chinese language training programs, visiting scholar programs and pre-bachelor programs. BEIHANG is one of the few universities in China which uses English as its primary language of instruction for all international master and doctoral programs, as well as some of its bachelor programs.

BEIHANG endeavors to build a world-renowned International education platform. In 2014, the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (China) (affiliated to the United Nations) was established at BEIHANG with the support of the Chinese Government.

BEIHANG has established the Confucius Institute in the cooperation with Kogakuin University (Japan), set up HSK and HSKK authorized testing centers, and has been developing various international education programs in Chinese language training, Chinese cultural studies and so on.