Cooperation MPEI between universities and organizations of Zimbabwe began in 1986, when the first students were enrolled to study.

MPEI discusses cooperation and training of Zimbabwean students at the University with major organizations in Zimbabwe:

- Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Zimbabwe;

- Center for Education, Innovation, Research and Development;

- Legal Department of the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary education innovation Science and Technology Development.

In 2022, the representatives of Harare Institute of Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Department of Innovation, Science and Technology, Ministry of Higher and Tertiary education innovation Science and Technology Development of Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe paid an official visit to MPEI.

20 August, 2021, MPEI joined the Russian-African Network University (RAFU).​

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