According to the approval results announced by the Ministry of Education, a total of 22 Sino-foreign education programs at the undergraduate or high levels were approved in the first half of 2022. The program jointly run by WUST and ADBADF is the only approved program in Hubei Province.

In March 2022, the president Ni Hongwei held the online signing ceremony on video with Pietro Di Terlizzi, the president of ADBAF

Driven by the national requirements for building "first-class universities and disciplines of the world", WUST has actively cooperated with ADBAF, the origin of the Renaissance, to introduce premium education resources, carry out high-level collaboration, and develop high-caliber talents in technologies and art by means of discipline integration. From 2023 to 2027, the program will admit 80 students through the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) each year. With 4 years of full-time schooling, students may complete all the courses in WUST, or study at ADBAF for a period of time and obtain degrees from both universities.

In March 2022, the president Ni Hongwei held the online signing ceremony on video with Pietro Di Terlizzi, the president of ADBAF

Established in 1970, ADBAF is an art institute of higher education recognized and licensed by the Italian Ministry of Education to issue bachelor's and master's degree certificates. It ranks 11th among all the fine art institutions in Italy. Located in Foggia, Puglia, South Italy, ADBAF is an inclusive international school that inherits European characteristics and principles of education and focuses on cultivating innovative, proactive, moral, and intelligent interdisciplinary talents who are willing to serve the people and human development. ADBAF is committed to building a mutually supportive and contributive fine art education subject structure of formative art, design, architecture, and humanity boasting a modern form of art. While playing a critical role in constructing a characteristic fine art education system in the new age, ADBAF has earned an extremely high reputation in the fine art education circle for its distinctive Italian features and high-quality education and research outcomes. It is a representative, leading, and exemplary fine art institution in the higher education sector of Italy.

In December 2021, WUST's vice president Liu Jing held a video conference with ADBAF

WUST started to run international education programs in the 1990s, and has since initiated the Sino-Australia Iron and Steel Industry Training Center, the Sino-Germany language training program, the Sino-Australia business program, the Sino-Canada computer management program, the Sino-Singapore logistics management program, and other specialized cooperative education programs. With the continuous improvement of our school-running capability, our undergraduate program of electronic information engineering in cooperation with the University of Bridgeport USA was approved in 2012; our undergraduate program of mechanical engineering in cooperation with the Deakin University Australia was approved in 2013; our undergraduate program of network engineering in cooperation with the Birmingham City University UK was approved in 2014; our postgraduate program of computer science and technology in cooperation with the Vrije University Amsterdam was approved in 2020. The undergraduate program of public art with ADBAF is the fifth Sino-foreign education program of our school and is also the first Sino-foreign education program in liberal art, marking another milestone of WUST's education internalization.

In December 2021, the faculty representatives of ADBAF were invited to have online academic exchanges with our School of Art and Design