KNUE is a member of the Magna Charta Universitatum (2004), Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region (2008), Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (2009) European University Association (2009).
The University has collaborative master's "double diploma" programs with the Lumière University Lyon 2 (France) and the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (Austria).