Nine people including the vice-president and superintendent of the University of Indianapolis paid an official visit to NIT March 11th, 2012. They were received by Secretary Fei Yinqin and Vice President Yang Jiangang of NIT. UINDY and NIT have long been strategic partners in joint education, especially in the areas of business and English language study. Faculty members and students from both sides have paid several visits, formal or informal, and have maintained a constructive relationship with each other since 2004.