| Dec.2024- | Beijing Key Laboratory of Rotating Detonation Propulsion Technology and Applications was Approved for Establishment. |
| May.2024- | All faculty and staff officially moved into the Changping Scientific Research Base for their work. |
| Jan.2024- | The Communist Party of China Committee for the Aero Engine Research Institute was set up. |
| Nov.2021- | The first batch of pilot platform programs was established at Scientific Research Base of Changping District,Beijing. |
| Sep.2021- | The 2030 Development Strategy of IAE was released |
| Aug.2020- | The first batch of post-graduate students was enrolled by IAE. |
| Mar.2020- | The cooperation agreement in terms of aero engine was signed with Jiaxing City, with the launching of Jiaxing Branch and Research Base underway. |
| Dec.2019- | The program of “large new-generation platform of integrated research on aero engines” was approved by Ministry of Education. |
| Dec.2018- | The Advisory Committee of Academician Experts was set up. |
| Dec.2018- | The IAE was officially inaugurated. |
| Oct.2018- | GAN Xiaohua was appointed by Tsinghua University as the first president of IAE. |
| Dec.2017- | The IAE was established as a substantive body at Tsinghua University. |
| Jan.2012- | Institute for Aero Engine (IAE), Tsinghua University was established and operated as a non-substantive scientific institution. |